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Orbán allies could use EU as cash register, MEPs say Jennifer Rankin in Brussels   Hungarian PM’s supporters are winning EU-funded contracts while facing little competition   Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/EPA A European parliamentary watchdog...

Syrian chef raising money for Aleppo hospital   Millions of Syrians have been forced to flee the war in their country. Many have made the dangerous trip to Europe, but even if they do make it...

Pompeo says US to impose "strongest sanctions in history" on Iran   Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issues a steep list of demands that he said should be included in a nuclear treaty with Iran to...

Israel escalates air strikes on Gaza   Israeli strikes in blockaded Gaza kills three Palestinians, Gaza's health ministry says, raising the death toll in Gaza to seven in 24 hours, and 14 since Israel's raid began...

Trump offers reassurance that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un would remain in power under nuclear deal by David Nakamura and Philip Rucker   https://youtu.be/D-krssZS5xM President Trump said at the White House May 17, “The Libya model isn’t...

FARC leader wanted in US suspends hunger strike   Prosecutors in New York accuse partially-sighted Santrich of conspiring to ship 10,000 kilograms of cocaine to the United States while serving as a senior member of the...

Chaos in Merkel's coalition after key minister offers to resign   German Chancellor Angela Merkel is attempting to end a migration, refugee and asylum row with her conservative allies by holding more talks with Interior Minister...

Scientists: Explosive eruption risk rises for Hawaii volcano By SOPHIA YAN and AUDREY McAVOY   PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano could soon send boulders and ash shooting out of its summit crater in the kind...

Soldier steals armored vehicle, takes it on two-hour ride in Virginia: police   (Reuters) - A soldier stole an armored personnel carrier from a National Guard base in Virginia on Tuesday and took the vehicle on...

Peru is hotbed for Venezuelan dissidents By Jim Wyss   Lima, Peru As a parade of Venezuelan opposition figures took the stage in a Peruvian suburb this week, more than a thousand of their exiled countrymen burst into...