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MOSCOW — Voters in Uzbekistan cast their ballots on Sunday in a snap presidential election that is widely expected to extend the incumbent’s rule by seven more years. The vote followed a constitutional referendum that extended a presidential term from…
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordanian security forces killed three men, including two escaped inmates, in a shootout in a remote part of the country, authorities said Sunday. The Public Security Directorate said that the two prisoners had recently fled from jail,…
BEIRUT — Syria’s Information Ministry has canceled the BBC’s media accreditation, accusing the British public broadcaster of biased and fake news in its coverage of the war-torn country. The announcement came days after BBC Arabic released an investigative documentary about…
MEXICO CITY — Beatriz weakened to a tropical storm as it began to move away from Mexico’s central Pacific coast Saturday, dumping heavy rain across coastal areas. The storm was centered about 15 miles (20 kilometers) west of Cabo Corrientes…
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Saturday demanded a re-run of last weekend’s presidential election after incumbent President Julius Maada Bio was declared the winner and swiftly sworn in for a second term in the West…
TORONTO — Canadian police on Thursday identified a young girl whose remains were found in a construction-site dumpster in Toronto more than a year ago. Hank Idsinga, unit commander of Toronto’s Homicide and Missing Persons Unit, identified her as four-year-old…
MEXICO CITY — The leader of an armed civilian movement that once drove a drug cartel out of the western Mexico state of Michoacan has been killed, authorities confirmed Thursday. Tributes quickly rolled in for slain “self defense” leader Hipólito…
MONTREAL — Canada Day fireworks planned for Saturday night in Montreal have been cancelled as air-quality concerns persist because of wildfires burning in northern Quebec. The Canadian wildfires have shrouded much of the U.S. and parts of Canada in smoky…
NEW YORK — Fed up with hundreds of bootleg pot shops, New York launched new inspections this month aimed at getting rid of the unlicensed stores that are troubling the state’s fledgling legal marijuana market. “You will be caught,” the…
Many small businesses have long relied on Amazon’s platform and delivery pipeline to boost their business. Now, Amazon wants to enlist them to help with deliveries, too. The e-commerce giant on Monday officially launched a program it has been piloting…