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February 22, 2019

Ireland publishes no-deal Brexit bill it hopes it won't need

The Irish government published legislation Friday designed to ease the damage if Britain leaves the European Union next month ...

February 22, 2019

Mueller report looming, new attorney general in hot seat

William Barr has been attorney general for just one week but is on the cusp of staring down what will almost certainly be the ...

February 22, 2019

Vatican summit on sex abuse focuses calls for accountability

Cardinals attending Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse called Friday for a new culture of accountability in ...

February 22, 2019

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ...

February 22, 2019

More civilians leave last IS-held pocket in eastern Syria

Small trucks carrying civilians left the Islamic State group's last pocket of territory in eastern Syria in an escorted ...

February 22, 2019

Fly-past honors WWII airmen who died saving UK children

U.S. and Royal Air Force planes soared over Sheffield on Friday to honor 10 U.S. airmen who sacrificed their lives during ...

February 22, 2019

South Sudan's hunger is growing, despite 5 months of peace

Five months into South Sudan's fragile peace, 1.5 million people are on the brink of starvation and half the population, more ...

February 22, 2019

Filipino rebel commanders become officials under peace deal

Some of the fiercest Muslim rebel commanders in the southern Philippines were sworn in Friday as administrators of a new ...

February 22, 2019

Russian opens money laundering probe involving Moldova

The Russian Interior Ministry says that it has launched a money laundering probe involving the influential leader of ...

Philippe Barbarin. Jean-Felix Luciani,Andre Soulier

February 22, 2019

French bishops agree to compensation for sex abuse victims

Still struggling to come to terms with their share of responsibility in the clerical sex abuse scandal rocking the Catholic ...

February 22, 2019

Nigeria leader says many feared 'the worst' after vote delay

Nigeria's president in a final appeal to the nation before Saturday's election says many "thought the worst might happen" ...

February 22, 2019

Lawyer: Ex-FBI official McCabe still facing investigation

A criminal investigation into whether former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe made false statements during an internal probe ...

February 22, 2019

Amid loss of leaders, unknown militant rises in Philippines

Unlike many of his slain comrades, the touted new leader of the Islamic State group in the southern Philippines lacks the ...

February 22, 2019

Trump ally Stone gets gag order after 'crosshairs' post

A federal judge issued a broad gag order forbidding Roger Stone to discuss his criminal case with anyone and gave him a ...

February 22, 2019

Cohen visits Senate offices ahead of congressional testimony

President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, visited the Senate intelligence committee's offices on Thursday, ...

February 21, 2019

Threat allegations keep Coast Guard officer jailed

A Coast Guard officer suspected of drawing up a hit list of top Democrats and network TV journalists spent hours on his work ...

February 21, 2019

Top rivals join forces in challenge to Israel's Netanyahu

The two main challengers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined forces Thursday in a united front ahead of April ...

February 21, 2019

Truckers 'slow roll' in Indiana protest

Dozens of truck drivers took part in a "slow roll" on an Indianapolis interstate highway Thursday to protest changes in ...

February 21, 2019

Withdrawal of 1,000 Burundian soldiers from Somalia begins

An official in Burundi says the withdrawal of 1,000 Burundian soldiers from the African Union regional force in Somalia has ...