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BEIRUT (AP) — Seis combatientes kurdos murieron el domingo por la noche en un ataque de dron contra una base que aloja a tropas estadunidenses en el este de Siria, en el primer ataque significativo en Siria e Irak tras los bombardeos de represalia estadounidenses del fin de semana contra milicias con apoyo iraní que han atacado a sus fuerzas …

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants armed with rockets, guns and grenades attacked a police station in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s northwest before dawn on Monday, killing 10 officers before fleeing, authorities said. Six other officers were wounded in this year’s deadliest attack in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders …

BOGOTÁ (AP) — Las autoridades colombianas capturaron a Luis Morales Andrade, un ecuatoriano incluido en la lista de los más buscados de ese país por casos de abuso sexual, según informó el lunes la policía. Morales fue ubicado en el municipio de Yumbo, al suroccidente de Colombia, e informado sobre la notificación roja de Interpol que pesaba en su contra …

YUBA, Sudán del Sur (AP) — Enfrentamientos aparentemente ligados a una lucha territorial en la disputada región petrolera de Abyei en Sudán del Sur dejaron 37 muertos el fin de semana, informó un funcionario el domingo, una semana después de que 52 personas perdieran la vida en otra disputa territorial en la misma región. Los combates estallaron en los condados …

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A fire at a guesthouse in central Romania on Sunday morning left one person dead and two hospitalized, authorities said. Emergency teams were deployed to the blaze in the town of Calimanesti in Valcea county where 10 people — including the owner and an employee — were staying at the guesthouse, according to the Department for …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it tested cruise missiles outfitted with new “super-large” warheads as well as a new type of anti-aircraft missile, extending a streak in weapons demonstrations that has rival South Korea worried. The report Saturday by North Korean state media came a day after South Korea’s military said it detected the North launching multiple …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it tested cruise missiles outfitted with new “super-large” warheads as well as a new type of anti-aircraft missile, extending a streak in weapons demonstrations that has rival South Korea worried. The report Saturday by North Korean state media came a day after South Korea’s military said it detected the North launching multiple …

MADRID (AP) — A poster in the southern Spanish city of Seville that depicts a young, handsome Jesus wearing only a loincloth has unleashed a storm on social media, with some calling it an affront to the figure of Christ and others posting lewd remarks and memes poking fun at the image. The poster by internationally recognized Seville artist Salustiano …

OCUMICHO, Mexico (AP) — Guided by their ancestral lunar calendar, members of Mexico’s Purepecha Indigenous group celebrated their own New Year’s Eve — a little differently than the West’s traditional New Year. The Purepechas, who live in the western state of Michoacán, preserve the pre-Hispanic belief in the “New Fire” ceremony, a version of which was also practiced by their …

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia will seek an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss the escalation of tensions with its former province of Kosovo after its government decided to ban the use of the Serbian dinar and introduce the euro in areas where minority Serbs live, Serbia’s president said Friday. Kosovo’s government has banned banks and other financial institutions …