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January 16, 2019

Kenya forces still securing hotel after extremist attack

Kenyan police say there is still "an active security operation" in and around the hotel complex attacked by Islamic extremist ...

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 ...

January 15, 2019

Spain arrests 17 in ongoing Catalonia anti-terror operation

Authorities in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia said 17 people, including five alleged members of an extremist ...

January 15, 2019

Poles place candles and flags at half-staff for slain mayor

Flags flew at half-staff and people signed condolence books at municipal buildings across Poland and in diplomatic missions ...

French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after a city council at the town hall in Gasny before the launching of the Great National Debate

January 15, 2019

France's Macron launches 'grand debate' following protests

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday encouraged people to list their grievances and propose changes to the country's ...

January 15, 2019

A look at large-scale extremist attacks in Kenya

Here is a look at large-scale extremist attacks in Kenya over the years: ___ WESTGATE MALL, SEPT. 2013 Al-Shabab fighters ...

January 15, 2019

Taliban suicide bomber kills 4, wounds over 100 in Kabul

A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded scores when he detonated an explosive-laden vehicle late in ...

January 15, 2019

Belarus model arrested for Thai sex seminar pleads guilty

A model from Belarus who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump ...