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Spanish rescuers start drilling to reach boy trapped in well

"Be strong, Julen. Totalan is with you," read a handmade banner hung on the roadside near the rescue site.

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Saudi crown prince should be 'dealt with' over Khashoggi death, Sen. Graham says

"What has transpired over the [last] couple of years has been unnerving to say the least," the prominent Republican said in Turkey.

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Toilets can be a matter of life and death. This city takes that seriously.

More than 400 million people defecate in the streets in the world's second-most populous country.

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Cleric linked to deadly Bali bombings to be released early

Abu Bakar Bashir's planned release comes during campaigning for a presidential election due in April.

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20 dead, 54 injured in ruptured pipeline explosion outside Mexico City

Video from the scene earlier in the day showed what appeared to be gasoline spouting dozens of feet into the air.

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U.S. troops 'embarrassed' by Trump's Syria plan, Kurdish commander says

"They didn't expect this decision. It's out of their hands, and they are constantly apologizing for it."

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Euroviews. Davos elites need to reassure us about our tech-focused future | View

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution takes shape and the surge of Artificial Intelligence gathers pace, the world elites meeting at Davos need to seek to reassure those who most fear our common technological future to avoid people falling under the spell of populism.

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Three of four Americans killed in Syria explosion identified

The Department of Defense said Wednesday that the fourth person not yet identified was a contractor.

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Zimbabwe shuts down internet amid protests over $12 per gallon gas

"The world must quickly step in to remove this blanket of darkness that has been put on the country," one opposition activist said.

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North Korean ex-spy chief arrives in Washington for talks

Kim Jong Un said in a New Year speech he was willing to meet President Donald Trump "at any time."

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Prince Philip in car accident, Buckingham Palace says

The crash happened near Sandringham Estate, about 115 miles northeast of London. The Duke of Edinburgh was not injured.

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Efforts to rescue Spanish boy trapped in well hampered

Attempts to dig an intersecting tunnel to reach the 2-year-old who fell down the hole Sunday are facing complications.

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Russian operative Butina 'wanted to influence society,' sister says

The Russian operative spent years building connections in U.S. political circles and with influential conservative groups.

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Theresa May narrowly survives no-confidence vote after Brexit plan is crushed

"We are living through an historic moment in our nation's history," May said before the vote. "We dearly need to bring our country back together."

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U.S. service members wounded in Syria explosion

The attack comes weeks after President Trump tweeted that the U.S. had "defeated ISIS in Syria."

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Hairs, specialists offer hope to family of toddler trapped in Spanish well

"Now they are making progress ... we have a bit more hope," the two-year-old's father said.

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Another day of Brexit intrigue looms as opponents aim to oust PM May

Before this week, the biggest government loss in the British Parliament was by a margin of 166 votes and came in 1926. May smashed that record on Tuesday.

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More bullets fly the morning after deadly attack on Nairobi hotel complex

"It's so sad that such a bright young person is taken away by terrorism," the mother of the American victim told NBC News.

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Euroviews. Washington continues to underestimate Trump at its peril | View

Trump is an opportunist, but it is his beliefs — and not a thirst for power — that drive him.

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Captured American ISIS member says he 'wanted to go see exactly what the group was about'

A Muslim convert, Warren Christopher Clark and another American were being held in the northern Syrian town of Kobane on the border with Turkey after being captured