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In this photo taken on Monday April 23, 2018, Spain's armed forces put on a show of naval and aerial maneuvers off Rota, southern Spain. Spain looks set to take charge of the European Union's anti-piracy operation off Somalia despite a challenge from Italy, as EU countries continue to pick over the spoils left by Britain's departure from the bloc next year. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Spain eyes HQ of EU piracy mission amid Brexit planningSpain looks set to take charge of the European Union's anti-piracy operation off Somalia despite challenge from Italy

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This Monday, April 23, 2018 photo, Syrian refugee children play outside their family tents at a Syrian refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. A leading international rights group and the U.N.'s refugee agency say Lebanese authorities have been evicting Syrian refugees from towns and camps in Lebanon without any legal basis. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Seeking aid abroad, Lebanon uproots Syrian refugeesSeeking aid abroad, Lebanon uproots Syrian refugees from camps and towns around the country

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Cops Reveal Gruesome Fate of Missing Mexican Film StudentsFrustration over the disappearance of three university students in Mexico turned to outrage Monday as authorities revealed the men were tortured and killed by cartel members who wrongly suspected them of belonging to a rival gang. Enrolled at Guadalajara's University of Audiovisual Media, Javier Salomon Aceves Gastelum, 25; Marco Avalos,...

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FILE -- In this photo taken on Aug. 2, 2017, the Iuventa ship of the German NGO Jugend Rettet is docked at Lampedusa' harbor, Italy. Italy’s highest court has rejected a request by Jugend Rettet to release its migrant rescue boat Iuventa, seized eight months ago by prosecutors investigating allegations that NGOs colluded with migrant smugglers. (Elio Desiderio/ANSA via AP)

Italy's high court refuses to release migrant rescue shipItaly's highest court has rejected a request by a German group to release its migrant rescue boat seized eight months ago by prosecutors investigating allegations that non-governmental organizations colluded with migrant smugglers

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A glossy magazine about Saudi Arabia is photographed in Washington, Monday April 23, 2018. The mystery behind the origins of a the pro-Saudi magazine that showed up on U.S. newsstands is growing amid revelations that the Saudi Embassy in Washington got a sneak peek. The Associated Press has obtained files showing that a digital copy was quietly shared with Saudi officials by American Media Inc. almost three weeks before it was published, despite both parties’ insistence that they didn’t coordinate on the magazine. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Mystery grows over pro-Saudi tabloid: Embassy got sneak peekThe mystery behind the origins of a fawning pro-Saudi magazine that laid down a red carpet for Crown Prince Mohammed's visit

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After His Power Grab Comes a Surprise Turn: 'I Was Wrong'A surprising turn of events this week has focused attention on the former Soviet state of Armenia: There, longtime leader Serzh Sargsyan abruptly resigned on Monday amid protests accusing him of a blatant power grab. "I was wrong," Sargsyan, an ally of Vladimir Putin, told the nation. As the BBC...

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Markus Soeder, Governor of the German state of Bavaria, hangs up a cross at the entrance of the state chancellery in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)

German state orders crosses mounted at government buildingsBavaria's conservative government is ordering Christian crosses to be placed at the entrance of all state administrative buildings

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Juan Carlos Cruz, backdropped by St.Peter's Basilica, talks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Rome, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Cruz, who is the key whistleblower in Chile's clerical sex abuse scandal, has arrived in Rome for his audience with Pope Francis and says he will urge Francis to get rid of the "toxic" bishops and cardinals who have defamed and discredited him and other abuse survivors around the world. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

AP Interview: Chile abuse whistleblower from pariah to VIPAP Interview: Whistleblower in Chile's clerical sex abuse scandal says ahead of audience that he will urge the pope to get rid of the "toxic" bishops and cardinals who have defamed and discredited him and other abuse survivors around the world

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Justices say foreign business can't be sued under 1700s lawThe Supreme Court says foreign businesses cannot be sued in U.S. courts by foreign victims of human rights abuses and extremist attacks

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Finland Ditches Basic Income; US Is Up NextIt looks like universal basic income won't get the green light in Finland. A little more than a year into a two-year trial, the Finnish government says it won't expand an experiment that sees 2,000 unemployed Finns paid $685 per month in basic income , rather than financial benefits, with...

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The Honorable Artillery Company fire a 62 gun royal salute at the Tower of London, to celebrate the birth of Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge's third child, in London, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Prince Charles says it is a "great joy" to be a grandfather once again, issuing a statement to express his pleasure with the arrival of a boy to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

Royal baby: Prince Charles welcomes new grandsonPrince Charles says it is a "great joy" to be a grandfather once again, issuing a statement to express his pleasure with the arrival of a boy to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

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Britain's Leader of the opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn , centre second row, with the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, front left sculptor Gillian Wearing, campaigner Caroline Criado Perez pose for photographs after the unveiling a statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, London, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May has helped unveil a statue of women's rights campaigner Millicent Fawcett outside Britain's Parliament. Fawcett is the first woman to be commemorated there alongside 11 statues of men including Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Suffragist first woman to get statue outside UK ParliamentA bronze statue of women's rights campaigner Millicent Fawcett was unveiled Tuesday outside Britain's Parliament _ the first woman to be commemorated there alongside statues of 11 men including Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill

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