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BAMAKO, Mali – A Mali army official says at least two soldiers were killed in an ambush in the country’s north. Col. Souleymane Maiga said Monday that three more troops were wounded during the attack Sunday near Douekire, 30 miles (45 kilometers) west of the city of Timbuktu. The troops …

MOSCOW – A Russian court has arrested a mother of seven on treason charges for providing Ukraine with information on Russian troop movements. Moscow’s Lefortovsky court put Svetlana Davydova in custody last week on the charges, which carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years. The court didn’t provide …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s interior minister says security forces have arrested a key suspect in the slaying of a prominent Pakistani politician who was stabbed to death in broad daylight in London in 2010. The slain politician, Imran Farooq, was a senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, one of Pakistan’s …