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February 18, 2020

Turkey seeks 695 arrests over links to U.S.-based cleric

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants against 695 people suspected of links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric ...

February 18, 2020

Today in History for February 18th

'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is first published; Jefferson Davis is sworn in as President of the Confederate States ...

February 17, 2020

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Here's the latest for Monday, February 17th: Cruise ships passengers taken to Nebraska for quarantine; Pompeo on Africa ...

February 17, 2020

Some cruise ship passengers in Nebraska quarantine

Officials said at a news conference Monday afternoon that 13 people in the National Quarantine Unit at UNMC have tested ...

February 17, 2020

After gains in northern Syria, Assad predicts total victory

Syrian President Bashar Assad congratulated his forces Monday for recent gains in northwestern Syria that led to his troops ...

February 17, 2020

Protester chains himself to Russian security agency's doors

A Russian activist was detained Monday after he chained himself to the front doors of the nation's top security agency to ...

February 17, 2020

No Bull: German court rules dogs not too big to be miniature

A German court has decided a Duesseldorf dog dispute, ruling Monday that not only size matters in determining whether a dog ...

February 17, 2020

EU agrees to end Med anti-smuggler mission off Libya

European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to end Operation Sophia, the bloc’s naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea, ...

February 17, 2020

Popular Rwandan gospel musician found dead in police cell

A popular Rwandan gospel musician who in 2015 was found guilty of conspiracy to murder or harm President Paul Kagame was ...

February 17, 2020

Suicide bomber in SW Pakistan kills 8 at Islamist rally

A powerful suicide bombing killed eight people and wounded 16 others in Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province on Monday, ...

February 17, 2020

Amid protests, Greece suspends migrants detention plan

Greece's government says it is suspending an emergency plan to build migrant detention camps on Greek islands near the ...

February 17, 2020

Gunmen kill 24 in attack near church in Burkina Faso

Gunmen killed 24 civilians, including a church pastor, and kidnapped three others on Sunday in Burkina Faso, an official said

February 17, 2020

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Here's the latest for Monday, February 17th: Quarantined cruise ship passengers return to US; Democrats campaign in Nevada; ...

February 16, 2020

Assad's forces make advances, further securing Aleppo region

Syrian troops have made significant advances against the last rebel held enclaves in the country's northwest, state media ...

February 16, 2020

Denmark arrests 27 people on suspected cocaine smuggling

Danish police say they have arrested 27 people for suspected drug smuggling after finding some 100 kilograms of cocaine on ...

February 16, 2020

UN: Warring parties in Yemen agree on major prisoner trade

Yemen’s warring sides have agreed to implement a long-delayed and major prisoner swap, the United Nations said on Sunday, in ...

February 16, 2020

Palestinian PM: Trump's Mideast plan 'will be buried'

The Palestinian prime minister lashed out Sunday at U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to end the Mideast conflict, ...

February 16, 2020

Israel's Gantz vows to form government without Netanyahu

Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz is vowing to form a government that will include neither the indicted Prime Minister ...

February 16, 2020

Ministers seek to reinforce drive to cut Libya arms supplies

Foreign ministers and other top officials from about a dozen countries gathered Sunday in Germany to keep up the push for ...