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MOSCOW – The upper house of Russia’s parliament is calling on authorities to investigate whether some prominent foreign organizations, including the MacArthur Foundation and Freedom House, are a threat to Russia. The so-called “patriotic stop-list” that was sent Wednesday to the prosecutor-general and the justice and foreign ministries also names …

DUBLIN – Ryanair says it has agreed to sell its shares in Irish rival Aer Lingus to IAG, putting the British Airways parent solidly on course to acquire the former Irish national airline. Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary says Friday that the budget airline’s board has voted unanimously to sell …

JUBA, South Sudan – A South Sudanese official says a United Nations diplomat based in the country’s northern Unity state will be expelled from the state in a retaliatory move following the publication of a human rights report last month that accused government forces of committing widespread attacks on civilians …