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September 26, 2018

AP Interview: NATO chief plays balancing act with Russia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday he wants a more constructive relationship with Russia — even as the ...

Cilia Flores, Jorge Rodriguez, Delcy Rodriguez, Vladimir Padrino Lopez

September 25, 2018

Trump: Venezuelan socialist president easily toppled

President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro could be easily toppled by a military coup ...

September 25, 2018

The Latest: Germany, Saudi Arabia agree to smooth relations

The latest on the United Nations General Assembly (all times local): 4:40 p.m. Germany and Saudi Arabia have agreed to patch ...

September 25, 2018

Iran video threatens missile strikes on UAE, Saudi Arabia

An Iranian media outlet close to the hard-line Revolutionary Guard published a video Tuesday threatening missile attacks on ...

September 25, 2018

Watchdog accuses Yemen rebels of taking hostages, torture

An international watchdog on Tuesday accused Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, of committing abuses including hostage ...

September 25, 2018

Mandela's widow urges world: put egos aside and end violence

Nelson Mandela's widow challenged world leaders celebrating his life on Monday to put their egos and partisan politics aside ...

September 25, 2018

Polish globe-trotter blunders into Indonesia-Papua conflict

To the Indonesian government, the 39-year-old factory worker and globe-trotting Polish traveler is a danger to the state, a ...

September 25, 2018

US: Myanmar military led 'extreme' violence against Rohingya

A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar's military targeted Rohingya civilians indiscriminately and often with ...

September 25, 2018

Wails, vows of revenge at Iran funeral after parade attack

Amid wails and vows of revenge, thousands of Iranians on Monday attended a mass funeral service for victims of a weekend ...

September 24, 2018

US warns Russia over missile defense for Syria

The Trump administration is warning Russia that supplying Syria with an advanced missile defense system would be a "major ...

September 24, 2018

Russia to provide Syria with new S-300 air defense missiles

Russia announced Monday it will supply Syria's government with sophisticated S-300 air defense systems after last week's ...

September 24, 2018

Kenya's military says it's killed 10 extremists in attack

Kenya's military says it's killed 10 rebels from the al-Shabab extremist group in an ambush in Kenya's south where several ...

September 24, 2018

Norway convicts man of providing terror attack instructions

A man has been convicted of terror offenses in Norway for providing online instructions on how to carry out attacks and ...

September 24, 2018

German convicted on war crime charge over IS stint in Syria

A German man has been convicted of being an accessory to a war crime for filming the abuse of a captive while he was with the ...

September 23, 2018

Iran's president blames US after attack on military parade

Iran's president on Sunday accused an unnamed U.S.-allied country in the Persian Gulf of being behind a terror attack on a ...

September 23, 2018

100 years ago, US fought its deadliest battle in France

It was America's deadliest battle ever, with 26,000 U.S. soldiers killed, tens of thousands wounded and more ammunition fired ...

September 23, 2018

2 militant groups reject demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib

Two insurgent groups rejected a deal reached this month between Russia and Turkey to establish a demilitarized zone in ...

September 23, 2018

Hamas says indirect cease-fire talks with Israel halted

Gaza's Hamas rulers say their indirect cease-fire talks with Israel have halted. Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri on Sunday ...

September 23, 2018

Egypt court sentences 65 people over 2013 violence

An Egyptian court has sentenced 64 people to varying prison terms and one man to death over violence in 2013 when the ...