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September 23, 2018

Spain saves some 440 migrants; new crackdown on rescue boat

Spain's maritime rescue service said Sunday it rescued more than 400 people from 15 small boats, most of them off the ...

September 23, 2018

Iran's president blames US after attack on military parade

Iran's president on Sunday accused an unnamed U.S.-allied country in the Persian Gulf of being behind a terror attack on a ...

September 23, 2018

Burials begin as deaths from capsized ferry rise to 224

Relatives wept in grief on Sunday at the mass burial in Tanzania of many of the 224 people who drowned when a ferry in ...

September 23, 2018

The Latest: Panama pulls migrant rescue boat's registration

The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local): 8:10 p.m. Panama says that it has withdrawn the registration of the ...

September 23, 2018

US considers limit on green cards for immigrants on benefits

The Trump administration has proposed rules that could deny green cards to immigrants if they use Medicaid, food stamps, ...

September 23, 2018

$18M worth of cocaine found in bananas given to Texas prison

Authorities say bananas donated to a Texas prison turned out to have nearly $18 million worth of cocaine hidden inside the ...

September 23, 2018

Russian opposition candidate on track to win regional vote

Partial results in a regional election in Russia's Far East show an opposition candidate has beaten the incumbent governor ...

September 23, 2018

2 militant groups reject demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib

Two insurgent groups rejected a deal reached this month between Russia and Turkey to establish a demilitarized zone in ...

September 23, 2018

Hamas says indirect cease-fire talks with Israel halted

Gaza's Hamas rulers say their indirect cease-fire talks with Israel have halted. Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri on Sunday ...

September 23, 2018

Egypt court sentences 65 people over 2013 violence

An Egyptian court has sentenced 64 people to varying prison terms and one man to death over violence in 2013 when the ...

September 23, 2018

Israel gives West Bank village Oct. 1 demolition deadline

The Israeli military has informed residents of a West Bank hamlet that they have until Oct. 1 to leave before their homes ...

September 23, 2018

AP source: Kavanaugh, Ford agree to testify on Thursday

Negotiators reached a tentative agreement Saturday for the Senate Judiciary Committee to hear testimony Thursday from ...

September 23, 2018

The Latest: Lawyer says woman doesn't recall attending party

The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her decades ago (all ...

September 23, 2018

Militants attack Iran military parade, killing at least 25

Militants disguised as soldiers opened fire Saturday on an annual Iranian military parade in the country's oil-rich ...

September 22, 2018

Parents face tougher rules to get immigrant children back

Armando Tabora desperately wants to get his teenage daughter out of the government detention facility where she has been for ...

September 22, 2018

Tanzania death toll 209 as survivor found in capsized ferry

It was a stunning discovery. As rescue divers probed a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster and the death ...

September 22, 2018

Bannon dubs the far-right Europe's "new elite" patriots

Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon declared Saturday that far-right "patriots" are the "new elite" of Europe as he brought ...

September 22, 2018

The Latest: Video shows rescued Tanzania ferry survivor

The Latest on capsized Tanzanian ferry (all times local): 9:45 p.m. Video footage of the survivor found in a capsized ...

September 22, 2018

The Latest: Official: Campaign office raided in bribery case

The Latest on the Maldives' presidential election (all times local): 11:10 p.m. An opposition party spokesman in the Maldives ...