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October 27, 2020

US says airstrike killed 7 leaders of al-Qaida in Syria

The United States believes it killed seven senior leaders of al-Qaida in Syria in an airstrike last week as the leaders were ...

October 26, 2020

Three-way talks over Ethiopia's Nile River dam set to resume

Negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the controversial dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River will ...

October 26, 2020

China retaliates against news media in latest feud with US

China has ordered six U.S.-based news media to file detailed information about their operations in China the latest volley ...

October 26, 2020

Japan rejects nuclear ban treaty; survivors to keep pushing

Japan said Monday it will not sign a U.N. treaty that bans nuclear weapons and does not welcome its entry into force next ...

October 26, 2020

FBI investigating fire set in Boston ballot drop box

A fire was set Sunday in a Boston ballot drop box holding more than 120 ballots in what Massachusetts election officials said ...

October 26, 2020

Senate votes to advance Barrett; confirmation expected Mon

Senate Republicans voted overwhelmingly Sunday to advance Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett toward final confirmation ...

October 25, 2020

Afghanistan claims killing an al-Qaida leader wanted by FBI

Afghanistan claimed Sunday it killed a top al-Qaida propagandist on an FBI most-wanted list during an operation in the ...

October 25, 2020

UN: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force

The United Nations announced Saturday that 50 countries have ratified a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons triggering its ...

October 25, 2020

Pompeo, Esper to push Trump's anti-China message in India

Just a week before November's election, two of President Donald Trump's top national security aides will visit India for ...

October 25, 2020

Black woman shot by officer seeks justice from hospital bed

A Black woman who was shot and wounded inside a vehicle by a police officer who also fatally shot her 19-year-old boyfriend ...

October 25, 2020

Tropical depression forms south of Cuba, set to strengthen

A tropical depression formed Saturday afternoon south of Cuba amid forecasts that the system would become a named tropical ...

October 25, 2020

Reid says Biden should end Senate filibuster after 3 weeks

Former Senate leader Harry Reid says if Democrats win the presidency and the Senate, Joe Biden should take “no more than ...

October 25, 2020

One killed in shooting by Border Patrol agent in Texas

A U.S. Border Patrol agent investigating suspected human smuggling with other agents in Texas fatally shot a person driving ...

October 24, 2020

Israeli leader confirms consent to US arms sales to UAE

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday appeared to confirm that Israel has given its consent for the United ...

October 24, 2020

Ethiopia blasts Trump remark that Egypt will 'blow up' dam

Ethiopia on Saturday denounced “belligerent threats” over the huge dam it has nearly completed on the Blue Nile River, a day ...

October 24, 2020

UK-US trade pact opposed with Trump, cows and pigs as props

Demonstrators dressed as chickens, a cow and President Donald Trump gathered Saturday in London to protest a proposed U.S.-U.

October 24, 2020

'Honor the ancestors': Harris appeals directly to Black men

Democratic vice presidential hopeful Kamala Harris made a direct appeal to Black men Friday, defending her record as a ...

October 24, 2020

Senate GOP marches ahead on Barrett over Democrats' blockade

The Senate is poised for a rare weekend session as Republicans race to put Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court and cement ...

October 24, 2020

Trump campaign sues in Nevada to stop Vegas-area vote count

The Trump campaign and Nevada Republicans asked a state judge on Friday to stop the count of Las Vegas-area mail-in ballots, ...