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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned Britain's envoy to Tehran to protest his posts on social media calling for the government to release all people ''arbitrarily detained" in Iran, including journalists, the state-run news agency…

BAGHDAD — The United Nations' human rights chief on Wednesday warned that Iraq's water crisis could affect other countries in the region. Severe water shortages in Iraq because of climate change and government mismanagement have destroyed wheat and fruit harvests,…

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned three Mexican citizens Wednesday for alleged involvement in the production and trafficking of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. It was the second round of sanctions in as many months against leading fentanyl…

QAMISHLI, Syria — A fire broke out Wednesday in a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group causing material damage but no casualties, the camp’s director said.…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Police arrested the former director of Brazil’s Federal Highway Police and conducted several raids Wednesday as part of an investigation into possible political interference in last year’s presidential elections, police said. Brazil’s Federal Police said in…

KORNIDZOR, Armenia — The former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court warned that Azerbaijan is preparing genocide against ethnic Armenians in its Nagorno-Karabakh region