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Blast on Russian subway kills 10; 2nd bomb defused

  ST. PETERSBURG / AP A bomb blast tore through a subway train in Russia’s second-largest city Monday, killing 10 people and injuring about 40 as President Vladimir Putin visited the city, authorities said. Hours later, police found an unexploded device in one of St. Petersburg’s busiest subway stations, sending a wave of anguish and fear through Putin’s hometown. There ...

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Trump meets Egypt’s Sisi to talk IS, foreign aid

  WASHINGTON / AP President Donald Trump welcomed his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, to the White House on Monday for talks ranging from ways to collaborate in the fight against extremism to efforts to bolster Egypt’s flailing economy. In an Oval Office meeting, Trump said that el-Sissi has done a “fantastic job” and declared his support for Egypt and ...

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Britain to offer Jordan more trainers in anti-IS strikes

  AMMAN / AP British Prime Minister Theresa May has begun a visit to Jordan where she is to announce plans to send more British military trainers to help the kingdom’s air force in the fight against IS group extremists. Jordan’s royal court said on Monday that May and Jordan’s King Abdullah II toured a military facility, inspecting a rapid ...

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