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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s hard-line president on Tuesday challenged the authority of the U.N. Security Council, two days before the council’s deadline demanding Tehran stop uranium enrichment. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said no one can prevent Iran from pursuing a peaceful nuclear program. Ahmadinejad also proposed having a televised debate with …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will be safe when he visits Germany next month, a top police official said, weeks after an attempted train bombing exposed holes in Germany’s counterterrorism strategy. Joerg Ziercke, head of the Federal Criminal Office, said in remarks published Sunday that the detention of three …

WASHINGTON – A Treasury Department agency that enforces economic sanctions against countries such as Cuba and plays a key role in efforts to catch terrorist financiers, drug dealers and money launderers, has a new director. Adam Szubin will take over as director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, said …