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Aussie PM defends climate policies amid bushfire crisis
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected "panicked" calls for his government to pursue more ambitious climate policies.
Trump discuss DPRK, Iran issues with Japan's Abe
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke over phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday, discussing issues concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran, said the White House.
Pakistan says Indian shooting kills 3 in Kashmir
Pakistani authorities said Sunday that mortars fired by Indian troops into Pakistan's portion of the disputed Kashmir region have killed three civilians and damaged nearly a dozen homes in recent days.
Iran rejects 'conditional release' for Iranian-British woman
The lawyer of an Iranian-British woman convicted on spying charges in Iran has asked that she be released after serving half of her sentence, a request that was immediately rejected by the Tehran prosecutors'office, the state IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
Queen Elizabeth II attends church; Philip still in hospital
Queen Elizabeth II attended church near her rural retreat Sunday as her husband Prince Philip spent his second night in a London hospital.
Iraqis protest as deadline to name new PM looms
Thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Baghdad and Iraq's southern provinces on Sunday, rejecting the nomination of what some call an Iran-backed candidate for the prime minister's post. The demonstrations came ahead of a looming midnight deadline for naming an interim prime minister, but without a solution being reached.
Germany says new rule requiring receipts fights tax fraud
Germany's finance minister is defending a new rule taking effect Jan. 1 that will require shops to provide a receipt for every purchase, a change that critics fear will result in vast amounts of paper being wasted.
Airstrikes on rebel-held northwestern Syrian town kill 7
Airstrikes on a rebel-held town killed seven people and wounded more than a dozen Saturday in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, the last remaining rebel stronghold in the war-torn country, opposition activists said. The attack came amid a government offensive in the region.
US heads to court to build Trump border wall in Texas
Three years into Donald Trump's presidency, the U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to seize private land in Texas to build a border wall.
Afghan official: Dozens of IS members surrounded, detained
The Afghan government said Saturday it has arrested or surrounded up to 700 Islamic State group fighters and family members in eastern Afghanistan over the past six months.