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BRUSSELS – The European Union presidency says that no new sanctions will likely be imposed on Russia at this week’s EU summit over the conflict in Ukraine because the peace agreement is generally being respected. Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics of Latvia, which holds the EU presidency, said Tuesday he did …

YEREVAN, Armenia – The defense ministry of the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region said three of its soldiers were killed and another four were wounded Thursday while repelling an Azerbaijani incursion. It said an unspecified number of Azerbaijani invaders were killed during the clash, which lasted about two hours. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry, …

ISTANBUL – A Turkish opposition lawmaker says that an American and a Canadian are among a group of medical students believed to have crossed into Syria from Turkey. Mehmet Ali Ediboglu previously told The Associated Press that the group consisted of nine British medical students and doctors. The lawmaker says …