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ABUJA, Nigeria — Residents of northeastern Nigeria’s Adamawa state were prohibited from leaving home Monday as authorities enforced a 24-hour lockdown period in response to what they said was widespread looting of shops and warehouses. Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri declared…

BEIRUT — Lebanon's embattled central bank governor stepped down on Monday under a cloud of investigation and blame for his country's economic crisis as several European countries are probing his alleged financial crimes. Riad Salameh, 73, ended his 30-year tenure…

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s journalists on Monday protested against the government’s decision to suspend a private television station's operations. Authorities made the move last week because they said there were irregularities concerning the registration of Klan Kosova's business license that…

BEIJING — China imposed restrictions Monday on exports of long-range civilian drones, citing Russia’s war in Ukraine and concern that drones might be converted to military use. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government is friendly with Moscow but says it is…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An escalating dispute over a gas field in the Persian Gulf poses an early challenge to a Chinese-brokered agreement to reconcile regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi Arabia and neighboring Kuwait jointly claim the…

KHAR, Pakistan — Hundreds of mourners attended funerals in Pakistan on Monday after a suicide bombing killed at least 54 people at an election rally for a pro-Taliban cleric, carrying caskets draped in colorful cloths to burial sites in the…