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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 …
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Syria's Aleppo airport resumes flights amid fighting nearby
ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — A Syrian passenger jet landed in Aleppo on Wednesday from Damascus, marking the resumption of domestic flights between Syria's two largest cities for the first time since 2012, while the govern…
Flood-hit communities in England, Wales brace for more rain
Communities in England and Wales are shoring up flood barriers and bracing for more heavy rain after the damage caused by Storm Dennis.
Inmate's unusual group of supporters seeks to stop execution
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Death row inmate Nick Sutton has an unusual group of supporters seeking to block his scheduled execution Thursday. Among them are family members of his victims and past and present prison wo…
Erdogan criticizes EU move to enforce Libyan arms embargo
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's president criticized on Wednesday the European Union’s decision to launch a maritime effort focused on enforcing the U.N. arms embargo around Libya, accusing European nations that agr…
3 killed by al-Shabab extremists in bus attack in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The owner of a bus company says three people have been killed by suspected extremists from Somalia after they were pulled out of a bus in northeastern Kenya.
Delaware State Police: 4 found dead in tent at homeless camp
STANTON, Del. (AP) — Four people were found dead at a homeless camp in Delaware on Tuesday, possibly from carbon monoxide poisoning linked to a heater discovered inside their tent, according to a family member and …
Yemen's Houthi rebels impeding UN aid flow, demand a cut
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have blocked half of the United Nations’ aid delivery programs in the war-torn country — a strong-arm tactic to force the agency to give them greater control over the massive humanitarian camp…
UK patient plays violin during unusual brain surgery
LONDON (AP) — Surgeons at King's College Hospital in London removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin during the procedure.
Syria's Aleppo airport resumes flights amid nearby offensive
ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — A Syrian commercial flight landed at Aleppo airport on Wednesday from Damascus, marking the resumption of domestic flights between Syria's two largest cities for the first time since 2012 — eve…
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ICC judges OK trial for alleged Islamic extremist from Mali
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges on Wednesday rejected an appeal by an alleged Islamic extremist from Mali who argued that the charges against him were not serious enough to merit s…
Erdogan criticizes EU move to enforce arms embargo on Libya
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday criticized the European Union’s decision to launch a new maritime effort focused on enforcing the U.N arms embargo around Libya, accusing Eu…
Sri Lanka says it will withdraw from UN rights resolution
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's prime minister said Wednesday that the government has decided to withdraw from co-sponsorship of a 2015 U.N. Human Rights Council resolution calling for the investigation of al…