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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 …
Bad weather moves north as southern storms leave 4 dead
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Nearly 150,000 homes and businesses in the southeastern United States were without power early Friday after a powerful winter storm raked the region, killing at least four people and injurin…
Maldives to enhance security for tourists after stabbings
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives government plans to increase security for tourists after suspected Islamic extremists stabbed three foreigners in the Indian Ocean nation.
World stock markets retreat after surge on China tariff cut
Global stock markets retreated Friday as France and Germany reported weak factory data and the death toll from a virus outbreak in China rose further.
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Migrants bused back to asylum centers from Serbia border
KELEBIJA, Serbia (AP) — Serbian authorities early on Friday put on buses several hundred migrants who have been camped at the border with Hungary and returned them to asylum centers further inside the country.
Shrinking country: Serbia struggles with population decline
BLAGOJEV KAMEN, Serbia (AP) — Uros Trainovic remembers when his small mining village in eastern Serbia was a vibrant home to 200 families, had a school of its own, a doctor and a shop.
French researchers in Iranian jail petition to get married
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two French researchers held for months in a Tehran prison on charges of violating Iran's state security laws have petitioned prison authorities to allow them to get married, their lawyer said Fr…
India arrests top Kashmiri leaders under controversial law
JAMMU, India (AP) — Indian authorities have arrested two former top elected officials of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir under a controversial law that allows authorities to imprison someone for up to two …
Legion elects U.S. superior amid new abuse, cover-up crisis
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Legion of Christ religious order, discredited years ago by its pedophile founder, has elected an American priest as its new superior as it seeks to recover from new sex abuse and cover-up sc…
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Car makers adjust to virus outbreak, Uniqlo outlets closed
BEIJING (AP) — Automakers are considering whether to reopen factory lines in China and counting the costs from the virus outbreak in China, while Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo reports half its shops in China are cl…
Syrian army enters key town as Turkey beefs up its troops
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops entered a strategic town in the country's last rebel stronghold Thursday after fierce clashes with opposition fighters, even as Turkey sent reinforcements seeking to curtail t…
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High water wreaks havoc on Great Lakes, swamping communities
MANISTEE, Mich. (AP) — Rita Alton has an unusual morning routine these days: Wake up. Get dressed. Go outside to see if her house is closer to tumbling down an 80-foot (24.4-meter) cliff into Lake Michigan.
Disney apologizes to school charged for showing ‘Lion King’
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. has apologized to a California school that was charged a $250 licensing fee after showing the company's 2019 remake of “The Lion King” during a fundraiser.