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  • Niger government: No hostages in Agadez

    Niger's government spokesman told The Associated Press that the jihadists who attacked a military installation in the town of Agadez on Thursday had never taken any hostages, unlike their earlier statements.

  • Top Swiss negotiator in tax disputes steps down

    Switzerland's top negotiator in talks to resolve disputes over tax evasion with Europe and the U.S. is stepping down.

  • Austria links UN peacekeepers to Syria arms ban

    Austria said Friday that it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the Golan Heights, if the European Union doesn't extend its arms embargo to Syria.

  • EU approves better bee protection rules

    The European Union has approved restrictions on three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations, to enter into force by December.

  • Kerry's focus on peace talks, not settlements

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes, but stressed that the Jewish state and Palestinians alike should remain focused on the larger goal of restarting direct negotiations.

  • Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry harshly criticized Iranian authorities on Friday for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates, suggesting that Tehran is standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy.

  • Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers

    The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the police investigation.

  • Abe on 1st trip to Myanmar by Japan PM in 36 years

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is traveling to Myanmar on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the previous military regime.

  • Suicide bomber kills 3 in northwest Pakistan

    Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, killing three people.

  • US lauds India for reducing Iranian oil imports

    A senior American official on Friday praised India for reducing oil imports from Iran and said the U.S. government will decide soon on New Delhi's request to renew a waiver from sanctions on Tehran.

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