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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 …
Israeli police raid religious group complex in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police said Monday they had raided a residential complex in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem in which dozens of women and children were being held and abused under extreme condit…
Fugitive Catalan Puigdemont arrives at EU parliament
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont arrived for his first session as a member of the European Parliament on Monday despite facing an arrest warrant against him in Spain.
Niger army chief fired after 89 killed in extremist attack
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s president has fired the army’s chief of staff after attacks against security forces have killed at least 174 security force members since December.
'Joker' tops Oscar nominations with 11; 3 other films get 10
Todd Phillips’ much-debated supervillain origin story and R-rated box-office smash “Joker” topped all films with 11 Academy Awards nominations, while Martin Scorsese’s elegiac crime epic “The Irishman,” Quentin Tar…
Severe weather in Afghanistan, Pakistan leaves 54 dead
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Severe winter weather has struck parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, with heavy snowfall, rains and flash floods that left at least 54 people dead, officials said Monday as authorities stru…
Vatican tamps down clamor over Benedict's new celibacy book
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday sought to downplay the decision by retired Pope Benedict XVI to reaffirm the “necessity” of a celibate priesthood at the same time that Pope Francis is considering ordainin…
Warm weather lures wild horses onto beach, into path of cars
COROLLA, N.C. (AP) — A group that manages herds of wild horses in coastal North Carolina is warning drivers to watch out for the animals taking advantage of unseasonably warm weather by sleeping on the sand at nigh…
Al-Shabab extremists kill 3 teachers in Kenya, abduct 1
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Al-Shabab extremists killed three people in an assault early Monday in eastern Kenya, its fifth attack in thirteen days, police said.
Austrian BASE jumper rescued from side of Thai cliff
BANGKOK (AP) — An Austrian BASE jumper was rescued in southern Thailand on Monday after being stuck for hours almost 200 meters (yards) above the ground when his parachute became snagged on the rocky side of a clif…
The list of nominees so far for the 92nd Academy Awards
The list so far of nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards:
Body camera video records moment officer is hit by a train
CEDARTOWN, Ga. (AP) — Body camera video showing the moment an officer in Georgia was hit by a train while on duty has been released by police.
Catalan Puigdemont, sought by Spain, to attend EU parliament
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont will attend his first session as a member of the European Parliament on Monday despite facing an arrest warrant against him in Spain.
First batch of nominees for 2020 Oscars announced
The nominees for the Academy Awards are being announced in Los Angeles.
Greek court postpones retrial in US tourist's beating death
ATHENS (AP) — A Greek court on Monday indefinitely postponed the retrial of seven suspects on murder charges over the 2017 fatal beating of a Texan tourist on an island resort.
Pakistan court overturns death penalty for ex-president
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Monday overturned the death sentence given to the country's ex-military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, a former close U.S. ally in the war against terror.