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JERUSALEM – The Israeli military says it has arrested 29 Palestinians suspected of links to the militant Hamas group in an overnight raid in the West Bank. Palestinian security officials said Wednesday the suspects were nabbed in and near the city of Nablus. The military says the raid was conducted …

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government is organizing a trade mission to Cuba with representatives from 18 private sector companies. Jamaican Industry Minister Anthony Hylton says the group’s members will meet with their Cuban counterparts from April 20-23 to talk about possible partnerships. William Mahfood is the director of one …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Denmark has outlawed bestiality, putting the small Scandinavian country in line with several European neighbors, including Germany, Sweden and Norway. In a 91-75 vote, Danish lawmakers approved Tuesday banning sex with animals. Five abstained. The law proposal had been introduced in February by Denmark’s farming minister Dan …

JERUSALEM – Israeli police say its officers have shot dead a knife-wielding Palestinian teen who tried to stab them in east Jerusalem. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the 17-year-old east Jerusalem resident approached a roadblock early Saturday with a butcher’s knife and tried to attack officers there. Samri says officers …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Police forces of the Islamic militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip suppressed a demonstration by local youth movements calling for it to mend ties with the rival Palestinian government in the West Bank. Hamas supporters took over the podium where protesters were expressing …

MOSCOW – Demonstrators are laying flowers and lighting candles in front of a building in the Ukrainian city of Odessa where more than 40 people died as it caught fire in a clash between supporters and opponents of Ukraine’s government. In all, 48 people died in Odessa in the May …

BERLIN – Millions of Germans experienced the fall of Nazi Germany 70 years ago Friday as total defeat. Today, most Germans view it as liberation from 12 years of tyranny. In a symbol of the shift in perception, the German Parliament plans a special session Friday to reflect upon “a …

MEXICO CITY – Thirteen people have been reported missing following the withdrawal of vigilantes from a violence-wracked city in southern Mexico, a human rights official said Tuesday. The disappearances add to confusion surrounding the takeover of the city of Chilapa by so-called “community police” earlier this month. The vigilantes, claiming …

RIGA, Latvia – The U.N.’s fund for climate aid to developing countries says it now has enough cash to kick off projects before a key climate summit in Paris. Green Climate Fund officials said a Japanese commitment Thursday of $1.5 billion pushed the fund’s resources beyond the threshold at which …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoints Sunday in volatile southern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 officers in the ongoing assault, authorities said. Mohammad Ismail Hotaki, the director of Helmand province’s Joint Coordination Office, said that Taliban fighters attacked 10 police checkpoints in the province’s Sangin district. Hotaki said …