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Philippines says 7-year-old boy missing in Spain van attack

Sat, 19 Aug 2017 07:09:50 GMT2017-08-19T07:09:50Z

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- The Philippines government says a child missing after a vehicle plowed into pedestrians in Barcelona is the 7-year-old son of a Filipino woman who had been living in Australia....

Memorials grow along site of deadly attack in Barcelona

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 21:06:38 GMT2017-08-18T21:06:38Z

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- An ever-expanding jumble of flags, candles, teddy bears and flowers grew Friday at the base of Barcelona's ornate Canaletes Fountain, where a local legend says that those who drink from the monument will fall in love with the city and always return....

Cities seek creative ways to prevent car or van attacks

Lebanon starts offensive to clear border of IS militants

Sat, 19 Aug 2017 05:29:32 GMT2017-08-19T05:29:32Z

BEIRUT (AP) -- Lebanon's U.S.-backed army on Saturday announced the start of a long-awaited military campaign to clear Islamic State militants from a remote corner near the frontier with Syria, an offensive that seeks to end a years-old threat to neighboring towns and villages....

A look at US-S. Korea war games and how North might respond

Sat, 19 Aug 2017 04:33:28 GMT2017-08-19T04:33:28Z

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- America's annual joint military exercises with South Korea always frustrate North Korea. The war games set to begin Monday may hold more potential to provoke than ever, given President Donald Trump's "fire and fury" threats and Pyongyang's as-yet-unpursued plan to launch missiles close to Guam....

The real revolution in NKorea is rise of consumer culture

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:59:30 GMT2017-08-18T13:59:30Z

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Like all North Korean adults, Song Un Pyol wears the faces of leader Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather pinned neatly to her left lapel, above her heart. But on her right glitters a diamond-and-gold brooch....

Finnish police shoot man who stabs 8 people in Turku; 2 dead

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:05:05 GMT2017-08-18T19:05:05Z

HELSINKI (AP) -- A man stabbed eight people Friday in Finland's western city of Turku, killing two of them, before police shot him in the thigh and detained him, police said. Authorities were looking for more potential suspects in the attack....

Pro-government assembly in Venezuela takes congress' powers

Sat, 19 Aug 2017 01:26:35 GMT2017-08-19T01:26:35Z

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's pro-government constitutional assembly took over the powers of the opposition-led congress Friday, dramatically escalating a standoff between President Nicolas Maduro and his political foes....

Trump studying options for new approach to Afghan war

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 23:07:47 GMT2017-08-18T23:07:47Z

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is "studying and considering his options" for a new approach to Afghanistan and the broader South Asia region, the White House said Friday after the president huddled with his top national security aides at Camp David....

Venezuela's ousted chief prosecutor flees to Colombia

Sat, 19 Aug 2017 02:50:25 GMT2017-08-19T02:50:25Z

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Venezuela's ousted chief prosecutor and her husband - two of President Nicolas Maduro's most outspoken critics - fled the country and landed Friday afternoon in Colombia....

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