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Updated 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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 …

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: US Treasury chief takes swipe at Thunberg

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local):

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Afghan officials: Taliban kill officer; bomb kills 2 troops

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban ambushed and killed an Afghan intelligence official in southern Helmand province as he was walking home from work while a roadside bombing in the country's north killed a milit…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Putin praises Israel for commemorating WWII

JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest on the gathering in Jerusalem of dozens of world leaders for the World Holocaust Forum, which coincides with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp (all times…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Hundreds of rebels surrender to Indian forces in peace push

GAUHATI, India (AP) — More than 600 insurgents belonging to eight different rebel groups surrendered to Indian authorities in a troubled northeastern state on Thursday, responding to a government’s peace initiative…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
French, Dutch police bust ring that smuggled migrants to UK

PARIS (AP) — French and Dutch police have arrested 23 suspected members of a criminal network that smuggled as many as 10,000 migrants from France to Britain, according to European police agency Europol.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
US talks up trade deal with post-Brexit Britain this year

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The U.S. is talking up the prospects of tying up a trade deal with Britain this year and thinks it should be pretty straightforward to accomplish given how similar the two economies are.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Putin's constitutional proposals OK'd in first Duma reading

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's parliament has approved a package of constitutional amendments in a first reading Thursday, in a move widely seen as an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to stay in on power past the end of…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
AP Explains: Why US troop cuts in Africa would cause alarm

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Even as destroyed U.S. military aircraft smoldered from an al-Shabab attack that

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Yad Vashem says Ukraine president's offer 'odd'

JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest on the gathering in Jerusalem of dozens of world leaders for the World Holocaust Forum, which coincides with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp (all times…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Report: 2 children die in school bus crash in Germany

BERLIN (AP) — German media reported that two children died in a school bus crash in the central state of Thuringia early Thursday.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Q&A: WHO representative addresses China's new virus outbreak

BEIJING (AP) — Shortly before

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Britain's Prince Charles, Israeli president meet

JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest on the gathering in Jerusalem of dozens of world leaders for the World Holocaust Forum, which coincides with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp (all times…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Billionaire's cash helps Zimbabwe's doctors back from strike

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A billionaire has offered to pay striking doctors in Zimbabwe to help end a months-long protest over grave hospital conditions as the economy crumbles, and a doctors' group on Thursday said …

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
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