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Nigerian police say a diplomat from Sierra Leone who was abducted last week has been freed, but it is not clear whether any ransom was paid to secure his release.

Pope Francis met on Wednesday with the parents of a U.S. college student whose body was found in Rome's Tiber river this week, after apparently either being pushed or tumbling into the murky waters less than 24 hours after arriving in Italy for summer classes.

Iran's official news agency says "armed bandits" killed four Iranian border guards in an ambush near the Pakistani border.

A French court has convicted seven young men who returned from weeks among the ranks of Islamic State extremists in Syria, including the brother of one of the suicide attackers who targeted Paris in November.

Letters published by the U.K.'s Iraq War Inquiry show that then-Prime Minister Tony Blair assured U.S. President George W.

Thousands of people erupted in party mood Wednesday, dousing each other with wine and singing and dancing in the streets of this northern Spanish city to celebrate the start of Pamplona's famed San Fermin running of the bulls festival.

European Union lawmakers have endorsed plans for a new border and coast guard agency to help manage thousands of people trying to reach Europe in search of sanctuary or jobs.

The long awaited British inquiry into the 2003 invasion of Iraq has been published.

The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local): 1:15 p.m.

Israel is pushing forward with the construction of dozens of homes in a Jewish West Bank settlement.

Romania's Constitutional Court has ruled that mayors who are handed suspended prison sentences for corruption must resign.

A job boycott has shut down most of Zimbabwe as discontent deepens over increasing economic hardships in the southern Africa country.

Germany's finance minister says he doesn't expect a "race to the bottom" on business taxes after Britain announced plans to cut its corporation tax rate.

Roger Federer has more history on the line at the All England Club.

Several thousand trade union activists have marched through the streets of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, to the country's parliament t to protest an upcoming hike in utility prices.

Most workers on the Greek capital's public transport system have walked off the job in a 24-hour strike to protest privatizations that are part of the country's international bailout conditions.

Human Rights Watch is warning that European Union measures on curbing the flow of migrants from Libya to the bloc risk condemning asylum-seekers to "violent abuse" by armed groups in the North African nation.

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The Latest on Britain's inquiry into its role in the Iraq war (all times local): 11:10 a.m.

A Russian official says one of the country's two rainy-day funds could be depleted by the end of next year as the government tries to fill its budget deficit.