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Norway's Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg replaced her ministers for oil and transportation in a cabinet reshuffle on Friday, her office said in a statement. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2C61c1a

Tunisia's prime minister ordered a financial investigation and the merger of the ministries of energy and industry after dismissing the country's energy minister over corruption allegations, an official source said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2N2msZU

The United Nations refugee agency called on Greek authorities on Friday to speed up the transfer of eligible asylum-seekers to the mainland, saying the situation at an overcrowded reception center on Lesbos island was "reaching boiling point". from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LI1f2P

The European Union's chief executive said on Friday the bloc was set to end the practice of switching between summer and winter time after a survey found most EU citizens against the practice. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LI0aYR

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Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed sacked the country's energy minister, Khaled Gadour, and four senior ministry officials on Friday over corruption allegations, an official source told Reuters. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wCitKn

While many Indonesians have been cheering on the athletes at the Asian Games, which began in their country on Aug. 18, some have been mourning loved ones killed in a security crackdown aimed at ensuring a trouble-free sports festival. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MF6sh6

Turkey needs Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries and will procure them as soon as possible, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ph0vne

South Korea said on Friday it will dispatch special envoys to the North Korean capital on September 5 to discuss the timing of a summit between the two countries' leaders expected to take place later in the month. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MDdFOA

Australia's former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, stripping the government of its one-seat parliamentary majority. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NyeXa4

Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi'ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NAD8oe

A French call for further negotiations with Iran over its nuclear accord is "bullying and excessive," its foreign ministry said Friday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PltOFc

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