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October 20, 2019

Bolivians pick between Evo Morales and change in tight vote

South America's longest-serving leader was seeking an unprecedented fourth term in Bolivian elections on Sunday, but polls ...

October 20, 2019

Botswana, calm for decades, faces surprising election fight

Botswana's ruling party faces the tightest election of its history on Wednesday after former President Ian Khama, annoyed ...

October 20, 2019

South Sudan's opposition leader warns of return to civil war

South Sudan's opposition leader Riek Machar warned Sunday that the country could return to civil war if a coalition ...

October 20, 2019

Kurds evacuate Syrian town in 1st pullout of cease-fire

Dozens of vehicles rolled out of a besieged Syrian border town, evacuating Kurdish fighters and civilians and opening the way ...

October 20, 2019

Mixed message: Boris Johnson seeks Brexit delay, sort of

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressed ahead Sunday with plans to try to win parliamentary backing for his new Brexit ...

October 20, 2019

Italian experts defuse WWII bomb in northern city

Italian authorities evacuated 4,000 people from the center of the northern city of Bolzano on Sunday to defuse a World War ...

October 20, 2019

Indonesia's popular president sworn in for 2nd term

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who rose from poverty and pledged to champion democracy, fight entrenched corruption and ...

October 20, 2019

Swiss choose new parliament, vote could see Green gains

Voters in Switzerland are electing a new national parliament, with recent polls suggesting that green parties could fare well ...

October 20, 2019

Turkey wants Syrian forces to leave border areas, aide says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Syrian government forces to move out of areas near the Turkish border so he can ...

October 20, 2019

UK's Johnson asks for Brexit delay, but argues against it

Prime Minister Boris Johnson grudgingly asked the European Union late Saturday to delay Brexit after the British Parliament ...

October 20, 2019

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October 20, 2019

GOP congressman weighing impeachment won't seek new term

Florida Rep. Francis Rooney, one of the few Republicans openly weighing whether to impeach President Donald Trump, said ...

October 20, 2019

Trump outstripping Obama on pace of executive orders

It wasn't too long ago that Donald Trump derided presidential executive orders as "power grabs" and a "basic disaster." He's ...

October 20, 2019

Barcelona mayor pleads for violence in Catalonia to stop

The mayor of riot-stricken Barcelona pleaded Saturday for calm after violent protests by Catalan separatists rocked Spain's ...

October 19, 2019

Education secretary slams 2020 candidates' higher ed plans

College affordability plans by Democratic presidential candidates are "crazy" and too costly, President Donald Trump's ...

October 19, 2019

38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe

The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of private ...

October 19, 2019

Thousands in Germany, France protest Turkish push into Syria

Thousands of people in the German city of Cologne and in the French capital demonstrated Saturday against Turkey's offensive ...

October 19, 2019

South Sudan opposition leader returns to meet with president

South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar returned to the country Saturday to meet with President Salva Kiir less than a ...

October 19, 2019

Ethiopia's Nobel-winning leader launches million-copy book

Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister is launching a book of his ideology, with one million copies already ...

October 19, 2019

Millions march in Iraq in annual Arbaeen Shiite pilgrimage

Millions of pilgrims made their way on foot to the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday for the Shiite pilgrimage of Arbaeen, ...