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Syria to hold presidential elections on June 3

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria will hold presidential elections on June 3, the country’s parliament speaker announced Monday, a vote President Bashar Assad is likely to contest,...

Chris Brown’s bodyguard convicted of assault

WASHINGTON — A judge has convicted singer Chris Brown’s bodyguard of an assault charge following a two-day trial that provided a preview of a similar case...

Pro-Russia militants detain 3 journalists in Ukraine

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — Three foreign journalists were temporarily detained by pro-Russia insurgents in city in eastern Ukraine. One Belarusian and two Italian journalists were stopped Monday...

South Korean President says ferry crew committed ‘unforgivable, murderous behavior’

How a 16-year-old survived California-Hawaii flight in the plane’s wheel well

HONOLULU — FBI officials say a 16-year-old boy stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii, surviving the trip halfway across...

Cagayan mayor slain in flag ceremony attack

  GONZAGA, CAGAYAN – Mayor Carlito Pentecostes Jr. of Gonzaga was killed when a group of 15 armed men attacked the municipal town hall on Monday...

MH370 families seek financial help over six weeks after MAS jet vanished

PERTH, Australia — As the search continued off the coast of Australia for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the airline announced another plane bound for India...

Ukraine, Russia point fingers for eastern shootout

BYLBASIVKA, Ukraine — Within hours of an Easter morning shootout at a checkpoint manned by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement...

More bodies found from capsized South Korean ferry; death toll at 64

JINDO, South Korea — There are no names listed as relatives huddle around signboards to identify bodies from a sunken ferry. Just the slimmest of clues...

American petition calls Paris love locks landmark ‘an eyesore’

PARIS — Without love, what is Paris? And yet what is a trip to Paris without unfettered vistas of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre or Notre...