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YUBA, Sudán del Sur (AP) — Residentes de una zona pantanosa en la región central de Sudán del Sur se enfrentaron con pastores de ganado que se desplazaron al lugar en busca de agua y pastura durante la temporada árida, lo que dejó al menos 38 muertos y 52 personas con heridas de bala, informaron funcionarios el jueves. La disputa …

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police arrested seven people on Friday on suspicion of selling information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. The suspects, who allegedly passed details to Mossad via private detectives, were detained in a joint operation with Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, or MIT. Acting on warrants issued by the Istanbul Chief Public …

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Han Kuo-yu of Taiwan’s pro-unification Nationalists was elected speaker of the island’s legislature on Thursday, a sort of consolation prize for China, which claims the self-governing democracy as its own territory. The Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang or KMT, won 52 of the legislature’s 113 seats in a Jan. 13 election. The Democratic Progressive Party …

MOSCÚ (AP) — Un tribunal ruso ordenó el jueves que una periodista ruso-estadounidense permanezca en prisión dos meses más en espera de su juicio por no registrarse como agente extranjera. Alsu Kurmasheva, editora del servicio Tatar-Bashkir de Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, financiado por el gobierno de Estados Unidos, fue detenida el 18 de octubre y enfrenta cargos de no registrarse …

PARIS (AP) — France’s two major farmers unions announced they would lift country-wide blockades Thursday, shortly after the prime minister introduced new measures aimed at protecting their livelihoods that they described as “tangible progress.” However, farmer activists who have snarled traffic along major highways around Paris said they would stay put at least another day to see the government commitments …

JERUSALEM (AP) — Satellite photos show new demolition along a 1-kilometer-wide path on the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel, according an analysis by The Associated Press and expert reports. The destruction comes as Israel has said it wants to establish a buffer zone there, over international objections, further tearing away at land the Palestinians want for a state. The demolition …

PARIS (AP) — France’s two major farmers unions announced they would lift country-wide blockades Thursday, shortly after the prime minister introduced new measures aimed at protecting their livelihoods that they described as “tangible progress.” However, farmer activists who have snarled traffic along major highways around Paris said they would stay put at least another day to see the government commitments …