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October 20, 2016

Czech army to deploy medical personnel, instructors in Iraq

Czech lawmakers have approved a government plan to send medical personnel and additional military instructors to Iraq.

October 20, 2016

Bangladesh says attack investigation yielding results

In the three months since a band of youths tortured and killed 20 hostages in a Dhaka restaurant, Bangladeshi intelligence officials say they're rooting out radicals and restoring security to the streets.

October 20, 2016

Czechs condemn UNESCO controversial Jerusalem resolution

Lawmakers in the Czech Parliament's lower house have condemned this week's resolution by UNESCO that Israel says denies the deep historic Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem.

October 19, 2016

Swiss gov't to pay 2 Syrians wrongly held on terror charges

A federal court has ordered the Swiss state to pay compensation to two Syrian men arrested and held on terrorism-related charges that were subsequently thrown out.

October 19, 2016

Hundreds mourn top filmmaker Andrzej Wajda in Poland

Hundreds of people including politicians, actors and family packed into a Polish church Wednesday to mourn the death of Poland's leading filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, an honorary Oscar winner.

October 19, 2016

Romanian leader urges tolerance for same-sex couples

Romania's president has called for "tolerance and acceptance" of minorities as Romania considers whether to legally recognize a same-sex marriage between a U.S. citizen and a Romanian man.

October 19, 2016

Ex-Turkish army chief: Gov't took no action against Gulen

A former Turkish military chief says the government was warned about U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen's movement back in 2004 but no action was taken against the group.

October 19, 2016

Russia opens new church in Paris amid diplomatic tensions

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has attended a ceremony to inaugurate a Russian Orthodox church and cultural center next to the Eiffel Tower.

October 18, 2016

The Latest: Syrian activists say strikes hit Aleppo villages

The Latest on the developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local): 1:55 p.m.

October 18, 2016

Russian city cancels 'Jesus Christ Superstar' after protest

A theater in one of Russia's largest cities has cancelled a planned performance of the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" following protests by an organization of conservative Orthodox Christians.