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High court to weigh in on legislative prayers
The Supreme Court is taking a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open meetings in an upstate ...
Large earthquake strikes off coast of Chile
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean officials said it was not felt on ...
Wave of attacks kills at least 70 in Iraq
A wave of car bombs and shootings killed at least 70 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, escalating fears of a return ...
Egypt: Security beefed up in Sinai after abduction
Dozens of Egyptian military and police armored vehicles crossed into Sinai on Monday, beefing up the security presence in the volatile peninsula five ...
51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town
Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, ...
Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council
A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief Monday in northern Afghanistan in an ...
Vandals target Israeli women's prayer group
Israeli police say vandals have spray-panted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of a liberal Jewish women's group that has angered ...
Uganda police raid newspaper over general's letter
Ugandan police forcibly entered the premises of an independent newspaper to look for evidence against an army general who recently questioned the ...
Russia targets pollster for 'political activity'
Russia's only independent polling agency said Monday it may have to close after prosecutors targeted it for "political activity" under a law ...
Seoul: Day 3 of NKorea tests of short-range weapon
North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" ...
Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania
The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to ...
Rebels attack C. African Republic villages; 8 dead
Residents say armed men invaded a remote village in Central African Republic and killed six people. The attack comes just days after rebels assaulted ...
M23 rebels clash with soldiers in east Congo
Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, the first fighting ...
Israel bank heist kills 4; robber takes own life
Israeli police say a bungled bank robbery in a southern city left four people dead before the gunman took his own life. Police spokesman Micky ...
Suspected US drone kills 2 in Yemen
Yemeni security and military officials say a suspected U.S. drone has killed two militants in a town in the center of the country. The officials said ...
China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew
China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held ...
Gunfire from Syria hits Israeli-controlled Golan
The Israeli military says gunfire from Syria has hit the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights overnight. The military said on Monday that the gunfire did ...
Arias returns to court for penalty phase of trial
Jodi Arias returns to court Monday for the continuation of the penalty phase of her trial after being convicted of first-degree murder in the killing ...
Civil rights trial on NYPD tactic closing
The federal civil rights challenge to the contentious New York Police Department tactic of stop, question and frisk is closing after more than nine ...
10 Things to Know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. OBAMA OFFERS STARK VIEW, AND ENCOURAGING ...
SKorea analyzing NKorea's 4 projectile launches
South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of ...
Top Libyan official: Benghazi explosion accident
Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack.
AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone ...
Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers
Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday ...
Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town
Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar ...