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ATHENS, Greece – The latest news on Greece’s financial woes on a day a big repayment to the International Monetary Fund is due and the country’s bailout program with European creditors ends (all times local): 10.04 a.m. The mood in European financial markets remained edgy amid growing expectations that Greece …

UNITED NATIONS – A U.N. observer mission has concluded that Burundi’s parliamentary elections on Monday were not “free, credible and inclusive.” A preliminary statement Thursday from the observers said voting took place “in a tense political crisis” and that “fundamental freedoms of participation, assembly, expression, opinion and information” suffered increasing …

BENGHAZI, Libya – A Libyan official says at least ten civilians were killed when three separate car bombs exploded simultaneously in the eastern coastal city of Darna. Hamid Albandag, the city’s representative to the internationally-recognized government, says the bombings, which went off Friday evening, set off clashes between militants belonging …

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – About 3,000 chanting protesters took to the streets of Barbados’ capital Monday to join a union-led rally against the recent dismissals of about a dozen public workers nearing retirement age. Sanitation and other services were disrupted in Bridgetown during the rare street demonstration by government clerks and …

BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian police arrested 15 presumed collaborators of the country’s second largest rebel group in connection with simultaneous bombings that shook the capital last week. The arrests took place Wednesday in coordinated raids on residences throughout Bogota. Among those taken into custody were two individuals who worked as …

BEIJING – A Chinese lawyer was forcibly taken away Friday just hours after his client, a Chinese journalist working for a German weekly, was released from nine months in detention, his associate said. Zhou Shifeng was taken by three unidentified men from a hotel where he stayed after picking up …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official IRNA agency is reporting nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers will end soon. A Monday morning report on IRNA said, “Negotiators are seriously discussing in order to resolve the last differences and soon they will announce the end of the talks.” “We hope …

BAKU, Azerbaijan – A court in Azerbaijan says the trial of an investigative journalist will begin next month in a case widely criticized by human rights organizations. Khadija Ismayilova, who has been jailed since December, has reported on corruption allegedly involving the family of President Ilham Aliyev. The arrest was …

PARIS – An official in the northern French port of Calais says that 2,100 migrants tried to storm the area surrounding the Eurotunnel early Tuesday before being repelled by police. The official, who spoke on condition she not be named because she wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, said police arrested …

LONDON – Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell says second-quarter net income fell 25 percent to $3.9 billion as the prolonged impact of lower crude prices continues to hurt the bottom line. Shell also announced Thursday it would reduce capital investment by an additional $3 billion this year, bringing the total …