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November 18, 2019

China urges US to “stop flexing muscles” in South China Sea

China on Monday urged the U.S. military to “stop flexing muscles” in the disputed South China Sea, a point of persistent ...

November 18, 2019

Protesters try to leave Hong Kong campus but avoid arrest

For days, Hong Kong’s protesters fortified a university campus to keep police from getting in. Now, cornered by authorities, ...

November 18, 2019

Democrats invite Trump to testify in impeachment inquiry

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to testify in front of investigators in the House ...

November 18, 2019

Kim Jong Un supervises another N. Korean military drill

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a parachuting drill of military sharpshooters and vowed to build an “invincible ...

November 18, 2019

Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters

Police breached a Hong Kong university campus held by protesters early Monday after an all-night siege that included firing ...

November 18, 2019

The Latest: Tear gas drives back protesters trying to leave

The Latest on the protests in Hong Kong (all times local): 8:50 a.m. Police used tear gas to drive back dozens of protesters ...

November 17, 2019

Greece marks 1973 student uprising anniversary; 28 arrested

Heavy police presence in Athens appeared to have prevented serious clashes Sunday with anarchists and other extreme leftists ...

November 17, 2019

Leaked Russian interference report raises UK vote questions

Questions about the British government’s failure to release a report on Russia’s interference in the country’s politics ...

November 17, 2019

Algeria kicks off presidential campaign, 5 candidates to run

Algeria’s presidential campaign officially kicked off Sunday with five candidates vying to replace the country’s longtime ...

November 17, 2019

Migrant shot and seriously wounded in Croatia

A Croatian hospital says a migrant is fighting for his life after being shot Friday by police. Doctors in the Croatian port ...

November 17, 2019

Trump defends an unlikely target: Joe Biden

President Donald Trump is defending an unlikely target: Joe Biden. Trump is responding to North Korea calling the former vice ...

November 17, 2019

Pope decries that ‘greed of a few’ worsens poverty of others

Pope Francis on Sunday decried that the “greed of a few” wealthy people is compounding the plight of the poor before sharing ...

November 17, 2019

Aide recounts actions tying Trump to delay in Ukraine funds

Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s emissary to the European Union, had a message when he met with a top Ukrainian ...

November 17, 2019

Former Sri Lankan defense chief wins presidential vote

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a former defense official revered by Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority for his role in ending a bloody civil ...

November 17, 2019

2 jets collide after landing in Frankfurt, no one injured

Authorities say a collision between two passenger jets on the tarmac at Frankfurt Airport caused damage but left no one ...

November 17, 2019

Merkel party leader: No overhaul of German coalition deal

The leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party is rejecting calls for an overhaul of the accord underpinning Merkel’s ...

November 17, 2019

Belarus vote set to extend control of strongman Lukashenko

The national elections commission in Belarus says more than a third of the country’s voters have cast early ballots in the ...

November 17, 2019

Bolivian interim leader meets UN envoy amid violence fears

A U.N. envoy met with Bolivia’s interim president Saturday to find a way out of the country’s political crisis while the ...

November 17, 2019

White House: Trump undergoes exam at Walter Reed

President Donald Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday for what the White House ...

November 17, 2019

The Latest: Ex-aide says Trump persuaded to release money

The Latest on President Donald Trump and House impeachment investigation (all times local): 7 p.m. A former national security ...