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December 16, 2019

China's Xi says HK had its grimmest year since handover

Hong Kong has faced its "grimmest and most complex year” since the former British colony was returned to China, President Xi ...

December 16, 2019

Turkey deploys surveillance drone in northern Cyprus

Turkey has dispatched a surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus amid ...

December 16, 2019

7 years after Delhi gang rape, brutal India attacks continue

Days after an alleged gang-rape victim was set on fire, a note was left at the family home of an 18-year-old set to testify ...

December 16, 2019

Five aides to party-switching House lawmaker resign

Five aides to a House Democrat who plans to become a Republican are resigning, saying his party switch “does not align with ...

December 16, 2019

UN: Greece still in violation of some norms for detention

A group of United Nations experts on arbitrary detention said Friday that despite some improvements, Greece was still in ...

December 16, 2019

Comey: 'Real sloppiness' in Russia probe but no misconduct

Former FBI Director James Comey acknowledged Sunday that a Justice Department inspector general report identified “real ...

December 16, 2019

Protests turn violent for 2nd day in Lebanon's capital

Lebanese security forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters for a ...

December 15, 2019

Teens arrested in weekend mall shooting

Police say they have arrested two teenagers in connection with a shooting that wounded one man in a busy suburban Atlanta ...

December 15, 2019

Police targets of both love and anger at Hong Kong rallies

Several thousand people, some making heart signs with their hands, turned out in Hong Kong on Sunday in an unusual display ...

December 15, 2019

UK Labour chief Corbyn apologizes for election debacle

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized Sunday for this party's crushing defeat in the British general election but ...

December 15, 2019

Home-cooked food in Iraqi square brings protesters together

In Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, there are the anti-government protesters demonstrating for a better future for Iraq, and there ...

December 15, 2019

AP source: NJ Dem lawmaker plans to become a Republican

A House freshman from New Jersey who was planning to break with his party and vote against impeaching President Donald Trump ...

December 15, 2019

Hourslong clashes between police, protesters engulf Beirut

Lebanese security forces fired rubber bullets, tear gas and used water cannons to disperse anti-government protesters from ...

December 14, 2019

Greta Thunberg apologizes for 'against the wall' comment

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has apologized for saying politicians should be put “against the wall” after critics ...

December 14, 2019

Boris Johnson goes north to celebrate crushing election win

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Saturday to repay the trust of voters in the working-class heartland of northern ...

December 14, 2019

Johnson's win may deliver Brexit but could risk UK's breakup

Leaving the European Union is not the only split British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to worry about.

December 14, 2019

Johnson visits northern England after election win

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited northern England on Saturday to meet newly elected Conservative Party lawmakers ...

December 14, 2019

China welcomes preliminary deal in trade war it blames on US

China expressed cautious optimism Saturday about a first-step trade agreement that dials down a trade war it blames the U.S.

December 14, 2019

Today in History for December 14th

George Washington dies at age 67; Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his group reach South Pole; Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia ...

December 14, 2019

Ex-Sudan strongman al-Bashir gets 2 years for corruption

A court in Sudan convicted former President Omar al-Bashir of money laundering and corruption on Saturday, sentencing him to ...