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The office of Israel's defense minister says it has blocked an Israeli delegation from traveling to the West Bank to meet with the Palestinian president.

Portugal and Spain face the prospect of fines for failing to meet European Union budget rules.

China swiftly rejected an international tribunal's ruling Tuesday that its expansive claim to the South China Sea had no legal basis, saying the ruling was null and void and that Beijing would not accept it.

Human Rights Watch is urging an end to "forced anal examinations" with a report documenting them in eight countries, mostly in Africa, saying the practice is based on flawed ideas about supposedly proving homosexual conduct.

Zimbabwe police have charged the organizer of the country's biggest shutdown protest in close to a decade with inciting violence and disturbing the peace.

Afghan migrant Zaher Rajawi can't believe his bad luck.

Two Italian commuter trains collided Tuesday in the southern region of Puglia, killing a dozen people, firefighters said.

The Latest on the train crash in Italy (all times local): 1 p.m.

Embassies and aid workers are trying to evacuate staff from South Sudan's capital, Juba, as a precarious calm settles over the city following several days of deadly clashes.

A state-linked Saudi newspaper is reporting that a trial will begin soon for those accused of negligence in connection with a crane collapse in Mecca that killed 111 pilgrims and injured nearly 240 people just days before the start of last year's annual hajj pilgrimage.

France's foreign minister says his country will do everything in its power to help Lebanon emerge from its political stalemate.

Germany is affirming its growing role on the world stage in new security guidelines that mark another step away from its caution after World War II.

Italian news reports say that two trains have collided head-on in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of others.

Police in Thailand raided the office of an independent news website on Tuesday to look for leaflets urging a vote against a draft constitution proposed by the country's military government.

An international tribunal ruled unanimously Tuesday that there is no legal basis for China's "nine-dash line" claiming rights to much of the South China Sea.

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is spending her 19th birthday in Kenya in the world's largest refugee camp? to draw attention to the global refugee crisis, especially as the Dadaab camp faces pressure to close.

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The U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says it's halting legal proceedings against a Hezbollah commander who was killed in Syria.

A key coalition partner in Nepal's government has withdrawn its support, accusing the prime minister of failing to honor past agreements.

The Afghan Journalists' Safety Committee says that 2016 has been the most dangerous so far for journalists in Afghanistan, with 10 news professionals killed in the first six months of this year.