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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is holding parliamentary elections this Friday, yet the real question may not be who gets elected but how many people actually turn out to vote. Widespread discontent over the cratering economy, years of mass protests rocking the country, and tensions with the West over Tehran’s nuclear program and Iran’s support for Russia in …

ATENAS (AP) — Las huelgas generalizadas en Grecia suspendieron el miércoles servicios de tren y transbordador en unas protestas que coincidieron con el primer aniversario de un letal accidente ferroviario. Cincuenta y siete personas fallecieron en la peor catástrofe ferroviaria registrada en el país cuando un tren de pasajeros se estrelló contra otro de mercancías que circulaba en sentido contrario …

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned from the national legislature, state media reported Tuesday. Qin was dismissed as foreign minister in July, in one of China’s biggest political surprises in years. The 57-year-old served for only seven months before he disappeared from public view …

LONDRES (AP) — El príncipe Guillermo no asistirá a un servicio en memoria de su padrino, el difunto rey Constantino de Grecia, debido a un asunto personal, informó el Palacio de Kensington. El palacio se negó a dar más detalles el martes, pero dijo que su esposa, la princesa de Gales, que se está recuperando de una cirugía abdominal, sigue …

PARIS (AP) — The emir of Qatar spoke Tuesday of “a race against time” to secure hostage releases as part of the diplomatic push for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza in which his country is playing a key role. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani was speaking on a state visit to France, at a dinner in …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Presuntos taladores ilegales mataron a tiros a tres guardabosques que patrullaban e hirieron a un cuarto en el centro de México, cerca de las laderas del volcán Iztaccíhuatl. La policía del estado central de Puebla, al este de Ciudad de México, dijo el domingo por la noche que los asesinatos tuvieron lugar ese mismo día. …

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tuvalu’s former Attorney General Feleti Teo was named prime minister of the tiny South Pacific nation Monday after elections a month ago ousted the last government leader. Teo was the only candidate nominated by his 15 lawmaker colleagues and Governor General Tofiga Vaevalu Falani declared him elected without a vote, government secretary Tufoua Panapa said in …

ON THE MALINCHE VOLCANO, Mexico (AP) — On the flanks of a central Mexico volcano, the country’s female mountaineers have chosen a new “Queen of the Mountains,” complete with crown, ice axe and red cape. The tradition that dates to the 1950s came this year at a somber time for Mexico’s mountaineers, as the tight-knit community was still reckoning with …

BRUSELAS (AP) — Agricultores y ganaderos chocaron con la policía en Bélgica en lunes, arrojaron fertilizante líquido sobre los agentes y prendieron fuego a montones de neumáticos en una nueva demostración de fuerza durante una reunión de ministros de agricultura del bloque. La policía de Bruselas dijo que 900 tractores habían entrado en la ciudad y muchos se acercaban el …

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said its air force on Monday struck targets of the militant Hezbollah group “deep inside Lebanon,” as Lebanese officials said targets were hit near the northeastern city of Baalbek. At least two Hezbollah members were killed in the strikes, an official for the Lebanese militant group said. The strikes are among the deepest into …