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September 21, 2017

Canadian leader spotlights his own nation's injustices at UN

On a stage where many world leaders spotlight their successes, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the U.N.

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, Nikki Haley

September 21, 2017

UN votes to help Iraq collect evidence against Islamic State

U.N. investigators will help Iraq collect evidence to build potential war crimes cases against Islamic State extremists, ...

September 21, 2017

Kenya electoral officials set Oct.26 as date for new polls

The rerun of Kenya's presidential elections has been pushed back to Oct. 26, as President Uhuru Kenyatta strongly criticized ...

September 21, 2017

Migrant boat capsizes off Libya, leaves 5 dead, 90 missing

At least five migrants died and more than 90 were missing after their boat capsized off Libya's western coast, a major ...

September 21, 2017

Iraqi forces begin operation to retake Hawija from IS group

In a push at dawn, Iraqi forces launched an operation on Thursday to retake the town of Hawija — one of the last extremist ...

September 21, 2017

Satellite images show sprawling Rohingya refugee camps

Massive, makeshift refugee camps are sprawling over farms and open land in southern Bangladesh as more than 420,000 Rohingya ...

September 21, 2017

Justice Ginsburg surprise speaker at Jewish new year service

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a surprise guest speaker Wednesday evening during services for the Jewish new ...

September 21, 2017

NKorea minister calls Trump's threat 'sound of dog barking'

North Korea's foreign minister has described as "the sound of a dog barking" President Donald Trump's threat to destroy his ...

September 21, 2017

The Latest: Truck carrying aid crashes in Bangladesh; 9 dead

The Latest on hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh (all ...

September 21, 2017

Seoul to resume aid to N. Korea but doesn't set date

South Korea on Thursday decided to resume humanitarian aid to North Korea to help children and pregnant women, but didn't ...

September 21, 2017

Iranian president: Trump's UN comments 'ignorant, absurd'

Iran's president warned Wednesday that his country will "respond decisively" to any violation of the agreement that reins in ...

Lindsey Graham, Sen. Roy Blunt, John Cornyn, Bill Cassidy, John Thune, Mitch McConnell

September 21, 2017

Sen. Graham presses for support for GOP health bill

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday appealed for support from fellow senators for his GOP health care bill despite ...

September 21, 2017

Pence applauds UN resolution on peacekeeping reform

The Security Council backed reforms Wednesday to reduce inefficiencies, corruption and abuse in the U.N.'s far-flung ...

September 21, 2017

Democrats want closer look at Price's private jet travel

Congressional Democrats on Wednesday chastised Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, saying he wasted taxpayer money ...

September 20, 2017

UN voices new approach to solve Libyan crisis, bring peace

The United Nations has proposed a new approach to solve the Libyan crisis, by amending a current political agreement, holding ...

September 20, 2017

The Latest: Trump in New York, meets with world leaders

The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 4:55 p.m. President Donald Trump says he and Egypt's president are ...

September 20, 2017

Kenya Supreme Court nixed poll because it couldn't see data

Kenya's Supreme Court said Wednesday it nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election largely because the electoral ...

September 20, 2017

Mueller team questions deputy AG amid probe of Comey firing

Special counsel Robert Mueller's office has questioned Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as it probes the firing of ...

September 20, 2017

Trump heard about Mideast peace as a boy, now wants to solve

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he's been hearing about prospects for peace in the Middle East since he was "a little ...