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Belgium to shut airspace for 24 hours due to strike

Published on Tue, 02/12/2019 - 12:00am

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s air traffic control authority said Tuesday it is shutting down the country’s airspace for 24 hours due to staffing uncertainties caused by a nationwide strike. The

US official assures Iraqis of limited military role

Published on Tue, 02/12/2019 - 12:00am

BAGHDAD (AP) — The top Pentagon official assured Iraqi leaders Tuesday that the U.S. will stick to its limited military role in Iraq, a message aimed at recent talk by

A political ‘bomb’ over drug prices could threaten NAFTA agreement

Published on Tue, 02/12/2019 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The clash over free trade in North America has long been fought over familiar issues: Low-paid Mexican workers. U.S. factories that move jobs south of the border.

Top official in Afghanistan amid push for peace

Published on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 12:00am

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Pentagon’s top official made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday to meet with U.S. commanders and Afghan leaders amid a push for peace with

3,000 evacuated from New Zealand fire can return home

Published on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 12:00am

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — About 3,000 people who fled as a wildfire threatened a New Zealand town were allowed to return home Monday as firefighting conditions improved. Another 400

Fierce battles with IS in eastern Syria

Published on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 12:00am

BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State group militants cornered in their last foothold in eastern Syria fought back with suicide car bombs, snipers and booby traps Monday, slowing Kurdish fighters advancing

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Published on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 12:00am

› › Macedonia prepares for name change by removing signs SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonian authorities began Monday removing official signs from government buildings to prepare for the country’s new

Trump-Kim summit to focus on NKorea nuke complex

Published on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 12:00am

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un first met in Singapore last year, there was pomp, there was circumstance, but there

Pompeo warns of risks to US cooperation over Huawei

Published on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 12:00am

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that America might be forced to scale back certain operations in Europe and elsewhere if countries continue to

Volunteers ready US emergency aid to be sent into Venezuela

Published on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 12:00am

CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela was being prepared at a warehouse on the Colombian border Friday, as opposition leader Juan Guaido assured his desperate countrymen