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The announcement came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to speak at the United Nations and warn against what he views as a deceptive charm offensive by President Hassan Rouhani of Iran.     

Death toll rises to 36 as Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott set to begin an official visit to Jakarta.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated from high-risk areas in central Vietnam on Monday as a typhoon that sank at least two Chinese fishing ships neared the coast.     

Netanyahu, who contends Iran is using conciliatory gestures as a smoke screen to conceal an unabated march toward a nuclear bomb, will meet with President Obama Monday to deliver strong words of caution to the U.S.

In recent weeks, momentum for reparations among former European colonies in the Caribbean has been building.

French fighter jets were ready for takeoff when president Francois Hollande got a surprising phone call from Barack Obama calling off a planned military strike in the country.      

Addressing UN General Assembly, Walid al-Muallem says armed opposition "received chemical agents" from foreign powers.

An Alitalia aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Rome's Fiuminco airport on Sunday night after landing gear failed to function, Italy's state-run ANSA news agency reported.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- A small jet that took off from Idaho has crashed into a storage hangar and started a large fire after landing Sunday night at a Southern California airport, officials said.     

9 killed, 6 wounded in apparent drug-related attacks amid fears of Mexico violence resurgence     

The export ban, if it is implemented fully, would give a boost to United Nations sanctions imposed this year that were meant to starve the North's increasingly sophisticated nuclear programs.     

Group of eight activists ordered held for two months, joining 22 others jailed after protest at offshore oil platform.

A woman accused of scamming nearly half a million dollars from a nonprofit fund benefiting the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings was indicted on Monday, according to a Massachusetts Attorney General.

2 Marine generals forced to retire for roles in deadly breach of base in Afghanistan     

Judge declines to move legal dispute between MLK Center and his estate to federal court     

Kenyans are still traumatized, but they want to get on with the business of living. CNN's David McKenzie has more.

'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2' wins weekend box office with $34M     

The National Endowment for the Arts' survey of public participation in the arts is out, and it contains rather disheartening news—or great news, depending on how you look at it.     

Wave of bombings mainly in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad kills at least 55     

UN says refugees from Congo war swell by more than 350,000 in past few months     

Sheriff: Rape report filed against pastor by wife of suspect in his shooting death     

AP Source: Texas AD Dodds to retire in August 2014