BEIJING – Chinese state media say China is planning harsher penalties for men who have sex with girls under 14, following public outrage over high-profile offenders including teachers. Under the new law, all such cases would be considered rape because another criminal charge that served as a loophole for some …
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HARARE, Zimbabwe – A lion charged and killed a safari guide who was leading a group of tourists in the same national park in Zimbabwe that was the home of Cecil the lion who was controversially killed by an American bow hunter in July. Quinn Swales was leading a walking …
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MADRID – A Spanish judge has ordered a Moroccan man to jail on provisional charges of coordinating a cell that recruited jihadi fighters from Spain and Morocco for the Islamic State group. National Court Judge Juan Pablo Gonzalez said in a statement Thursday that he jailed Abdeladim Achriaa because there …
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BAMAKO, Mali – France’s defense ministry says a French soldier deployed in Mali has died after being accidentally shot by a fellow soldier at a military camp. In a statement Friday, the ministry said the 23-year-old soldier, Baptiste Truffaux, died on Thursday after being transported to the surgical unit in …
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CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s economy has grown by a slower-than-expected 0.2 percent in the three months through June, dragged down by waning Chinese demand for resources including iron ore and coal. Economists had forecast 0.4 percent growth in the April-June quarter. Australia’s resource-based economy grew by 0.9 percent in the …
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Bosnian police have arrested four men, including an active officer of the state intelligence agency, suspected of committing war crimes during the country’s 1992-95 conflict. A statement from the prosecution office said Tuesday the men were senior members of the Bosnian Serb police during the war and …
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UNITED NATIONS – Human Rights Watch is accusing the Sudanese military of another mass rape in Darfur. Members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces raped at least 60 women in the country’s troubled western region, after taking over the town of Golo in January, according to a new report by the …
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The U.S. military has sent destroyers and thousands of Marines toward Venezuela as President Donald Trump doubles down on deadly drug cartels. At least three Aegis guided-missile destroyers — USS Gravely and USS Jason Dunham among them — are part of the mission, a source familiar with the situation told …
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A new report reveals that more than 14,000 migrants who had hoped to cross into the United States have turned back and reversed course due to the Trump administration’s hardline border enforcement policies. The new phenomenon, referred to as “reverse flow” migration, has mainly impacted migrants fleeing the economic and …
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The Defense Department confirmed on Thursday night that two Venezuelan aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters. The incident, which the department called a “highly provocative move,” comes as the Trump administration ramps up its anti-narco-terrorism efforts. “Today, two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a U.S. …
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