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Israeli defense officials on Thursday said the government has begun work on a massive underground barrier along the border with Gaza meant to block Hamas militants from tunneling into Israel.

The only surviving suspect in last November's attack on Paris refused to speak to a judge Thursday for a third time, in frustration at 24-hour video surveillance of his prison cell.

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Portugal's government is introducing a code of conduct that prohibits high-ranking public officials from receiving gifts worth more than 150 euros ($170).

Belgium's government is considering legal action against Caterpillar over the U.S. heavy equipment maker's decision to shut down a manufacturing site and lay off more than 2,000 workers.

More than a dozen rights groups have written to the U.N.

The prime minister of Guyana has ordered the reinstatement of a TV anchor on the state-run station who said she was removed from her position because she is pregnant.

Muslim pilgrims have begun arriving at the holiest sites in Islam ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, with some weeping with their hands outstretched for a fleeting touch of the Kaaba.

A Sri Lankan court has sentenced a former lawmaker to death over the killing of a rival politician in an election-related attack five years ago.

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Russia's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the Israeli and the Palestinian leaders have agreed "in principle" to meet in Moscow for talks in what the Russians hope will relaunch the Mideast peace process after more than a two-year break.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took a thinly veiled dig at the United States on Thursday, complaining that colonizers who killed many Filipinos are now raising human rights concerns with him.

A senior Turkish official says 11,285 education ministry personnel, including teachers, have been suspended amid suspicions they may be linked to outlawed Kurdish rebels.

An international rights group has criticized the use of land mines by Yemen's Shiite rebels, saying they have resulted in many civilian casualties.

Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles says he was harassed in a Margarita island for four hours by armed and hooded government supporters.

Croats go to the polls this weekend in a snap election that, despite the country's many problems, has been more about past divisions than future challenges facing the European Union's newest member state.

A German court has ordered a 15-year-old boy to do community work and write an essay titled "Why you shouldn't make jokes with toy weapons" after he threw a fake hand grenade in front of a teacher and shouted "Allahu akbar." The teenager, a Moroccan citizen, had been charged with disturbing the peace by threatening crimes.

The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local): 3:20 p.m.

A Kenyan police official says one person died and five others survived when a plane crashed near an airstrip in Kenya's Rift Valley.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has appointed a retired U.S. Army general as special adviser to Ukraine's defense minister.