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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai wants world leaders to spend more money, on top of their earlier promises, to secure 12 years of free primary and secondary education for all children across the world. The Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban in October 2012 …

KABUL, Afghanistan – The first-ever female nominee for the supreme court in Afghanistan has failed to garner enough votes of approval from the parliament. Anisa Rasoli received 88 votes on Wednesday, nine short of the 97 needed for her nomination to pass. Zahir Qadir, the deputy parliament speaker who was …

BEIJING – China’s official news agency said that 109 ethnic Uighurs who Thailand deported to China amid international criticism that the refugees could face persecution had been on their way to Turkey, Syria or Iraq to take part in holy war. On Thursday, Thai authorities sent back the Uighurs, who …

BEIJING – Police in northeastern China said they fatally shot three minority Muslim Uighurs, calling them terrorists who were using knives to resist arrest. Police also injured a fourth suspect during the incident Monday in Shenyang, the city police said in a statement on their microblog. A man who refused …

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Seismologists say a strong earthquake has struck in the ocean off the coasts of Barbados. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.4 quake was centered 81 miles (132 kilometers) northeast of Bridgetown at a shallow depth of about 3 miles (5 kilometers). It hit at 11:16 a.m. …

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Family members gathered in Ouagadougou to remember loved ones who died a year ago in a plane crash that killed 116 people. Relatives set up a vigil and shared prayers on Friday near construction of a monument that will display the names of the victims of …

PARIS – French officials say Swiss army helicopters made a surprise cross-border incursion into France — for the sake of thirsty Swiss cows. The aerial operation to scoop up water caught authorities responsible for Rousses Lake in the Jura mountains by surprise. The helicopters also startled swimmers and fishermen enjoying …

BEIRUT – An activist group and a Lebanese TV station are reporting that an Israeli drone attack in southern Syria has killed at least three pro-government gunmen. Al-Manar TV, the outlet of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, says the strike targeted a car carrying members of the Syrian National Defense Committees near …

AMSTERDAM – Two cranes being used in the restoration of a bridge in a central Dutch city have fallen onto a row of buildings and local media report up to 20 people have been injured. Ton Koot, a spokesman for the local fire brigade in Alphen aan den Rijn, told …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says drone strikes have killed up to 60 insurgents, many of them allied to the Islamic State group, in recent days. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial governor, said Wednesday that the strikes took place in Nangarhar and neighboring Paktika provinces in …