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Russian prime minister warns US against ramping up sanctions
Moscow, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — Russia's prime minister sternly warned the United States on Friday against ramping up sanctions, saying that Moscow will retaliate with economic, political and unspecified "other" means.
Rebuilding mosques priority for devout on quake-hit Lombok
Tanjung, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — On Indonesia's earthquake-devastated Lombok island, people are reeling as they mourn more than 300 dead and sleep in makeshift shelters, but foremost in the minds of some is rebuilding the collapsed mosques that were the heart of their communities.
Canadian police say at least 4 dead in shooting
Fredericton, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — Police in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton, New Brunswick said Friday at least four people have been killed and one suspect is in custody after a shooting.
Third strong earthquake shakes Lombok as death toll tops 220
Tanjung, Aug 9 (AP/UNB) — The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as an official said the death toll from an earlier quake had topped 220.
3 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip
Ramallah, Aug 9 (AP/UNB) — The Gaza Health Ministry says a pregnant woman, her 1-year-old daughter and a Hamas fighter have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
Australian man arrested in Bali on cocaine charges
Denpasar, Aug 9 (AP/UNB) — An Australian man faces up to 20 years in prison in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly possessing cocaine on the resort island of Bali.
India asks 4 million to prove their nationality in northeast
Gauhati, July 30 (AP/UNB — India on Monday released a final draft of a list of its citizens in the northeastern state of Assam, leaving some 4 million people on edge to prove their Indian nationality.
Putin: Christianity is the foundation of the Russian state
Moscow, Jul 28 (AP/UNB) — Vladimir Putin says the adoption of Christianity more than 1,000 years ago in territory that later became Russia marked the starting point for forming the Russian nation itself.
Ex-security aide to Macron says he betrayed president
Paris, July 28 (AP/UNB) — The former presidential security aide at the center of a firestorm over his violent behavior toward a protester on May Day says President Emmanuel Macron is not to blame and that he committed "a form of betrayal" of his boss.
Return of possible remains marks 1st step in Korea diplomacy
Washington, July 28 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday for "fulfilling a promise" to return the remains of U.S. soldiers missing from the Korean War, as a U.S. military plane made a rare trip into North Korea to retrieve 55 cases said to contain remains.