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January 23, 2020

Greek high court upholds Vinnik extradition order to France

A Greek high court on Thursday rejected Russian bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik's final appeal against his extradition ...

January 23, 2020

Norway ex-minister's former partner charged in threats case

The ex-companion of Norway’s former justice minister whose home was targeted with vandalism and small fires in 2018 and 2019, ...

January 23, 2020

School bus crashes in Germany kill 2 children, hurt 14

A school bus crashed in central Germany early Thursday, killing two children and leaving five others seriously injured.

January 23, 2020

Julian Assange extradition case to be drawn out for months

The complex extradition case designed to determine whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be sent to the U.S. to face ...

January 23, 2020

Russian lawmakers OK Putin's constitutional proposals

Russian lawmakers on Thursday quickly gave preliminary approval to a slew of constitutional changes widely seen as an attempt ...

January 23, 2020

Burkina Faso to arm civilians in fight against extremists

Burkina Faso's parliament has approved legislation allowing the military to use civilian volunteers in the fight against ...

January 23, 2020

24 hours in, senators flout quaint impeachment rules

So much for the Senate's quaint rules and tradition. Almost immediately after Chief Justice John Roberts gaveled in ...

January 23, 2020

Trial highlights: Democrats roll out case as senators fidget

House prosecutors faced fidgeting senators as they rolled out their case against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the ...

January 23, 2020

Poland to hold final vote on politicians punishing judges

Poland's lawmakers are taking a final vote Thursday on a much-criticized law that allows politicians to fire judges who are ...

January 23, 2020

Germany bans neo-Nazi organization Combat 18 Deutschland

Germany is banning the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Deutschland in what the country's top security official said Thursday was a ...

January 23, 2020

Australia plane crash kills 3 US firefighters

Three American crew members died Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in ...

January 23, 2020

Protester interrupts Senate impeachment trial

A protester briefly interrupted the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump on Wednesday. The protester could be heard ...

January 23, 2020

Firefighting plane crashes in Australia with 3 aboard

Three people died Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in the Snowy Monaro ...

January 23, 2020

ACLU demands answers on censored Women’s March photo

The American Civil Liberties Union is demanding answers from the National Archives in the wake of a scandal over politically ...

January 22, 2020

Trump suggests he may be open to entitlement cuts in future

President Donald Trump appeared to suggest in a television interview Wednesday that he’s willing to consider entitlement cuts ...

January 22, 2020

HRW: Armed groups move freely on Colombia-Venezuela border

Illegal armed groups operate with virtual impunity along the border between Colombia and Venezuela, and civilians are ...

January 22, 2020

Guaidó seeks EU sanctions for Venezuela, meeting with Trump

Venezuela’s opposition leader said Wednesday that he wants the European Union to broaden sanctions against members of the ...

January 22, 2020

Rio de Janeiro 2019 homicides fall as police killings surge

The number of homicides in Rio de Janeiro plunged to a record low in 2019, while police killings surged to a previously ...