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ISLAMABAD – A local police official in northwestern Pakistan says the death toll from an army helicopter crash has risen to 12 and that rescuers have transported the bodies of all the victims to hospitals. Fida Khan said Friday that the helicopter suddenly went down a day earlier in the …

MOSCOW – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s mission in eastern Ukraine says four of its armored cars were destroyed in an apparent arson attack. It was unclear who carried out the attack in Donetsk, the main rebel-held city. The white sport utility vehicles were parked outside the …

SRINAGAR, India – Indian officials say government troops have killed two militants in a prolonged gunbattle that also left one police officer wounded in the Indian-ruled portion of Kashmir. Senior paramilitary officer Nalin Prabhat said the gunbattle began Monday after security forces cordoned off some houses in Ratnipora village. Shooting …

GENEVA – Commodities and mining group Glencore PLC slumped to a first-half loss of $676 million in the wake of weak commodities prices and costs linked to the suspension of oil drilling operations in Chad. In the same period last year, the company made a net profit of $1.72 billion. …

BANGKOK – Thai authorities say they’re making progress in their investigation into Monday’s bombing in central Bangkok and that the city’s security situation has stabilized. Still, the authorities on Saturday called on citizens to be alert for suspicious packages and not to spread rumors on social media. Col. Winthai Suvaree, …

MINSK, Belarus – The warring sides in the eastern Ukraine conflict have called for a cease-fire on Sept. 1, the day that the new school year is to begin. Speaking after a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in the Belarusian capital Minsk, OSCE representative Martin Sajdik said Wednesday that …

ROME – Prosecutors in Sicily detained 10 people on suspicion of smuggling and murder Friday for having allegedly crammed dozens of migrants into the airless hold of a boat where 52 bodies were found this week. The Swedish ship Poseidon rescued 439 survivors Wednesday but crew members made a grisly …

MADRID – Spanish police have searched the family house of the Moroccan man arrested for trying to stage an attack on a high-speed train traveling to Paris late last month. A police spokesman said the house of Ayoub El-Khazzani ‘s parents in the southern city of Aleciras was searched Tuesday …

UNITED NATIONS – Russia is holding up Security Council approval of a proposed new international body to assign blame for chemical attacks in Syria’s deadly conflict for the first time. Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, who holds the council presidency in September, told reporters Wednesday that Russia had questions about …

BANGKOK – A Thai court sentenced four men to life in prison on Friday for a grenade attack on a political rally in Bangkok last year that killed three people, including two children, and injured 21 others. The court originally issued death sentences to the men for murder and other …