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January 28, 2020

New Zealand announces Sept. 19 as date for general election

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday that New Zealand's general election will be held on Sept. 19. Ardern, who leads ...

January 28, 2020

State Department bars NPR reporter from flying with Pompeo

The State Department has denied a National Public Radio reporter a seat aboard Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's plane for an ...

January 28, 2020

Fighting sharply rises in Yemen, endangering peace efforts

A drastic escalation in fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen has killed and wounded ...

January 27, 2020

Trump: 'Nothing was ever said to John Bolton'

President Donald Trump says a claim by former national security adviser John Bolton that Trump wanted to withhold security ...

January 27, 2020

Schiff: Bolton's testimony relevant to Trump trial

Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment prosecutor against President Donald Trump, says senators should “not turn away” from ...

January 27, 2020

GOP Sen.: 'Facts of the case remain the same'

Republican Sen. John Barrasso dismissed a claim by former Trump aide John Bolton in a draft of his upcoming book that the ...

January 27, 2020

Irish leader says EU to have stronger hand in UK trade talks

Ireland’s prime minister warned Britain on Monday that Brexit is far from finished -- and the European Union will have the ...

January 27, 2020

Schiff says Bolton's testimony relevant to Trump's trial

The Latest on the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump (all times local): 12:50 p.m. Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead ...

January 27, 2020

3 Jehovah's Witnesses convicted in Russia amid crackdown

A Russian court has convicted three adherents of the Jehovah's Witnesses of participating in a religion banned for extremism, ...

January 27, 2020

Slovenia's PM steps down, urges EU nation to hold early vote

Slovenia's prime minister announced his resignation on Monday and urged the country to hold an early general election.

January 27, 2020

Czech Republic to send troops to Africa anti-terror mission

The Czech government on Monday approved a Defense Ministry plan to deploy up to 60 troops as part of France's anti-terror ...

January 27, 2020

Greece: 14 injured in suspected migrant smuggling car crash

A car carrying Syrians crashed early Monday in northern Greece, police said, injuring all 14 people in the vehicle that is ...

January 27, 2020

Italy's regional voters thwart hopes of right-wing forces

Italian voters thwarted right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini's hopes of turning an election in a key northern region ...

January 26, 2020

Zelenskiy marks Auschwitz anniversary honoring survivors

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy paid tribute Sunday evening to Holocaust survivors, telling them on the eve of the ...

January 26, 2020

20 Mali soldiers killed at army camp attacked by gunmen

Gunmen attacked an army camp in Mali near the border with Mauritania, killing 20 soldiers Sunday, the government and armed ...

January 26, 2020

Visiting Turkey leader: Algeria key in region's stability

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, greeted to a fanfare arrival Sunday in Algiers, said the North African nation is ...

January 26, 2020

Burundi's ruling party picks general as presidential hopeful

Burundi's ruling party has chosen an army general to be its candidate in the presidential election set for May, signaling ...

January 26, 2020

Survivor in Slovenia turns 100 on Holocaust Remembrance Day

For Marija Frlan it's as symbolic as it can get: A survivor of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, the Slovenian ...

January 26, 2020

Dutch premier issues historic apology at Holocaust memorial

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Sunday for the failure of officials in the Nazi-occupied country during World War ...

January 26, 2020

Israeli backpacker jailed in Russia files for pardon

An Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges has submitted a petition to be pardoned by President Vladimir Putin.