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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 ...

December 14, 2019

Boris Johnson heads north to celebrate crushing election win

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

December 14, 2019

China welcomes preliminary deal in trade war it blames on US

China put a positive face Saturday on a first-step trade agreement that dials down a trade war it blames the U.S.

December 13, 2019

El Salvador court gives hefty sentences in mass gang trial

A court in El Salvador has sentenced 373 convicted members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang to prison terms of up to ...

December 13, 2019

UN official: Chilean police abused protester's human rights

A U.N. human rights report released Friday accused Chilean security forces of serious human rights violations against ...

December 13, 2019

Ex-PM elected Algeria's new president, to protesters' dismay

Algeria newly-elected president Abdelmadjid Tebboune vowed to reach out to pro-democracy protesters, who massively took to ...

December 13, 2019

Battle ahead: Scotland party leader vows independence push

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won the majority he needs to push through Brexit, but he faces another big challenge from ...

December 13, 2019

Republicans on Judiciary panel react harshly

Impeachment charges against President Donald Trump went to the full House on Friday, following approval by the House ...

December 13, 2019

Critics say Guatemala commission undermining anti-graft push

One by one, witnesses sat in the elegant wooden chair in Guatemala’s Congress in recent weeks to air their grievances against ...

December 13, 2019

UK's Corbyn, Sturgeon reflect on election results

UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has defended his party's policies despite Labour's general election loss. And Scottish ...

December 13, 2019

Iraq's top Shiite cleric condemns gruesome hanging of teen

Iraq's top Shiite cleric Friday denounced the killing of a teenager whose body was strung up by his feet from a traffic pole ...

December 13, 2019

The Latest: Macron: UK and EU will remain tied after Brexit

The Latest on Britain's Brexit election (all times local): 5 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron says Britain and Europe ...

December 13, 2019

Nadler: 'Today is a solemn and sad day'

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee described his committee's vote to pass two articles of ...

December 13, 2019

Turkmenistan passes new anti-corruption law

Turkmenistan's president signed a law Friday that excludes prisoners convicted of corruption from state amnesties and pardons ...

December 13, 2019

UK vote eases corrosive uncertainty hurting businesses

British businesses that have been hobbled for three years by fear and confusion over Brexit are getting a break. The U.K.

December 13, 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 13, 2019

Death toll in aircraft carrier fire in Russia rises to 2

A crew member who went missing during a fire on Russia's only aircraft carrier was found dead Friday, raising the death toll ...

December 13, 2019

Polish govt pushing law to control judges, sparking outcry

Poland's right-wing ruling party has drafted legislation to impose new restrictions on judges, saying it seeks to manage a ...

December 13, 2019

Pope honors spiritual father on 50th anniversary as a priest

Pope Francis was to mark his 50th anniversary as a priest Friday by paying homage to his spiritual father, a fellow Argentine ...

December 13, 2019

Islamic State group claims attack on Niger military; 71 dead

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military camp in Niger that killed at least 71 soldiers