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August 29, 2016

The Latest: US calls on Turkey, Syria Kurds to halt clashes

The Latest on the developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local): 5:30 p.m.

August 29, 2016

North Korea vows to respond to UN condemnation as a 'power'

North Korea is calling a U.N.

August 29, 2016

Canadian government sets up probe of switched at birth case

For years, people in the tiny northern Manitoba community had gossiped about why the two men didn't look much like their parents.

August 28, 2016

FARC sets permanent cease-fire under Colombia peace deal

The commander of Colombia's biggest rebel movement says its fighters will permanently cease hostilities with the government beginning with the first minute of Monday, as a result of their peace accord for ending five decades of war.

August 28, 2016

Two friends from remote Canada discover they were switched at birth 41 years ago

Two friends living in a remote community in Canada have just discovered through DNA that they were switched at birth 41 years ago.

August 28, 2016

AP Explains: Brazil's president under impeachment trial

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff will have her first chance to defend herself in Congress on Monday as an impeachment process enters its final stages.

August 28, 2016

Turkish bombing kills at least 20 in northern Syria

A Syria monitoring group and a spokesman for a Kurdish-led force say Turkish airstrikes and shelling have killed as many as 20 civilians in northern Syria.

August 28, 2016

Uzbekistan's longtime ruler Islam Karimov hospitalized

Uzbekistan's government has issued an unusual statement announcing the hospitalization of President Islam Karimov, who has ruled the former Soviet republic in Central Asia for more than 25 years.

August 28, 2016

Iran confirms arrest of member of negotiation team with West

Iran's judiciary on Sunday confirmed the brief detention of a member of Iran's negotiation team with world powers on suspicion of "infiltration," the official IRNA news agency reported.

August 28, 2016

Kerry heads to Bangladesh, India amid South Asian tensions

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's stops in Bangladesh and India come amid increasing concerns about terrorism in both South Asian nations.