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LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland – Northern Ireland police say a small bomb has detonated outside a probation office on a residential street in Londonderry, injuring nobody, and the city’s leaders have accused IRA die-hards of recklessly endangering the lives of families living nearby. The blast at Crawford Square damaged the unoccupied …

SKOPJE, Macedonia – Macedonian prosecutors have filed charges against the country’s main opposition leader and former intelligence officials for alleged wiretapping following a scandal that has poisoned politics in the small Balkan country for months. Zoran Zaev is accused of “violence against the representatives of the highest state institutions.” If …

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s military says it is battling audacious tribal militias in central Nigeria and denies charges by community leaders that its troops have killed dozens of civilians. A statement Monday from the Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said militias engaged troops during weekend raids by the …