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FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to …
The Latest: UN rights chief urges mitigation of virus impact
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):
Tokyo organizers downsize arrival ceremony for Olympic torch
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo organizers are downsizing the arrival ceremony for the Olympic torch because of the spreading coronavirus.
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Global shares sink as pessimism dominates over virus impact
TOKYO (AP) — World shares slipped Friday after a sharp drop on Wall Street, as pessimism prevailed over hopes for central bank action to counter the virus outbreak. Rumors that Chinese officials might be overstatin…
Gunmen attack memorial for Afghan Shiite leader, 18 injured
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen attacked a remembrance ceremony for a minority Shiite leader in Afghanistan's capital on Friday, wounding at least 18 people, officials said.
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As virus cases near 100,000, fear of ‘devastation’ for poor
BANGKOK (AP) — The number of people infected with the new virus charged toward 100,000 Friday, with the global scare upending routines, threatening livelihoods and prompting quarantines in its spread.
Russia-Turkey truce holds in Syria despite minor violations
BEIRUT (AP) — Opposition activists and a war monitor reported a complete absence of Russian and Syrian government warplanes in the skies of Idlib and a relative calm in the area Friday morning, following a cease-fi…
Arab voters key to blocking Netanyahu-led hard-line majority
TIRA, Israel (AP) — A surge in Arab voter turnout was key to depriving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist allies of a parliamentary majority in this week’s Israeli election.
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'This is not a drill': WHO urges the world to fight virus
BANGKOK (AP) — The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out “all the stops” to slow the epidemic, as it drained color from India's spr…
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Alabama executes man convicted in the 2004 killings of 3 police officers
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executes man convicted in the 2004 killings of 3 police officers.
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North Korea ends quarantine of some foreigners in virus move
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it has released about 220 foreigners from a quarantine imposed as part of its vigilant prevention efforts to avoid an outbreak of the coronavirus that has spread ar…