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Erdogan again airs attack video at rally despite criticism

Ignoring widespread criticism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday again showed excerpts of a video taken by ...

Italy to join China's Belt and Road initiative over US worry

Premier Giuseppe Conte pledged Tuesday to make Italy the first Group of Seven nation to join China's ambitious Belt and Road ...

Robert Mueller

Shifting hopes as Republicans, Democrats wait for Mueller

It's a witch hunt, a vendetta, the worst presidential harassment in history. That's what President Donald Trump has shouted ...

Pope Francis

Vatican makes overtures on eve of Italy visit by China's Xi

The Vatican is greeting the visit to Italy of Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week with a new round of overtures and ...

Asian markets trend lower, tracking Wall St losses

Markets in Asia are mostly lower after a lackluster day of trading on Wall Street. Mixed signals on the progress of China-U.S

The Latest: Australian PM asks Erdogan to withdraw WWI claim

The Latest on the mosque shootings in New Zealand (all times local): 4 p.m. Australia's prime minister says he has asked the ...

Michael Cohen

Records show special counsel zeroed in on Cohen early on

Hundreds of pages of court records made public Tuesday revealed that special counsel Robert Mueller quickly zeroed in on ...

Lemon Skunk marijuana bud

Smoking strong pot daily raises psychosis risk, study finds

Smoking high-potency marijuana every day could increase the chances of developing psychosis by nearly five times, according ...

Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro

Where the investigations related to President Trump stand

A look at where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT'S THIS ALL ...

NZ city scarred by shooting is home to white supremacists

The leafy New Zealand city where a self-proclaimed racist fatally shot 50 people at mosques during Friday prayers is known ...

Cyclone's huge floods leave hundreds dead in southern Africa

Aid workers rushed to rescue victims clinging to trees and crammed on rooftops Tuesday after a cyclone unleashed devastating ...

Dutch prosecutors consider terror motive in tram shooting

Dutch investigators probing the deadly tram shooting in the city of Utrecht sharpened their focus Tuesday on a possible ...

Dutch prosecutors consider terror motive in tram shooting

Dutch investigators probing the deadly tram shooting in the city of Utrecht sharpened their focus Tuesday on a possible ...

The Latest: Another man arrested in Dutch tram attack

The Latest on the tram attack in the Netherlands (all times local): 10:45 p.m. Dutch police say they have arrested another ...

The Latest: Another man arrested in Dutch tram attack

The Latest on the tram attack in the Netherlands (all times local): 10:45 p.m. Dutch police say they have arrested another ...

Italy seizes rescue ship, permits migrants to land in Italy

A humanitarian rescue ship carrying 48 migrants entered the port of Lampedusa, where they were being allowed to disembark ...

The Latest: Cup champion Capitals to visit White House

The Latest on the Washington Capitals' decision to visit the White House (all times local): 4:30 p.m. The White House ...

AP Source: Cup champion Capitals to visit White House

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals will get a chance to celebrate their Stanley Cup championship with President Donald ...

US, Russia divided on Venezuela after talks in Rome

Russia and the United States remain split on how to resolve the crisis in Venezuela, officials from both powers said Tuesday ...

EU check of Polish slaughterhouses finds document issues

European Commission veterinary inspectors have uncovered document irregularities at slaughterhouses in Poland, but found no ...