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MADRID – Top-ranked Rafael Nadal has persevered past countryman Roberto Bautista Agut for a 6-4, 6-4 win that returns him to the Madrid Open final. Nadal reached his first clay final since winning in Rio de Janeiro in February. He broke Bautista Agut’s opening service game and never trailed. Bautista …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian authorities said Saturday they arrested a self-professed minister put on a U.S. most-wanted list for allegedly molesting two girls in a “Maidens Group” at his religious fellowship in rural Minnesota. A statement posted on the website of the Public Security Secretariat for the Rio Grande …

TORONTO – A Canadian church says its senior pastor has been missing in North Korea since late January. Lisa Pak, a spokeswoman for the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, said Tuesday that Reverend Hyeon Soo Lim travelled to North Korea on Jan. 31 as part of a regular humanitarian …

At least two assailants armed with knives attacked people at a train station in southern China on Friday, injuring nine, and police fatally shot one of the suspects, officials said. The second suspect was captured, police in the city of Guangzhou said in a statement. The incident was still under …

PRAGUE – The Czech Republic’s government says it has approved a deal to deliver 15 Czech-made light combat planes to Iraq. Defense Minister Martin Stropnicky says the military will sell the subsonic L-159 planes for 750 million koruna ($30 million) back to the maker, Aero Vodochody, which will then broker …

BRUSSELS – European Union lawmakers are demanding an international investigation into the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemstov, calling it the “most significant political murder in recent Russian history.” The resolution adopted Thursday also expressed concern that parliamentarians and diplomats were refused entry into Russia to attend Nemtsov’s funeral. …

JERUSALEM – Key facts about Israel’s general election: — What’s at stake: Voters will elect a 120-member parliament, or Knesset, Israel’s 20th. Citizens vote for party lists, not individual candidates. Seats are allocated in the Knesset according to the percentage of the national vote the parties win. — Who’s running: …

LONDON – The British budget to be unveiled Wednesday will be driven by three certainties: death, taxes and the desire of incumbent governments to win re-election. Treasury chief George Osborne will, as tradition dictates, carry a battered red briefcase containing his budget into the House of Commons before outlining his …

ROME – Rome has hosted a first meeting to combat the Islamic State group’s funding and other financial resources. The two-day meeting was co-chaired by the United States, Saudi Arabia and Italy. It ended Friday with an action plan that the Italian foreign ministry said aimed to “to drain the …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s former president was booed and jeered as he went to face prosecutors who have put him under criminal investigation for allegedly making threatening remarks to a senator. As he entered the prosecutor’s office Tuesday, former President Traian Basescu smiled and said it was “normal” he was …