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Push to defeat Islamic State in Syria slowed by concern for hostages

Published on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 12:00am

OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian forces’ push to defeat the Islamic State group in its last, tiny bastion in Syria has been slowed by the presence of civilians

Ethiopia crash black boxes arrive in France for analysis of recorders

Published on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 12:00am

HEJERE, Ethiopia (AP) — Flight recorders from a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight arrived in France for analysis Thursday as frustrated relatives of the 157 people killed stormed out of a

Water shortage affects millions

Published on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — More than 6 million people have been affected by a water shortage in large areas of the Philippine capital and a nearby province, with long lines

Brazil begins saying goodbye to victims of mass shooting

Published on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 12:00am

SUZANO, Brazil (AP) — Classmates, friends and families of the victims of a mass shooting at a Brazil school began saying goodbye on Thursday, with thousands attending a wake in

Afghans probe US mistaken airstrike of Afghan army base

Published on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 12:00am

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Authorities are investigating an errant U.S. strike on an Afghan military base in the country’s south that killed at least five Afghan troops, a lawmaker said

Russia mocks collusion probe ahead of Mueller’s report

Published on Wed, 03/13/2019 - 12:00am

MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has yet to release his report about Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but the Kremlin has been rehearsing its

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Published on Wed, 03/13/2019 - 12:00am

Italy outraged as court finds victim too ugly to be raped ROME (AP) — Italy’s Justice Ministry has ordered a preliminary inquiry into an appeals court ruling that overturned a

8 killed in mass shooting in southern Brazil school

Published on Wed, 03/13/2019 - 12:00am

SUZANO, Brazil (AP) — Two young men wearing hoods and carrying guns, knives and crossbows opened fire at a school in southern Brazil on Wednesday, killing eight people before taking

UN: Environment is deadly, worsening mess, but not hopeless

Published on Wed, 03/13/2019 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new U.N. report says. Climate change, a global major extinction of animals

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Published on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 12:00am

› › Pakistan says ‘progress’ made at Taliban-US talks in Qatar DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister says “progress has been made” at ongoing peace talks in Qatar between