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PARIS – President Francois Hollande, once the most unpopular French leader in his country’s modern history, is getting a major boost in popularity following his response to the terror attacks that shook the nation. The Ifop-Fiducial poll released Monday for Paris Match magazine asked, “‘Do you approve or disapprove of …

NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan official says the government is considering a request by the Chinese government to repatriate some of the 76 Chinese nationals arrested in Kenya for hacking. Ben Ogutu, the political and diplomatic secretary at the foreign affairs ministry, said on a live TV talk show Wednesday …

HELSINKI – An Iraqi-born cleric convicted of making death threats against a Norwegian politician and intimidating witnesses has walked free from prison. Mullah Krekar, a 58-year-old Kurd known as Najmaddin Faraj Ahmad, served nearly three years in prison. Relatives collected him Sunday from Kongsvinger prison near Oslo. Outside the gates, …