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Islamic State truck bomb kills at least 60 people south of Baghdad

HILLA, Iraq A truck bomb at an Iraqi checkpoint south of Baghdad killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 70 on Sunday, medical and security officials said, and Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast. | Video

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Pakistani lawyers' group behind spike in blasphemy cases

ISLAMABAD A little-known alliance of hundreds of lawyers in Pakistan is behind the rise in prosecutions for blasphemy, a crime punishable by death that goes to the heart of an ideological clash between reformers and religious conservatives.

6:10pm EST

Renzi says won't send troops to Libya for now; freed Italian hostages fly home

MILAN/ROME Prime Minister Matteo Renzi denied on Sunday suggestions by the U.S. ambassador in Rome that Italy could send up to 5,000 troops to Libya, saying conditions were not in place for military intervention in the former Italian colony. | Video

United Nations, Italy, Libya 2:54pm EST

Turkish prime minister says no bargaining on new constitution

ISTANBUL There will be no bargaining over a new constitution for Turkey which could enhance the powers of the president and the government will seek to put the matter to a referendum, the prime minister said on Sunday.

Turkey 1:15pm EST

Defying ICC arrest warrant, Sudan's Bashir arrives in Indonesia

KHARTOUM Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrived in Indonesia on Sunday, defying an international warrant for his arrest, to attend an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit, the Sudanese state news agency said.

3:04pm EST

Afghans feel forgotten in Europe's migrant crisis

CESME, Turkey As the European Union and Turkey focus on stemming the flow of Syrian refugees attempting perilous journeys across the Aegean sea to Greece, another migrant community whose numbers are also swelling says it is being overlooked.

Turkey, Greece, Syria 9:22am EST

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