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Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams has rejected an ex-member's accusation that Adams authorized the 2006 Irish Republican Army killing of a high-profile informant.

An airstrike in northern Syria killed five medics responding to an earlier bombing raid, a relief group said Wednesday, a day after an airstrike on a humanitarian convoy prompted the UN to suspend desperately needed aid deliveries.

International observers say most voters in Jordan's parliament election were able to cast their ballots "without any significant impediment." The 45-member team from 16 countries presented its findings Wednesday, a day after 1.5 million Jordanians, or 37 percent of eligible voters, elected a 130-member parliament.

A United Nations official on countering torture has criticized a Turkish government decision to postpone his visit to the country saying the move "sends the wrong message." U.N.

The Latest on Europe's response to the influx of refugees and other migrants (all times local): 5:10 p.m.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wants all aircraft over key humanitarian routes in northern Syria grounded in order to give peace a chance.

The Russian navy will send its sole aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean as part of Moscow's efforts to reaffirm its influence in Syria and showcase its resurgent military might.

Pope Francis has sent his condolences over the murder of two priests in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

The United Arab Emirates has opened its first jetty outside the Persian Gulf that is capable of loading oil onto some of the world's biggest tanker ships.

Police say all schools on the small Canadian province of Prince Edward Island have been evacuated because of a "potential threat." The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Wednesday that students are being taken to safe locations.

Thirty-one countries formally joined the Paris climate change pact Wednesday, bringing the total number of countries ratifying the treaty to 60 and raising hopes that it will enter into effect by the end of the year.

Authorities in Germany say a 16-year-old Syrian refugee arrested in the western city of Cologne had contact with a recruiter for the Islamic State group.

A Ugandan official says police will arrest organizers who are planning a gay pride parade in the capital, Kampala.

Iran's delegation to the International Atomic Energy Agency says Western nations need to normalize relations with his country, saying Tehran has been living up to its end of a deal meant to crimp the country's ability to make atomic weapons.

A new Bank of England survey suggests some businesses are freezing both investment and hiring in the aftermath of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, with broadly flat levels of spending in the next six months to a year.

Airbus says the U.S. government has granted it a license allowing it to sell the first 17 planes involved in a landmark deal with Iran.

Egyptian authorities say a boat carrying African migrants headed to Europe has capsized off the Mediterranean coast near the city of Alexandria, killing at least 20 people.

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Voting has closed in the race to lead Britain's main opposition Labour Party — a bitter contest that pits left-wing incumbent Jeremy Corbyn against challenger Owen Smith.

Supporters of a businessman accused of stealing $1.5 billion while working in the United Arab Emirates say he has been detained in neighboring Saudi Arabia.