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Tunisian parliament set to reject new government in Friday vote

Tunisia's parliament looked poised to reject a proposed new government Friday after only one party said it would support it in a vote of confidence, meaning a complex coalition-building process may need to start again. Designated prime minister Habib Jemli urged parliament to support his...

French unions warn of new protests as pension battle heats up

French union leaders on Friday began crunch meetings with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and other top officials over a hotly contested pension overhaul that has sparked the country's longest rail strike in history. Expectations of a breakthrough were low, however, after the government...

Strong winds create Australian 'megablaze'

Gale-force winds in Australia merged two enormous fires into a megablaze across land almost four times the area of New York City on Friday, while thousands rallied to again demand action on climate change. "The conditions are difficult today," said Shane Fitzsimmons, rural fire service...

Iraq asks US for team to prepare troop pullout

Iraq's caretaker premier Adel Abdel Mahdi has asked the United States to send a delegation to Baghdad to begin preparing for a troop pullout, his office said on Friday. In a phone call late Thursday with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Abdel Mahdi "requested that delegates be sent to...