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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 …
Italy tries again to broker truce in Libyan fighting
ROME (AP) — Italy’s premier was to meet with the U.N.-recognized Libyan prime minister on Saturday, days after Italy botched an attempt to broker a truce to end the latest fighting in Libya.
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Saturday, January 11, 2020
The Latest: Sweden: Iran must take full responsibility
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The latest on Iran-related developments (all times local):
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Back at work: N Ireland lawmakers return after 3-year halt
LONDON (AP) — Legislators returned to Northern Ireland’s assembly Saturday for the first time in three years, after a deal was struck to restore the divided region’s mothballed power-sharing government.
2 Aussie wildfires merge into inferno; man seriously burned
BURRAGATE, Australia (AP) — Two wildfires merged to form a massive inferno in southeastern Australia and a man suffered serious burns protecting a home, in a night of treacherous conditions during the nation’s unpr…
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Saturday, January 11, 2020
Taiwan's independence-leaning president leading vote count
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen appeared headed for a landslide victory and a second term on Saturday with more than 70% of precincts reporting election tallies.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EST
Under pressure, Iran admits it shot down jetliner by mistake
Fire engulfs nursing home in Croatia, at least 6 dead
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A fire engulfed part of a nursing home in northern Croatia early Saturday, killing at least six people, authorities said.
12 migrants found dead, 21 rescued at sea off western Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's coast guard says 12 migrants have been found dead in the Ionian Sea and 21 others have been rescued after their boat took in water and sank. Searchers are looking for more survivors.
The Latest: Germany: Iranian downing of plane 'catastrophe'
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The latest on Iran-related developments (all times local):
Iranian commander: Revolutionary Guard's aerospace unit accepts 'full responsibility' for mistakenly shooting down plane
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian commander: Revolutionary Guard's aerospace unit accepts 'full responsibility' for mistakenly shooting down plane.
NATO: US army vehicle hit by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb hit a U.S. army vehicle Saturday in Afghanistan, both NATO and Afghan officials confirmed, without providing any details.
Early tallies show Taiwan's president leading vote count
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Early results from Taiwanese television networks and the Election Commission showed President Tsai Ing-wen leading her closest challenger, Han Kuo-yu of the Nationalist Party, in Saturday's p…