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September 20, 2016

World Leaders to focus on refugee crisis and Syria at UN

World leaders meeting at the United Nations starting Monday will be trying to make progress on two intractable problems at the top of the global agenda — the biggest refugee crisis since World War II and the Syrian conflict now in its sixth year which has claimed over 300,000 lives.

September 20, 2016

World leaders at UN must tackle Syria, extremism, refugees

World leaders gather at the United Nations for their annual meeting Tuesday with an array of global crises that desperately need solutions, topped by the Syrian conflict, escalating attacks around the world by Islamic extremists, and millions of people fleeing fighting and poverty.

September 20, 2016

Thousands protest planned trade link-ups with US, Canada

Thousands of demonstrators have marched at the European Union headquarters to protest trans-Atlantic trade talks with the United States and a planned deal with Canada, claiming they would hurt labor and consumer rights while undermining environmental protection.

September 20, 2016

Romania: court again postpones ruling on same-sex marriage

Romania's Constitutional Court has again postponed ruling on a petition to recognize the same-sex marriage of a U.S. citizen and a Romanian man.

September 20, 2016

Brazil's Petrobras slashes investment amid kickback probe

Brazil's state-run oil company is further slashing its investment plans by one fourth less than a year after similar cuts as oil prices fall and a corruption probe widens.

September 20, 2016

Turkish president announces new push on Syria IS stronghold

Turkeys' president has announced a new push by Turkish forces and Syrian rebels aimed at capturing a town held by the Islamic State group.

September 20, 2016

Armed men hold up bus carrying Venezuelan soccer team

Six armed men have held up a bus carrying a Venezuelan first-division soccer team.

September 20, 2016

APNewsBreak: US resident gets 10-year Iran prison sentence

A U.S. permanent resident detained for a year in Iran over spying allegations has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $4.2-million fine, his supporters said Tuesday, part of a wide crackdown on those with foreign ties which followed the nuclear deal.

September 20, 2016

Pressure on Argentina's Macri to keep vow on Syrian refugees

Having escaped the civil war in her homeland to find refuge in Argentina, Nairouz Baloul hopes the South American nation will now welcome many more Syrians like her to begin a new life.

September 20, 2016

5 Cuban volleyball players convicted of rape in Finland

A Finnish court has convicted five members of Cuba's national volleyball team of aggravated rape and sentenced four of them to five years in prison.