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October 22, 2019

Japan's Naruhito to proclaim himself emperor at palace rite

Emperor Naruhito visited three Shinto shrines at the Imperial Palace on Tuesday before proclaiming himself Japan's emperor ...

October 22, 2019

Rioting erupts as Bolivia says Morales near outright win

Bolivia's electoral authority announced Monday night that President Evo Morales was close to avoiding a runoff in his ...

October 22, 2019

Thai king strips his consort of royal titles for disloyalty

Thailand's king has stripped his royal consort of her titles and military ranks for disloyalty, accusing her of seeking to ...

October 22, 2019

More violent clashes in Chile as many line up for food

Protesters defied an emergency decree and confronted police in Chile's capital Monday, continuing violent clashes, arson and ...

October 22, 2019

Israel's Netanyahu gives up on forming new coalition

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that he had failed to form a majority government in parliament, marking ...

October 22, 2019

Trump urges GOP to 'get tougher and fight' impeachment

President Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans on Monday to "get tougher and fight" against the quickly moving House ...

October 21, 2019

Deep-sea explorers find Battle of Midway warships

Deep-sea explorers scouring the world’s oceans for sunken World War II ships have found a second Japanese warship deep in the ...

October 21, 2019

US plans to require DNA from asylum-seekers

The Trump administration is planning to collect DNA samples from asylum-seekers detained by immigration officials and will ...

October 21, 2019

Castro says he needs $800,000 in 10 days or campaign is over

Former Obama administration housing secretary Julián Castro said Monday that he'd drop out of the presidential race if he ...

October 21, 2019

Water cut to migrant camp as Bosnian authorities feud

Local authorities in the Bosnian town of Bihac on Monday cut off a nearby migrant camp's water supply, to pressure the ...

October 21, 2019

AP Interview: Catalan head says only talks can stop protests

Catalonia's leader said Monday that the recent massive protests in the region, which often spiraled into violent clashes with ...

October 21, 2019

Spain to exhume dictator Franco's remains to discreet grave

Spain's Socialist government says it will exhume and relocate the remains of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco on Thursday, ...

October 21, 2019

Flames tear apart Philadelphia auto body shop

A three-alarm fire tore through a Philadelphia auto body shop Monday morning, sending thick smoke and large flames into the ...

October 21, 2019

Greece: Garbage piles up in Athens amid strikes

Municipal workers in Athens have launched a series of strikes that are causing garbage to pile up on the streets of the Greek ...

October 21, 2019

Hong Kong leaders apologize for water cannon use at mosque

Hong Kong officials apologized to Muslim leaders Monday after riot police sprayed a mosque and bystanders with a water cannon ...

October 21, 2019

Warren vows to ban federal funding for new charter schools

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has announced an education proposal pledging to spend hundreds of billions ...

October 21, 2019

Czech spy agency says Russia built cyberattack network

The head of the Czech counterintelligence service says a Russian spying network that his agency broke up last year was meant ...

October 21, 2019

4 suspects indicted in case of slain Slovak journalist

Slovakia prosecutors have indicted four suspects in the slaying of an investigative reporter and his fiancee, a case that ...

October 21, 2019

French probe into Paris Nov. 2015 attacks has finished

French counterterrorism prosecutors have announced that the judicial investigation into the deadly Nov. 13, 2015, attacks in ...

October 21, 2019

AP Interview: Montenegro PM: Wrapping up Brexit is positive

The prime minister of Montenegro, a small Balkan nation that is the next in line to join the European Union, has expressed ...