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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.

January 26, 2020

Pope on Holocaust atrocities: Let's all say never again

Pope Francis is inviting prayers and reflection about the “atrocity” of the Holocaust, urging people to vow in their heart ...

January 26, 2020

Pope's new aide is priest who worked with street kids

Pope Francis has chosen a Uruguayan priest who has worked with street children to be one of his two personal secretaries.

January 26, 2020

Germany urged to fight anti-Semitism to avoid Jewish exodus

Germany's foreign minister is calling for strengthened efforts against anti-Semitism to ward off the possibility that many ...

January 26, 2020

Kim's aunt reemerges after years of speculation about fate

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's aunt made her first public appearance in about six years, state media reported Sunday, ...

January 26, 2020

Today in History for January 26th

Highlights of Today in History: President Bill Clinton denies affair;first European settlers in Australia ; General Douglas ...

January 26, 2020

FBI says monitoring of ex-Trump aide should've ended sooner

The Justice Department has concluded that it should have ended its surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser earlier ...

January 25, 2020

Venezuela's Guaidó visits a politically agitated Spain

Juan Guaidó, the man who one year ago launched a bid to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, on Saturday paid a visit ...

January 25, 2020

Trump's legal team starts impeachment defense

President Donald Trump's lawyers opened their impeachment trial defense on Saturday by asserting that he did nothing wrong ...