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By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press PORTO RAFTI, Greece (AP) — Bus coupon in hand, Diamantoula Vassiliou headed for the sea, determined to make the most of her brief beach excursion. The Athens resident was among thousands who took a four-hour tour this month to Avlaki Beach, one hour north of Greece’s capital, many hauling plastic

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Representatives of three European countries threatening to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed to agree with their Iranian counterpart on Tuesday on how to avoid the measures days ahead of a deadline, a diplomat said. The diplomat said efforts would

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Iran of organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia and said the country was cutting off diplomatic relations with Tehran in response on Tuesday. The Australian Security Intelligence Organization, or ASIO, concluded that Iran had directed arson attacks on the

By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy rain fell Tuesday in parts of Southeast Asia after a tropical storm made landfall in Vietnam, causing at least four deaths, damage to homes and flooding in the capital and coastal areas. State television network VTV said the remnants of Typhoon Kajiki were moving over

By NICHOLAS KOMU Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — For the first time, Britain’s government has agreed to pay out millions in pounds to Kenyans to settle a civil lawsuit after its military forces had their legal immunity in Kenya lifted. The payout of 2.9 million British pounds ($3.9 million) to settle damages for a