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December 06, 2019

6-story building collapses in Nairobi; some feared trapped

A six-story building collapsed in Kenya's capital on Friday, officials said, with people feared to be trapped in the debris.

December 06, 2019

Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case

Police on Friday fatally shot four men suspected of raping and killing a woman in southern India, drawing both praise and ...

December 06, 2019

Did Italian priest father two African sons, and walk away?

Steven Lacchin grew up a fatherless boy, but he knew some very basic facts about the man who was his father. He knew Lacchin, ...

December 06, 2019

Independence not on ballot, but on voters’ minds in Scotland

Ask voters in this picturesque university town in eastern Scotland how they're voting in next week's election, and they’re ...

December 06, 2019

Hong Kong police sound alarm over homemade explosives

Hong Kong's much-maligned police force provided a rare behind-the-scenes look Friday at its bomb disposal squad to show the ...

December 06, 2019

India's Muslims split in response to Hindu temple verdict

India’s largest Muslim political groups are divided over how to respond to a Supreme Court ruling that favors Hindus’ right ...

December 06, 2019

Democrats move toward impeaching Trump, with scant grumbling

House Democrats are charging toward impeaching President Donald Trump but not without pockets of division, as lawmakers who ...

December 06, 2019

House Speaker Pelosi rebukes reporter: 'Don't mess with me'

Finger pointing and voice hoarse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday delivered a broadside to a reporter that might well ...

December 06, 2019

Articles of impeachment next step facing Trump

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December 06, 2019

Bear causes uproar in Delaware

A bear caused an uproar after running through the streets of Wilmington, Delaware Thursday morning.

December 05, 2019

Young and old march in unity, fear at French pension change

Anger, solidarity, tear gas and frozen noses. That pretty well sums up the atmosphere inside Thursday’s mass Paris protest ...

December 05, 2019

Georgia GOP Rep Tom Graves to retire

Georgia Republican Rep. Tom Graves said Thursday he'll retire after his current term in Congress, joining a ...

December 05, 2019

As 58 migrants drown off Africa, a call to stop smugglers

The drowning of at least 58 migrants in the Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania sent despair through tiny Gambia on Thursday while ...

December 05, 2019

UK judge clears 3 men falsely convicted 50 years ago

London’s Court of Appeal on Thursday exonerated three men who had served time in prison nearly 50 years ago following the ...

December 05, 2019

Europe pledges additional support for quake-hit Albania

The European Union’s head for crisis management on Thursday visited Albania to assess damages and reconstruction needs after ...

December 05, 2019

Turkish parliament backs contentious deal with Libya

Turkey’s parliament on Thursday endorsed a controversial deal on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean reached between ...

December 05, 2019

Top AP photos of 2019 range from the epic to the intimate

Ours is a world of sweeping vistas, and intimate scenes. In 2019, Associated Press photographers captured both. A single ...

December 05, 2019

Iraqi protesters: At least 15 stabbed in Baghdad square

Anti-government protesters say at least 15 people have suffered stab wounds in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of ...

December 05, 2019

Kosovo court jails ex-Serb minister for ethnic hatred

A Kosovo court has sentenced a former ethnic Serb minister to two years in prison for inciting ethnic hatred. The Pristina ...