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JOHANNESBURG – Fearful immigrants in South Africa who fled their homes because of threats and deadly attacks by South Africans said Sunday they were targeted in some cases by longtime neighbors and people who warned they would assault anyone carrying a foreign passport. The immigrants spoke in interviews with The …

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea formally approved a plan on Wednesday to salvage a ferry that sank last year, killing 304 people in one of the country’s deadliest disasters in decades. Raising the Sewol is one of the demands of bereaved families, who hope to discover more details about …

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s president has lashed out at country leaders who have recognized the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide on the centenary of the massacres. Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused France, Germany, Russia and Austria — whose leaders or parliaments recently described the killings as …

BERLIN – The U.N. human rights office has criticized Indonesia’s decision to execute eight people convicted of drug smuggling. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights says Indonesia asks for clemency for its own nationals facing execution in other countries, “so it is incomprehensible why it absolutely refuses …

ROME – Ships from the Italian Coast Guard and navy have rescued more than 1,200 migrants after smugglers’ boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya. Italian officials say the migrants were being taken Saturday to Italian ports after several different rescue operations, including helping some 200 people …

BANGUI, Central Africa Republic – The United Nations says that armed groups in Central African Republic have agreed to release any children they are holding and not to recruit child soldiers. U.N. Children’s Agency representative Mohamed Malick Fall said Tuesday that this is a major step forward though challenges remain, …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Emirates airline says Sir Maurice Flanagan, the first managing director of the carrier who helped it get off the ground three decades ago, has died. The Dubai-based airline Flanagan was instrumental in launching now ranks as the Middle East’s biggest carrier. It said Thursday the …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian police say 1,018 Rohingyas and Bangladeshis have landed illegally on a beach in a northern resort island and all have been detained for processing. Langkawi island police chief Jamil Ahmed says they were believed to have come in three boats. He said Monday that police …

DOHA, Qatar – Women won two of the 29 seats up for grabs on Qatar’s municipal council, the only directly elected body in the small but wealthy Gulf nation. Election supervisory committee chairman Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Majid al-Khulaifi announced the election winners on Thursday. He says nearly 70 percent of …

TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia’s Foreign Ministry says 60 of its citizens have been released from detention in Libya, leaving more than 100 still under arrest. On Saturday, Tunisia’s consul in Tripoli, Brahim Rezgui, said that 172 Tunisians had been arrested by authorities. Differing reasons have been given for the arrest, …