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CAIRO – The United Nations mission in Libya says talks between the country’s rival factions will resume this week in Morocco. The U.N. and its envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, have been trying to help resolve the crisis in the North African country, now bitterly divided between two rival governments …

UNITED NATIONS – The United States has circulated a draft resolution in the U.N. Security Council that condemns the use of toxic chemicals such as chlorine in Syria without assigning blame, while threatening militarily enforced action in the case of further violations. The draft obtained Thursday by The Associated Press …

BEIJING – Five Chinese feminist activists remained in police custody Monday after authorities detained at least 10 women’s rights proponents across the country in the run-up to International Women’s Day, according to a Chinese activist. Activist Feng Yuan said the activists still in detention were Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wang …

SYDNEY – Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar province. The Islamic State group claimed in an online statement that it used foreign fighters from Australia, Belgium, Syria and …

JOHANNESBURG – South African authorities say a Cabinet minister who led the planning of the 2013 funeral of Nelson Mandela has died in a car crash. The office of South African President Jacob Zuma said Collins Chabane, minister in charge of public service and administration, died early Sunday. Zuma said …

TIRANA, Albania – Nine Albanian Muslims, including two preachers, have gone on trial in Albania on charges of recruiting and sending more than 70 men to fight with rebel groups in Syria. The suspects were arrested a year ago and charged with promoting and funding terrorist activities. They face a …

LONDON – The U.K. Independence Party, which wants Britain to leave the European Union, has suspended a candidate in the upcoming general election over claims a member of her staff inflated a restaurant receipt to be claimed on European taxpayer-funded expenses. The allegation is embarrassing for UKIP, which rails against …

GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemala and Honduras have set up a joint border task force to fight criminal gangs and tackle other causes of migration as part of an attempt to reduce the number of people headed north to the United States, officials said Monday. The “Maya-Chorti” task force comprises around …

MOSCOW – A senior Russian official says about 1,500 residents of Russia’s North Caucasus are fighting alongside Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Sergei Melikov, President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the North Caucasus, says at least five militants who came back after fighting in Syria were killed in security …

MEXICO CITY – A clash between two vigilante “self-defense” groups in the troubled Mexican state of Guerrero killed at least four people and dozens more were taken prisoner by each side, a leader of one of the groups said Tuesday. Over the last two years vigilantes have brought some peace …