FOX NEWS: Austria says it won't sign UN global migration pact

Austria says it won't sign UN global migration pact



The Austrian government said Wednesday that it won't sign a global compact to promote safe and orderly migration, citing concerns about national sovereignty as it joined neighboring Hungary in shunning the agreement.

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FOX NEWS: Afghan military helicopter crash kills all 25 on board

Afghan military helicopter crash kills all 25 on board



An Afghan army helicopter carrying senior officials crashed Wednesday, killing all 25 on board, according to an official.

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FOX NEWS: Secret no more: Israel's outreach to Gulf Arab states

Secret no more: Israel's outreach to Gulf Arab states



It was a scene unthinkable just weeks ago: an Israeli Cabinet minister, tears of joy filling her eyes, proudly singing her country's national anthem at a sports event in the heart of the Arab world.

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FOX NEWS: AP Interview: Okinawa leader wants Americans to stop US base

AP Interview: Okinawa leader wants Americans to stop US base



The bicultural, newly elected governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa plans to visit the United States with a message to the American people: Stop building a disputed military base and build peace instead.

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FOX NEWS: Pakistan acquits Christian woman facing death for blasphemy

Pakistan acquits Christian woman facing death for blasphemy



Pakistan's top court on Wednesday acquitted a Christian woman who was sentenced to death in 2010 on blasphemy charges, a landmark ruling that could ignite mass protests or violence by hard-line Islamists.

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FOX NEWS: Royals Harry and Meghan name kiwi birds 'gift' and 'sneeze'

Royals Harry and Meghan name kiwi birds 'gift' and 'sneeze'



Prince Harry and wife Meghan examined the navel, nostrils and whiskers on New Zealand's flightless kiwi bird and got to name two tiny chicks on the final day of their 16-day tour of the South Pacific.

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FOX NEWS: Migrants to rest, hope to win mass transport to Mexico City

Migrants to rest, hope to win mass transport to Mexico City



Thousands of Central American migrants in a caravan traveling through Mexico planned to rest at least a day or longer in the southern city of Juchitan beginning Wednesday, hoping to organize mass transport northward after days of hard walking in tropical temperatures that have left them about 900 miles from the nearest U.S. border crossing.

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FOX NEWS: Crashed Lion Air jet possibly found off Indonesia

Crashed Lion Air jet possibly found off Indonesia



Indonesian military officials say the Lion Air jet that crashed Monday minutes after takeoff may have been found in the Java Sea. 

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FOX NEWS: Who is funding the migrant caravans from Central America?

Who is funding the migrant caravans from Central America?



Guatemalan Secretary of Strategic Intelligence Mario Duarte believes the caravans are receiving funds from leftist countries in Latin America.

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FOX NEWS: Adventurer digs out of New Zealand avalanche; 2 guides die

Adventurer digs out of New Zealand avalanche; 2 guides die



A well-known adventurer dug herself out of an avalanche on a New Zealand mountain Wednesday morning, while two guides climbing with her died.

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