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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 …
Palestinians rally against Trump plan amid struggle at UN
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians rallied Tuesday in the West Bank to reject President Donald Trump's Mideast initiative and to express support for the Palestinian leadership as it tries to gain …
Vandals damage dozens of cars in Arab village in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — Vandals slashed the tires of dozens of vehicles in an Arab village in northern Israel and spray painted slogans on buildings warning of Jewish-Arab “assimilation,” Israeli police said Tuesday.
UN experts meet to fast-track drugs, vaccines for new virus
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization convened a group of experts Tuesday to fast-track promising tests, drugs and vaccines to help slow the outbreak of a new virus that emerged in China and has spread to two…
Nigeria governor pleads for military's help after 30 killed
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The governor of Nigeria's Borno state has urged the military to better defend a town where suspected Islamic extremists killed more than 30 people who had been left to sleep in their cars …
Oil from US government leases tops 1 billion barrels in 2019
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Oil production from federally-managed lands and waters topped a record 1 billion barrels last year, U.S. officials told The Associated Press, as shorter permitting times and technological adv…
Dead birds posing as cat food confiscated at Dulles airport
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — A package of tiny dead birds passed off as pet food was confiscated by Customs agents at a Virginia airport.
Modi's party losing badly in New Delhi legislative elections
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was facing a major defeat by a regional party Tuesday in elections in the national capital that were seen as a referendum on Modi's pol…
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EU: UK needs ambitious Brexit trade deal, not WTO terms
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will only offer Britain unique access to its vast single market if the U.K. agrees to stick to the bloc's standards, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday, dis…
Iran remembers 1979 Islamic Revolution amid high US tension
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hundreds of thousands across Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Tuesday amid some of the highest tensions ever between Tehran and the U.S. in the past four decades.
Europe's winter storm sweeps into Austria with heavy winds
BERLIN (AP) — Fallen trees blocked roads and train tracks in southern Germany and Austria on Tuesday after a storm with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains battered northern Europe for days, killing at least seve…
Mandela's release 30 years ago birthed a new South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Thirty years ago, Nelson Mandela was
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Iraqis wake up to snow for first time in over a decade
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's capital of Baghdad awoke on Tuesday to a sight not seen in over a decade — their city covered in snow.
Spain rescues 119 migrants at sea, searches for 67 missing
MADRID (AP) — Spain has rescued 119 migrants from the sea and was looking for 67 others still missing from a boat that was trying to reach European shores, maritime authorities said.