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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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Energized Guaidó returns to Venezuela, vowing move forward
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is gearing up for the next stage of his campaign to oust President Nicolás Maduro following his return home from a tour abroad that included a meet…
Cruise ship barred by 4 countries set to dock in Cambodia
BANGKOK (AP) — The operators of a cruise ship that was barred from docking in four countries announced Wednesday that it will land and disembark passengers in Cambodia.
Woman gets probation for striking black man, hurling slurs
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A white woman who used racial slurs as she attacked a black car salesman at a western Michigan dealership has avoided jail, despite a tearful appeal from the victim for her to be given be…
Pakistan jails cleric wanted by US, India for Mumbai attacks
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Wednesday handed down a five-year prison term to a radical cleric for terrorism financing.
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Authorities: Deputies confront black man wearing KKK robe
STAFFORD COURTHOUSE, Va. (AP) — A black man seen wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood at a Virginia shopping center Tuesday told sheriff's deputies that he was performing a social experiment, according to authoriti…
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Ex-official kills himself in Moscow courtroom after verdict
MOSCOW (AP) — A former Russian prison service official with cancer shot himself dead in a Moscow courtroom Wednesday after being handed a three-year prison sentence on corruption charges, officials said.
EU threatens trade sanctions against Cambodia over rights
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is threatening to punish Cambodia with sanctions for what it sees as human rights and trade union violations.
Suspect in migrant truck deaths can fight extradition to UK
LONDON (AP) — A truck driver wanted over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in a refrigerated container near London won a delay Wednesday to his extradition from Ireland to the U.K.
UK suspends Commonwealth funding over cronyism claims
LONDON (AP) — Britain has suspended its funding of the body that runs the Commonwealth over allegations of cronyism at the 54-nation international group.
Syria: US troops open fire on locals in northeast, killing 1
DAMASCUS (AP) — A Syrian was killed and another was wounded in a rare clash Wednesday between American troops and a group of government supporters who tried to block a U.S. convoy driving through a village in north…
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