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February 7, 2017

Turkey says Erdogan and Trump to hold telephone conversation

Turkish officials say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump — their first since the American leader took office.

February 7, 2017

Afghanistan requests US air support for combat operations

Afghanistan's national security adviser is appealing to the U.S. to provide aircraft to back ground operations in the country until Afghan security forces can do the job alone.

February 7, 2017

Corruption tour shines unflattering light on graft in Mexico

Look to your right: There's the Pillar of Light, a towering monument shaped like a vanilla wafer cookie.

February 7, 2017

Iran president: Nuclear deal as blueprint for other disputes

Iran's president says Tehran's landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers could serve as a blueprint for resolving other Mideast disputes.

February 7, 2017

Chinese judge labels Trump 'public enemy of the rule of law'

A top Chinese judge has labeled Donald Trump a "public enemy of the rule of law" over his insults directed at a U.S. judge who suspended the president's travel ban.

February 7, 2017

Israel demolishes buildings at evacuated West Bank outpost

Israel says it's started demolishing buildings at a West Bank settlement outpost evacuated last week amid clashed between settlers and security forces.

February 7, 2017

New Zealand leader has 'sensible, polite' talk with Trump

New Zealand's Prime Minister Bill English says he told President Donald Trump during a phone call that he disagreed with his travel and refugee ban but that the conversation remained amicable.

February 7, 2017

Peru opens corruption probe into ex-President Toledo

Prosecutors in Peru are opening a formal investigation into suspicions that former President Alejandro Toledo took bribes from a Brazilian construction firm at the heart of a major corruption scandal shaking politicians across Latin America.

February 6, 2017

Human remains found in bags in eastern Mexican state

Mexican authorities are investigating several bags of human remains discovered when police stopped a vehicle in the eastern Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

February 6, 2017

Catholic church in El Salvador calls for mining ban

The Roman Catholic Church in El Salvador has asked the small Central American country's legislature to ban metal mining.