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Police in Italy find 2 stolen Renoir and Rubens paintings

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A paramedic holds a child disembarked from an Italian Coast Guard ship in the port of Pozzallo, Southern Italy, Sunday, July 15, 2018. Another day's worth of food and beverages was sent Sunday to a pair of military ships off Sicily as Italy waited for more European nations to pledge to take a share of the hundreds of migrants on board before allowing the asylum-seekers to step off onto Italian soil. (Francesco Ruta/ANSA via AP)

Migrants disembark in Sicily after EU sharing plan reached

By NICOLE WINFIELD and GINO MACELI - Associated Press

England's Danny Rose takes a tumble during the third place match between England and Belgium at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the St. Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

The Latest: Martinez praises Belgians for style, substance

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The Diciotti ship of the Italian Coast Guard, with 67 migrants on board rescued 4 days ago by the Vos Thalassa freighter, enters the Sicilian port of Trapani, southern Italy, Thursday, July 12, 2018. The top security officials of Germany, Italy and Austria are touting their hard line on migration issues, saying Europe needs to protect its exterior borders and crack down on human smuggling. (Igor Petyx/ANSA via AP)

Italy forces new standoff, refuses to let migrants disembark

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

The Latest: German official notes 69 birthday deportations

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TEN—Wimbledon Results

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Roger Federer of Switzerland gives a thumbs up after defeating France's Adrian Mannarino in their men's singles match, on day seven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London, Monday July 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

The Latest: Federer pushed off Centre Court at Wimbledon

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Migrants say goodbye to an aid worker as they disembark from the Open Arms aid boat, of Proactiva Open Arms Spanish NGO, after arriving at the port of Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The aid boat sailed to Spain with 60 migrants rescued on Saturday in waters near Libya, after it was rejected by both Italy and Malta. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)

60 migrants refused by Italy and Malta arrive in Barcelona

By Renata Brito and Aritz Parra - Associated Press

A child is disembarked from the ship operated by German aid group Mission Lifeline, carrying 234 migrants, after it docked at the Valletta port in Malta, following a journey of nearly a week while awaiting permission to make landfall, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Eight European nations agreed to accept the passengers who qualify as refugees. (AP Photo/Jonathan Borg)

The Latest: Polish PM vows to stay firm on border protection

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This Sunday, June 24, 2018 photo released by the Libyan Coast Guard shows migrants on a ship intercepted offshore near the town of Gohneima, east of the capital, Tripoli. There were four boats, boarding 490 African migrants including 75 women and 21 children, Spokesman Ayoub Gassim said. (Libyan Coast Guard via AP)

Italian minister emboldened by Libya visit, migration curbs

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Thursday, June 21, 2018, migrants wave from aboard ship operated by the German NGO Mission Lifeline. Italy's interior minister says Malta should allow a Dutch-flagged rescue ship carrying 224 migrants to make port there because the ship is now in Maltese waters. Salvini said the rescue was in Libyan waters, which Lifeline denies. (Hermine Poschmann/Mission Lifeline via AP)

Italy’s interior minister says Malta should take rescue boat

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Courting Putin, Trump jolts the West with a nationalist bent

By MATTHEW LEE and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Italy, Austria signal new hard-line axis on migration

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Activists lay on the ground to mark World Refugee Day during a protest in Madrid, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

The Latest: Reports: Europe to toughen migrant checks

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Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte waits for the arrival of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Monday, June 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Giuseppe Conte, Italy prime minister, and Donald Trump bond over migrants, Russia

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Migrants are checked by emergency workers after arriving o the Italian coast guard vessel Dattilo at the eastern port of Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Jun. 17, 2018. The first Italian government ship accompanying the migrant aid vessel Aquarius with 630 people aboard on Sunday docked at the Spanish port ending a weeklong perilous crossing of the Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

The Latest: Migrant ship passengers represent 31 countries

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Migrants descend the Italian coast guard vessel Dattilo upon arrival at the eastern port of Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Jun. 17, 2018. The first Italian government ship accompanying the migrant aid vessel Aquarius with 630 people aboard on Sunday docked at the Spanish port ending a weeklong perilous crossing of the Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Sea convoy reaches Spain as migration debate roils Europe

By RENATA BRITO and IAIN SULLIVAN and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Migrants descend the Italian coast guard vessel Dattilo upon arrival at the eastern port of Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Jun. 17, 2018. The first Italian government ship accompanying the migrant aid vessel Aquarius with 630 people aboard on Sunday docked at the Spanish port ending a weeklong perilous crossing of the Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Migrant rescue ships dock in Valencia, Spain, as immigration debate roils Europe

By Renata Brito and Iain Sullivan and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte at the G7 Leaders Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec., on Friday, June 8, 2018. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

EDITORIAL: Italy, France trade insults about a migrant ship looking to land

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This June 12, 2018 photo released Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by French NGO &quot;SOS Mediterranee&quot; shows migrants being transferred from the Aquarius ship to Italian Coast Guard boats, in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy dispatched two ships Tuesday to help take 629 migrants stuck off its shores on the days-long voyage to Spain in what is forecast to be bad weather, after the new populist government refused them safe port in a dramatic bid to force Europe to share the burden of unrelenting arrivals. (Kenny Karpov/SOS Mediterranee via AP)

The Latest: US Navy ship seeks to disembark rescued migrants

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