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January 16, 2019

ICC judges to rule on Gbagbo's possible immediate release

International Criminal Court judges will rule Wednesday on whether to immediately release former Ivory Coast President ...

January 16, 2019

Zimbabwe police arrest prominent government critic

Zimbabwe police armed with AK-47 rifles arrested Evan Mawarire, an activist and pastor, from his home in the capital, Harare, ...

January 16, 2019

World Economic Forum warns of impact of global tensions

Tensions in international relations and nationalist politics have the potential to further weigh on the global economy this ...

January 16, 2019

The Latest: Kenya police say questioning 3 people after raid

The Latest on the extremist attack on a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya (all times local): 1:35 p.m. Kenyan police say they ...

January 16, 2019

Kenya's president says all gunmen killed at hotel complex

Kenya's security forces have killed the Islamic extremist gunmen whose assault on a luxury hotel and shopping complex took ...

January 16, 2019

Sweden looks set to end deadlock, keep Lofven as premier

A left-wing party in Sweden said Wednesday it won't oppose caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in attempting to form a ...

January 16, 2019

Spain: DNA sample found for 2-year-old missing in borehole

Spanish rescuers working against the clock to find a missing 2-year-old toddler say they have found hair of the boy in soil ...

January 16, 2019

The Latest: Nairobi attack survivors reunite with families

The Latest on the attack on a hotel in Nairobi, Kenya (all times local): 7:10 a.m. Dozens of people are reuniting with ...

January 16, 2019

Al-Shabab extremists claim deadly attack on Nairobi hotel

Extremists stormed a luxury hotel in Kenya's capital on Tuesday, setting off thunderous explosions and gunning down people ...

January 16, 2019

UK's May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed

British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, ...

January 16, 2019

Drug trafficker tells of bribe to ex-president of Mexico

A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman boasted about paying a ...

January 15, 2019

Acting AG Whitaker to testify as Democrats ramp up oversight

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 8, appearing as one of the ...

January 15, 2019

Egyptian denied entry to Italy jumps from parked airplane

Italian news agency ANSA reports that Milan's Malpensa Airport was closed temporarily after an Egyptian passenger who was not ...

January 15, 2019

German, Japanese leaders to attend Davos as Trump sits out

World Economic Forum executives say Germany's Angela Merkel, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Shinzo Abe of Japan will be ...

January 15, 2019

Longtime AP journalist Ed Blanche has died at age 76

Ed Blanche, a longtime correspondent and Middle East editor for The Associated Press who covered transformative events from ...

January 15, 2019

Congo Constitutional Court begins election appeal hearing

Congo's Constitutional Court on Tuesday began hearing an appeal against the presidential election results lodged by ...

January 15, 2019

UNC removes Confederate pedestal from campus

Crews remove the last remnants of a Confederate statue from UNC-Chapel Hill under orders from the school's chancellor and ...

January 15, 2019

Mueller not ready for Trump aide's sentencing, filing says

Rick Gates, a former senior campaign aide to President Donald Trump, will have to wait at least another two months for his ...

January 15, 2019

Zimbabwe military quells fuel price protests; several deaths

Zimbabwe's police and military patrolled the streets of the capital, Harare, Tuesday as a helicopter fired tear gas at ...