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YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroon officials say they have expelled more than 3,000 Nigerians as part of the fight against the Nigerian-born Islamic extremist group which has launched attacks across borders. Midjiyawa Bakary, governor of Cameroon’s Far North region, says authorities have also arrested hundreds of Cameroonians and Nigerians accused of …

LOS ANGELES – Authorities searching for a gunman linked to a kidnapping, killing and wounding of two deputies have closed a stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail in the southern Sierra Nevada. Kern County sheriff’s spokesman Ray Pruitt said Thursday the search remains focused on a 5-square-mile portion of sparsely …

BENGHAZI, Libya – Libyan officials say the planned peace talks next week between Libyan factions will take place in Geneva, instead of Morocco. Libya is bitterly divided between rival governments in its east and west, after descending into chaos following the 2011 end of Moammar Gadhafi’s rule. Tawfik al-Shaheibi, a …