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February 23, 2019

Report: Grand jury considers case against ex-Interior boss

The Washington Post reports that a grand jury is considering evidence concerning whether former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke ...

February 23, 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 23, 2019

Told to leave, IS 'caliphate' holdouts in Syria stay devoted

They were living in holes in the ground, with only dry flatbread to eat at the end. Those injured in an intense military ...

February 23, 2019

Trump vows veto as Democrats try to block emergency order

Democrats controlling the House have teed up a vote next week to block President Donald Trump from using a national emergency ...

February 23, 2019

Sudan declares state of emergency, disbands Cabinet

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, facing deadly protests, on Friday declared a state of emergency for a year, disbanded the ...

February 22, 2019

Expanding the map: 2020 Dems push past early voting states

The sprawling field of Democratic presidential hopefuls is on the move — to places other than the traditional early voting ...

February 22, 2019

The Latest: Trump again denies collusion as report nears

The Latest on the special counsel's Russia investigation (all times local): 4:15 p.m. President Donald Trump is continuing ...

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

Trump gets briefing on lieutenant accused of having hit list

President Donald Trump says he is getting a "complete briefing" on a Coast Guard officer accused of stockpiling guns and ...

February 22, 2019

Vatican sex abuse summit seeks new culture of accountability

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

February 22, 2019

Protests in Algeria against president's bid for 5th term

Thousands of Algerians have taken to the streets in several towns to denounce ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for ...

February 22, 2019

Medellin razes Pablo Escobar's home in symbol of rebirth

A six-floor apartment building in Medellin that Pablo Escobar once called home was demolished Friday in an emotional ceremony ...

February 22, 2019

Mueller to file sentencing memo in Manafort conspiracy case

Special counsel Robert Mueller faces a Friday deadline to weigh in on former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's ...

February 22, 2019

Israeli acting foreign minister doubles down on Nazi comment

Israel's acting foreign minister has doubled down on his divisive claim that Poles collaborated with the Nazis and "suckled ...

February 22, 2019

Palestinians protest in Gaza and Jerusalem, 1 killed

Israeli gunfire killed a Palestinian teenager at a protest along Gaza-Israel border fence, Gaza officials said Friday, as ...

February 22, 2019

The Latest: US ambassador: Protect children, stop sex abuse

The Latest on Pope Francis' sex abuse summit at the Vatican (all times local): 5:15 p.m. The U.S. ambassador to the Vatican ...

February 22, 2019

Family of IS teen appeals to UK to help bring her child home

The family of a U.K. teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group begged the British government on Friday to help ...

February 22, 2019

Church of England says Sunday services no longer mandatory

The Church of England has acknowledged the reality of shrinking congregations and overworked priests and lifted a ...

February 22, 2019

Fly-past honors WWII airmen who died saving UK children

U.S. and Royal Air Force planes roared over the English city of Sheffield on Friday to honor 10 American airmen who ...