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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 …
Prime Minister Mahathir's party is leaving Malaysia's ruling alliance, other allies quit in shocking political upheaval
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Prime Minister Mahathir's party is leaving Malaysia's ruling alliance, other allies quit in shocking political upheaval.
Trump receives warm welcome in India
AHMEDABAD, INDIA (AP) — Kicking off a whirlwind 36-hour visit to India that emphasizes pageantry over policy, President Donald Trump received a warm welcome Monday on the subcontinent, including a mega-rally, meant…
Office of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he has tendered his resignation to Malaysia's king
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Office of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he has tendered his resignation to Malaysia's king.
Mahathir offers resignation in Malaysian political upheaval
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad tendered his resignation to Malaysia's king Monday while his political party quit the ruling alliance in a shocking political upheaval less than two yea…
Trump poised to receive warm welcome in India
AHMEDABAD, INDIA (AP) — Kicking off a whirlwind 36-hour visit to India that emphasizes pageantry over policy, President Donald Trump was to receive a warm welcome Monday on the subcontinent — including a mega-rally…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's tax fictions; Dem debate misfires
WASHINGTON (AP) — In their
New Army training team heads to Africa
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army, for the first time, will send soldiers from one of its new training brigades to Africa in the coming weeks, expanding the use of the new specialized units as the Pentagon looks at possib…
Netanyahu banks on Trump plan to drive up pro-settler votes
ATERET, West Bank (AP) — With Israel's prime minister eager to court the votes of the country's influential West Bank settlers, President Donald Trump's Mideast plan seemed to be the key to ramping up their support…
Togo's president wins, keeping family's long hold on power
LOME, Togo (AP) — Togo's electoral commission said Monday the country's president has easily won a fourth term, extending the grip his family has had on power since 1967, while the opposition alleged organized frau…
Sherpa team to attempt to scale Everest in 5 days in winter
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Four experienced Sherpa guides say they will attempt to climb to the top of Mount Everest in the span of less than a week during the brutal winter season to set a new record on the world's h…
China promises companies aid, says growth targets can be met
BEIJING (AP) — Regulators on promised tax cuts and other aid Monday to help companies recover from China’s virus outbreak and expressed confidence the ruling Communist Party’s growth targets can be achieved despite…
Impeachment an afterthought for vulnerable Democrat lawmaker
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A man held up a hostile poster a few rows back Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin as she spoke. On other side of the room, allies hoisted a Slotkin-friendly banner. But the most striking sign a…
Sanders' 2016 movement now has political machine to push it
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — By the fall of 2018, when Democrats were promoting a slate of centrist candidates to topple Republicans in Congress, Bernie Sanders was seeing a very different picture.
After Nevada, moderates try to slow Sanders' momentum
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders’ commanding Nevada caucus victory made him a top target for his Democratic rivals and a growing source of anxiety for establishment Democrats worried that the nomination of an…
Survey: Business economists endorse Federal Reserve policies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of U.S. business economists say the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy is “about right,” a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump's attacks on the Fed for not cutting rates…