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December 11, 2018

Lebanon: Israel destroying border tunnels won't affect calm

Lebanon's president said Tuesday that Israel's operation to destroy what it says is a series of cross-border attack tunnels ...

December 11, 2018

Iraqi jets target Islamic State meeting dens in Syria

The Iraqi military says its jets have bombed two Islamic State positions inside Syria that were being used for as meeting ...

December 11, 2018

Rebel: Yemen's warring sides set Jan. 20 for prisoner swap

Delegations from Yemen's warring parties agreed on Tuesday to set Jan. 20 as a final date to swap over 15,000 prisoners from ...

December 11, 2018

The Latest: UK's May to go to Ireland for more Brexit talks

The Latest on the Brexit negotiations (all times local): 6 p.m. British Prime Minister Theresa May plans to travel to Dublin ...

December 11, 2018

UK police use Taser on man who made it past Parliament gate

U.K. police say a Taser was used to subdue a man who made it past the main gate of Britain's Parliament, ran toward officers ...

December 11, 2018

Flynn, Manafort to make arguments in Russia probe

Their fortunes sliding in divergent directions, two former Trump aides are pleading their case to judges Tuesday in hopes of ...

December 11, 2018

The Latest: Yemen's warring sides set date for prisoner swap

The Latest on the conflict in Yemen (all times local): 4:05 p.m. Yemen's warring government and the Houthi rebels say they ...

December 11, 2018

Italy's far-right minister visits Israel, drawing criticism

One of Europe's most controversial political figures, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, has arrived in Israel for a ...

December 11, 2018

5 missing Marines declared dead in warplanes crash off Japan

The U.S. military said Tuesday that five missing crew members have been declared dead after their refueling plane collided ...

December 11, 2018

'Truth isn't truth' tops list of notable quotes in 2018

The assertion that "truth isn't truth," made by a personal attorney for President Donald Trump, tops a Yale Law School ...

December 11, 2018

Report: Iran sentences 3 rights lawyers to prison

Iran has sentenced two human rights lawyers to six years in prison and a third to 13 years, newspapers reported Tuesday.

December 11, 2018

Suicide bomber kills 4 security forces near Afghan capital

An Afghan official says a suicide car bomber has struck a security convoy on the outskirts of Kabul, killing four security ...

December 11, 2018

Some Trump allies starting to worry about investigations

President Donald Trump's intensifying legal troubles are unnerving some of his fellow Republicans. Despite his brash stance, ...

December 11, 2018

UN: 20 million Yemenis are hungry, 250,000 face catastrophe

Twenty million people in war-torn Yemen are hungry — a staggering 70 percent of the population and a 15 percent increase from ...

December 10, 2018

Dems: Pelosi foes seek term limits on leaders, panel chairs

Democrats who have opposed Nancy Pelosi's effort to become speaker next year want her to commit to limiting how long ...

December 10, 2018

The Latest: Red Cross: Migrant policy mustn't add suffering

The Latest on the U.N. migration conference (all times local): 8:40 p.m. A top humanitarian leader admits governments have ...

December 10, 2018

UN Syria envoy: Work ongoing for constitutional committee

The U.N. Special envoy for Syria said Monday work is still ongoing to form a committee meant to draft a new constitution ...

December 10, 2018

Nearly 85 percent of UN nations back migration deal; not US

Defying fierce opposition from the U.S. and a few other nations, nearly 85 percent of U.N. member states agreed Monday on a ...

December 10, 2018

Italy's Salvini on Bannon: stimulating, but not European

Italy's right-wing interior minister says former Trump administration adviser Steve Bannon has interesting ideas but that he ...