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Turkey says it will launch new Syria offensive within days ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey will launch a new military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria "within a few days," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... by SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press - December 12, 2018

UK disarray: May to face no-confidence vote from her party LONDON -- British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and ... by JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press - December 12, 2018

UN chief calls for compromise and sacrifice at climate talks KATOWICE, Poland -- The United Nations secretary-general called on countries to make compromises and sacrifices in talks over tackling global warming, as some o... by FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press - December 12, 2018

Strasbourg shooting suspect: An ex-convict tracked by police STRASBOURG, France -- Cherif Chekatt, the alleged extremist on the run after a deadly shooting at France's most famous Christmas market, had been on police rada... by LORI HINNANT and JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press - December 12, 2018

Chinese exec sees bail set at $7.5M A Canadian court granted bail on Tuesday to a top Chinese executive arrested at the United States' request in a case that has set off a diplomatic furor among t... by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports - December 12, 2018

U.S. returns bells to Philippines For over a century, the bells of Balangiga have not rung in the Philippines, a silence that the president last year called "painful." Now, the revered bells wil... by JIM GOMEZ The Associated Press - December 12, 2018

French seek killer after rampage A shooting in the French city of Strasbourg killed three people and wounded at least 11 others near a world-famous Christmas market Tuesday, sparking a broad lo... by SYLVIE CORBET, LORI HINNANT and ELAINE GANLEY The Associated Press - December 12, 2018

May seeks help to salvage EU-exit deal British Prime Minister Theresa May said she found "a shared determination" Tuesday among some European leaders to help persuade the British Parliament to accept... by RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK The Associated Press - December 12, 2018

Marines end search for crash survivors The U.S. military said Tuesday that five missing crew members have been declared dead after their refueling plane collided with a fighter jet last week off Jap... by MARI YAMAGUCHI The Associated Press - December 12, 2018

U.N. envoys told to act fast on warming The head of the U.N.’s top science panel on climate change said Tuesday that the world needs to “do more and faster” to prevent global warming on a scale that w... by The Associated Press - December 12, 2018

The world in brief Church gunman kills 4 people in Brazil by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports - December 12, 2018

Gunman kills 4, then himself, after Mass at Brazil cathedral RIO DE JANEIRO -- A man opened fire in a cathedral in southern Brazil after Mass on Tuesday, killing four and leaving four others injured before taking a bullet... by PETER PRENGAMAN and C.H. GARDINER, Associated Press - December 11, 2018

Former Ford Argentina executives sentenced in torture cases BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- An Argentine court on Tuesday sentenced two former Ford Motor Co. executives to prison for helping agents of the country's former dic... by LUIS ANDRES HENAO, Associated Press - December 11, 2018

Gunman opens fire in Brazil cathedral, kills at least 4 RIO DE JANEIRO -- A man opened fire in a cathedral in southern Brazil after Mass on Tuesday, killing four and leaving four others injured before turning a gun o... by The Associated Press - December 11, 2018

France counts costs of protests, new measures: $11 billion PARIS -- Tax relief and other fiscal measures announced by French President Emmanuel Macron to try to calm nationwide protests will cost $11 billion, the govern... by The Associated Press - December 11, 2018