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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Sunday with Saudi Arabia's King Salman for talks on the conflicts in Syria, Libya and Yemen ahead of larger meetings on those crises in Europe this week....

BERLIN (AP) -- During the height of the migrant crisis in Europe last fall, Lasse Landt came to a startling realization....

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Crimean Tatars on Sunday celebrated Ukrainian singer Jamala's win at Eurovision with a song that sheds light on their horrific deportations to Central Asia under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but also hints at their recent treatment under Russian President Vladimir Putin....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's defense ministry criticized a U.S. report assessing its island-building efforts in the South China Sea, saying it "hyped up" China's so-called military threat....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Officials say militants have attacked a state-run natural gas plant outside the Iraqi capital, killing at least 11 people....

LAREDO, Texas (AP) -- Federal authorities on Sunday will begin to investigate what caused a charter bus headed to a casino to crash in far South Texas, killing eight people and injuring 44 others in a one-vehicle rollover, officials said....

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Saudi Arabia for talks on the conflicts in Syria, Libya and Yemen ahead of larger meetings on those crises in Europe this week....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will urge this year's graduates at Rutgers University to pursue positive change in the world despite a cascade of challenges from student loan debt to overseas turmoil....

LUOYANG, China (AP) -- Fifty years after Mao Zedong unleashed the decade-long Cultural Revolution to reassert his authority and revive his radical communist agenda, the spirit of modern China's founder still exerts a powerful pull....