Myanmar prepares for water festival

YANGON, Myanmar - People in Myanmar are busy preparing for celebrating the country's traditional Thingyan Water Festival.

Xi extends condolences over attacks

President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences to his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, on Monday over the terrorist attacks that targeted two churches.

Erdogan says EU bid 'on table' after referendum

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Sunday that the country's embattled bid to join the European Union will be back "on the table" after next week's referendum on enhancing his powers, raising new doubts about the future of the membership drive.

Sweden mourns victims in truck attack

STOCKHOLM - Sweden's Prime Minister said on Monday the country would never yield to terrorism, as he led a minute's silence for those killed and injured when a truck driver mowed down pedestrians on a Stockholm shopping street.

US missile strike complicates Syria crisis

DAMASCUS - The United States missile attack on a Syrian air base has complicated the crisis in the country and is threatening more militarization, analysts said.

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Bombings at churches leave 36 dead

CAIRO - At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants.

US strike group deployed to the Korean Peninsula

LOS ANGELES - The US Navy said on Saturday it had sent the USS Carl Vinson Strike Group to the Korean Peninsula.

Counterterrorism on agenda for Tillerson's visit, says Russian FM

MOSCOW - Russia intends to discuss international counterterrorism with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during his visit next week, despite clouded Russia-United States ties, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharov said on Saturday.

Iran's president lends backing to Assad; brands strikes a 'violation'

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani affirmed his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government on Sunday, following last week's United States missile strike on a Syrian airbase.

7 questioned after truck attack raids in Sweden

STOCKHOLM - Swedish police have brought in seven people for questioning over an apparent terror attack in which a hijacked delivery truck mowed down pedestrians in Stockholm, killing four people, authorities said on Sunday.

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