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December 11, 2019

The Hague court questions Kosovo's outgoing speaker

Kosovo's outgoing parliament speaker says he was questioned at a Netherlands-based court investigating crimes against ethnic ...

December 11, 2019

India's Parliament passes contentious citizenship bill

Indian lawmakers approved legislation on Wednesday granting citizenship to non-Muslims who migrated illegally from Pakistan, ...

December 11, 2019

Jersey City Mayor: Gunmen targeted kosher market

The mayor of Jersey City said Wednesday it's clear that the gunmen in a furious shooting that left six people dead targeted ...

December 11, 2019

China reportedly threatens tiny Faeroe Islands over Huawei

Danish media are reporting that the Chinese government threatened to cancel a trade deal with the tiny Faeroe Islands if the ...

December 11, 2019

Pompeo rebuts Lavrov claim of no WH election talks

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterates that the issue of foreign interference in U.S. elections had been discussed during ...

December 11, 2019

Man charged with attacking guards at National Shrine in DC

A man attacked two guards at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Tuesday morning, authorities ...

December 11, 2019

Bougainville votes for independence from Papua New Guinea

The South Pacific region of Bougainville voted overwhelmingly to become the world’s newest nation by gaining independence ...

December 11, 2019

Germany rejects Putin claim on Berlin slaying victim

Germany on Wednesday rejected an assertion by Russian President Vladimir Putin that it failed to comply with requests from ...

December 11, 2019

Turkey doesn't rule out force to halt drilling off Cyprus

Turkey could use its military forces to halt any exploratory gas drilling in waters off Cyprus that it claims as its own, ...

December 11, 2019

Swiss Greens fail to enter government despite election gains

Switzerland's Green party failed Wednesday in a bid to enter the country's government even after it made significant gains ...

December 11, 2019

Suu Kyi denies Myanmar genocide allegations at top UN court

Myanmar’s former pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday denied that her country’s armed forces committed genocide ...

December 11, 2019

Israeli parliament starts dissolving itself for 3rd election

The Israeli parliament began voting to dissolve itself on Wednesday and pave the path to an unprecedented third election ...

December 11, 2019

Santa gets chopper ride to remote Alaska village

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard flew to a rural village recently with a special mission, delivering some early ...

December 11, 2019

AP Interview: Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands

Taiwan’s top diplomat said Tuesday that his government stands with Hong Kong citizens pushing for “freedom and democracy,” ...

December 11, 2019

India’s crackdown hits religious freedom in disputed Kashmir

For years, Romi Jan’s mornings would begin with the plaintive call to prayer that rang out from the central mosque in ...

December 11, 2019

AP FACT CHECK: How Trump's Russia claims line up with report

President Donald Trump has railed for years against the FBI's investigation into his campaign, making incendiary — and ...

December 10, 2019

Watchdog: Interior official's meetings broke ethics rule

An assistant Interior secretary broke federal ethics rules by twice meeting with his old employer, a conservative Texas-based ...

December 10, 2019

House votes, Senate trial: What's next in impeachment

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on two articles of impeachment by the end of the week, sending them to the ...

December 10, 2019

Thousands rally around Holocaust survivor in Milan

A Holocaust survivor who has been put under police protection due to anti-Semitic threats was escorted Tuesday evening ...