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Migrant backlog builds in Balkans after new diversion

BERKASOVO, Serbia/LJUBLJANA - Buses packed with migrants backed up on Serbia’s border with Croatia on Sunday, their passage to western Europe slowed by a new diversion through Slovenia, which vowed to limit the influx. | Video

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Gunman kills one, wounds eight in Israeli city of Beersheba

JERUSALEM - A gunman went on a stabbing and shooting rampage at the central bus station in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Sunday, killing one person and wounding eight, police said, in one of the most serious recent events of Palestinian-Israeli violence. | Video

World, Israel 3:48pm EDT

Republican candidates Bush and Trump clash over 9/11 remarks

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush transitioned from defense to offense on Sunday after criticism from rival Donald Trump that his brother, former President George W. Bush, carried some blame for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

2:37pm EDT

Yemen's abundant guns fuel its messy civil war

MARIB, YEMEN - Celebratory tracer fire from a wedding lights up the night sky over Marib, a city that is heavily armed even by the standards of Yemen, where the ready availability of weapons helped start civil war and is now preventing anyone coming out on top.

World, United Nations, Yemen 2:13pm EDT

United remains silent on medical condition of airline CEO

- United Continental Holdings Inc declined to provide details about the medical condition of its new chief executive officer on Sunday, days after the airline said Oscar Munoz was admitted to the hospital and a person familiar with his health said he suffered a heart attack.

3:13pm EDT

Turnout low in Egypt's long-awaited parliamentary election

CAIRO - Many Egyptian voters shunned the first phase of a parliamentary election on Sunday that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has hailed as a milestone on the road to democracy but his critics have branded as a sham. | Video

World, Egypt 3:49pm EDT

Gunfire at Florida Zombicon event leaves one dead, five hurt

TAMPA, Fla. - Gunfire erupted at a Florida festival that attracts thousands of people dressed in zombie costumes, killing one person, injuring five others and sending crowds of frightened people rushing for cover, local media and authorities said on Sunday. | Video

Roadside bomb kills two soldiers in Turkey's southeast: sources

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Two Turkish soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in the province of Tunceli, security sources said on Sunday, bringing the military death toll in two days of violence in the predominantly Kurdish east to six. | Video

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