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Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who flew Germanwings Flight 9525 into a French mountainside, was examined for vision problems that may have affected his ability to fly, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
The U.S. leaves open the possibility of letting the United Nations set a deadline for a Palestinian state, in what would be a departure from using American veto power to protect its close Mideast ally.
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Nigeria’s presidential election day was hit by delays and violence, as electronic biometric scanners at some polling stations failed and Islamist militants launched attacks on a village and two voting centers.
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Saudi Arabia’s navy evacuated diplomats from Aden in Yemen before Houthi rebels—who took control of the government in the capital last month—descended on the southern port city, the Saudi Press Agency said.
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Afghanistan’s highest court has ruled that the police officer convicted of murdering an Associated Press photographer and wounding an AP correspondent almost one year ago should serve 20 years in prison.
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Australia will join a new China-led infrastructure bank, but still holds some concerns about governance of the bank, the country’s conservative government said.
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Italy’s highest appeals court overturned the murder convictions of Seattle native Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend in the 2007 death of British student Meredith Kercher, definitively clearing the pair.
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Australia’s conservative Liberal-National coalition notched an election victory in the country’s most populous state, providing a tailwind for unpopular Prime Minister Tony Abbott and smoothing the way for a multibillion-dollar privatization of the state’s electricity grid.
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After two days of U.S. airstrikes, the stalled Iraqi offensive to rout Islamic State fighters from Tikrit has resumed, the Pentagon said Friday.
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This week, schools across Singapore were instructed to hold special lessons dedicated to the country’s late founder, Lee Kuan Yew, tasked specifically to highlight his positive contributions.
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Sunnis across the Middle East greeted the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen as an overdue opportunity to reverse the tide of Iranian-led Shiite influence.
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Blood spattered utensils, bullet-pocked walls and overturned chairs marked the reception area of a prominent hotel in the Somali capital after an attack by Islamic extremists that killed at least 24, including six attackers.
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Brazil’s economy grew slightly in 2014 from 2013, a better-than-expected performance, but shrank in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as investment plunged and industry contracted.
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Turkey’s government has passed a controversial new security law, centralizing and expanding police powers amid widespread concerns the measures will be used to crack down on political dissent.
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The U.S. and Syria are in discussions over missing journalist Austin Tice, the State Department said Friday in an unusual admission of direct communication with the Assad regime.
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Fitch Ratings cut its credit ratings on Greece deeper into junk territory, while also revising outlooks on Angola and Tunisia.
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The head Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed Shiite group backed by Iran, berated Saudi Arabia for launching airstrikes in Yemen while also accusing the Sunni-led monarchy of creating and backing the extremist group known as Islamic State.
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France said it will begin discussions in the coming weeks on a U.N. Security Council resolution that would present a framework for negotiations toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Representatives from the Greek government are shortly expected to leave for Brussels, where they will discuss the overhauls with the heads of teams overseeing the country’s bailout.
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The Saturday Essay: He preached ‘Asian values’ and turned a tiny, poor city-state into an astonishing economic success. Is Lee’s ‘Singapore model’ the future of Asia?
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A new documentary project that gives a say to people close to the shah and his toppled monarchy is testing the limits of today’s Iranian regime.
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What accounts for the writer’s enduring appeal? A voice with a modern sensibility, says Alexander McCall Smith.
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The Prado museum in Madrid has brought together works of Netherlandish artist Van Der Weyden, in a rare show.
China Lays Out Path to Silk Road
Chinese officials have fleshed out some details for its “one belt, one road" plans to lay networks of infrastructure to better connect its economy with the rest of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe, releasing an action plan.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined other world leaders Sunday at the funeral of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore who passed away last week aged 91.
Q&A;: Robot Maker Fanuc Opening Up-but Keeping All That Yellow
Fanuc Chief Executive Yoshiharu Inaba talks about how his company is taking steps to open up and how the Japanese maker of industrial robots will increase financial returns for investors, following criticism from Daniel Loeb, head of the New York hedge fund Third Point.
China's JD.com Tries to Catch a Ride on the Korean Wave
Chinese consumers' love affair with all things South Korea isn't going unnoticed by some of China's biggest companies. On Thursday, JD.com Inc., the country's second biggest online retailer behind Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., said it would open an online mall dedicated to selling Korean goods to Chinese consumers -- and get Korean products into Chinese consumers' hands in a matter of days or even hours.
Iran and Greece: EU Week Ahead March 30-April 3
The issues likely to dominate a holiday-shortened week in the European Union.
ISIS in Indonesia – The Short Answer
Islamic State is providing “fresh oxygen” to extremist groups in Muslim-majority Indonesia, says a police official. What impact could the group known as ISIS have on Indonesia? And how is the government working to curb the danger? Here’s the short answer.
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Iconic landmarks, such as the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower, went dark on Saturday to observe Earth Hour, a global climate change awareness campaign organized by the conservation group WWF.
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Best Buy Co. said it would shutter its Canadian chain Future Shop to focus attention on its namesake brand, a move that will cut about 1,500 jobs across the country.
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When Ichiro Suzuki arrived at Miami Marlins training camp last month, he was the only player on the roster born in the 1970s. But the 41-year-old former Yankee is very much intent on extending his Hall of Fame career.
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