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Libyan rivals agree in France to cease-fire, elections

Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 14:18 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Two rival Libyan leaders committed themselves on Tuesday to a cease-fire, working toward presidential and parliamentary elections and finding a roadmap to secure lawless Libya against terrorism and...

Vatican Cardinal Pell faces Australian court on sex charges

Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 08:32 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Silent but defiant, Cardinal George Pell made his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse, vowing through his lawyer to fight the allegations that have rocked Rome...

Parents ask court to let them take Charlie Gard home to die

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 17:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Charlie Gard's mother returned to a London court Tuesday to ask a judge to let her and the baby's father take their critically ill son home to die. Lawyers for the family of the 11-month-old...

French leader plays peacemaker, hosting top Libyan rivals

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 15:41 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

President Emmanuel Macron is hosting a meeting on Tuesday of the two main rival leaders of chaotic Libya, trying to play peacemaker for a country where the stakes are high for both Europe and...

Pakistan: Suicide bombing in Lahore kills 26, wounds 54

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 08:25 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A suicide bomber struck near a police team in the eastern city of Lahore Monday killing at least 26 and wounding another 54, many of them police officers. An outlawed Taliban faction claimed...

Israel dismantles metal detectors from key Jerusalem shrine

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 08:22 Last update: about 9 years ago

Israel has begun dismantling metal detectors it installed a week earlier at the gates of a contested Jerusalem shrine, amid widespread Muslim protests. The removal is meant to defuse escalating...

Polish president to veto 2 bills seen as moves on judiciary

Monday, 24 July 2017, 10:51 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Poland's president says he will veto two contentious bills that are widely seen as assaults on the independence of the judicial system and are part of a planned legal overhaul by the ruling party that...

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