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January 20, 2020

Former German military translator on trial as Iran spy

A German-Afghan man who worked for years as an interpreter and adviser for the German military went on trial Monday on ...

January 20, 2020

Italy's Salvini dares lawmakers to vote to put him on trial

Italy's right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini is daring fellow senators to vote to put him on trial for alleged ...

January 20, 2020

UK looks to fast-growing Africa for trade ties after Brexit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson touted the U.K. as an ideal business partner for Africa on Monday as the U.K.

January 20, 2020

Ex-police chief on trial for role in Catalan secession bid

The former head of Catalonia's regional police and three others are standing trial on charges of rebellion and sedition for ...

January 20, 2020

France's Macron makes big push for more foreign investment

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting 180 international business leaders at the Palace of Versailles in a bid to ...

January 20, 2020

NY Times endorses Klobuchar, Warren in Democratic contest

The New York Times has endorsed not one but two candidates for the Democratic nomination for president, Minnesota Sen.

January 20, 2020

Today in History for January 20th

Highlights of Today in History: Iran releases American hostages; Ronald Reagan and John F.

January 20, 2020

Two police officers killed in Hawaii shooting Sunday

Two police officers were killed in a shooting Sunday in the normally peaceful Honolulu, Hawaii's governor said in a statement

January 20, 2020

Prince Harry: 'No other option' but to cut royal ties

Prince Harry said Sunday that he felt “great sadness” but found “no other option” to cutting almost all of his and his wife ...

January 19, 2020

National Archives says `wrong' to blur anti-Trump signs

The National Archives said Saturday it made a mistake when it blurred images of anti-Trump signs used in an exhibit on ...

January 19, 2020

Sanders distances himself from group backing his WH run

Bernie Sanders said Sunday that outside political groups that can raise and spend unlimited sums backing candidates for ...

January 19, 2020

2 more Puerto Rico officials fired after warehouse breakiin

Gov. Wanda Vázquez fired the heads of Puerto Rico’s housing and family departments Sunday in the latest fallout over the ...

January 19, 2020

Libya players agree to respect arms embargo, push cease-fire

World powers and other countries with interests in Libya's long-running civil war agreed Sunday to respect a much-violated ...

January 19, 2020

At least 75 flee from Paraguay prison; many from Brazil gang

At least 75 inmates, many of them members of a notorious Brazilian gang, escaped from a Paraguayan prison in a border town ...

January 19, 2020

Bodies of 11 Ukrainians killed in Iran plane crash sent home

The bodies of the 11 Ukrainians who died when an Iranian missile shot down a passenger plane have arrived in Ukraine on ...

January 19, 2020

Dutch police arrest 4 after suspected failed prison breakout

Dutch police detained four suspects Sunday following a suspected failed attempt to break one or more prisoners out of a ...

January 19, 2020

French trial exposes how church covered for predator priest

One of the first people to notice Bernard Preynat's unhealthy obsession for young boys was the supervisor at the seminary ...

January 19, 2020

Hungary commemorates 1945 liberation of Budapest ghetto

Hungary's Jewish community on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation by Soviet troops of the Budapest ...

January 19, 2020

Russian group reports 8 arrests at Moscow human rights march

A Russian group that monitors political repressions said eight people were detained by police Sunday at a march in Moscow ...

January 19, 2020

Thousands-strong Hong Kong protest cut short by clashes

Clashes broke out between protesters and police in Hong Kong on Sunday, cutting short a rally after thousands had gathered ...