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146 killed in fighting over capital – UN

Published:Tuesday | April 16, 2019 | 12:00 AM

BENGHAZI (AP): The UN health agency, The World Health Organization (WHO), says recent clashes between rival Libyan militias for control of the capital has killed 146 people this month, without saying whether they were civilians or fighters. The...

EU wants new round of peace talks for Israel, Palestinians

Published:Tuesday | April 16, 2019 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP): The European Union (EU) is calling for a renewal of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in the wake of Israel’s election last week. The EU statement on Monday said it would work with the sides “in order to make progress towards a just...

Dutch fertility doctor may have more than 49 children

Published:Tuesday | April 16, 2019 | 12:10 AM

THE HAGUE (AP) : A Dutch fertility doctor who used his own sperm to father 49 children, without telling their mothers he was the donor, may have even more children. Ties van der Meer of the Dutch Donor Child Foundation said Monday that three more...

'A part of us' burns with cathedral, Macron says of massive Notre Dame fire

Published:Monday | April 15, 2019 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local): 8:30 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron says the fire consuming Notre Dame Cathedral is taking part of everyone in France with it. Macron tweeted after...

US Justice Department expects to release Russia report Thursday

Published:Monday | April 15, 2019 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department expects to make a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Trump-Russia investigation public Thursday morning, a spokeswoman said today. The redacted report would be sent...

‘Recovered’ ties touted amid global uncertainty

Published:Monday | April 15, 2019 | 12:14 AM

BEIJING (AP): China and Japan have the opportunity to “take charge of the economic field” during a time of worldwide uncertainty, Japan’s foreign minister said yesterday as trade pressures from the United States (US) have prompted both countries to...

Measles outbreak kills more than 1,200

Published:Monday | April 15, 2019 | 12:13 AM

AMBALAVAO (AP): Babies wail as a nurse tries to reassure mothers who have come to vaccinate their children against a measles outbreak that has killed more than 1,200 people in this island nation where many are desperately poor. Madagascar faces its...

Migrants sent back to Honduras

Published:Monday | April 15, 2019 | 12:13 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexican immigration officials have sent 204 migrants back to Honduras. The National Migration Institute said Sunday that the migrants’ stay in Mexico was “irregular” and that they were flown from the southeastern Mexican state of...

UPDATE: Strong storms in US South kill at least 8, including children

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Powerful storms swept across the South today after unleashing suspected tornadoes and flooding that killed at least eight people, injured dozens and flattened much of a Texas town. Three children were among the dead. Nearly 90,000 customers were...

Powerful, deadly storms sweep across US South

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2019 | 12:00 AM

Powerful storms that killed at least three people swept across the South today after spawning suspected tornadoes that left more than 20 people injured and multiple homes and businesses damaged or without power. One person was killed in...

White House: Migrants to sanctuary cities not a top choice

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2019 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders today said the president wants to explore a twice-rejected proposal to send migrants to "sanctuary cities," but it was not the preferred solution to fix the straining...

Pressure mounts to send Assange to Sweden

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2019 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP): More than 70 British lawmakers have urged the government to make sure that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces Swedish justice if prosecutors there reopen a rape allegation against him. The lawmakers signed a letter late Friday...

Activists: ‘Regime’ kills 16 after al-Bashir’s ouster

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2019 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP): Sudanese activists said on Saturday that 16 people, including a soldier, have been killed in the two days since the military forced President Omar al-Bashir from power amid months of anti-government protests, while the military met with...

Pompeo prioritises Venezuela crisis on Latin American tour

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2019 | 12:00 AM

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP): United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is making the economic and political crisis in Venezuela a central theme of his four-day Latin America tour. Paraguayan Foreign Minister Luis Castiglioni said Saturday that a...

Top House Democrat steps up demand for Trump’s tax returns

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2019 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): A top House Democrat on Saturday ratcheted up his demand for access to President Donald Trump’s tax returns, telling the Internal Revenue Service that the law clearly gives Congress a right to them. The government’s failure to...

Quebec proposes ban on religious clothing for public workers

Published:Sunday | April 14, 2019 | 12:00 AM

MONTREAL (AP): A proposal to ban many public employees from wearing religious clothing is creating a fiery debate in the Canadian province of Quebec, where people are fighting to freely practise their religion – or to be free of it. The measure...

UK's anti-EU Brexit Party launches EU election campaign

Published:Friday | April 12, 2019 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) — Pro-Brexit British politician Nigel Farage today launched a campaign for an election that may never take place to an institution he routinely insults — the contest for U.K. seats in the European Parliament. Britain...

UK’s May says politicians have duty to complete Brexit

Published:Friday | April 12, 2019 | 12:36 AM

LONDON (AP): Granted a Brexit reprieve by the European Union (EU), British Prime Minister Theresa May urged lawmakers yesterday to pause, reflect on the need for compromise – and then fulfil their “national duty” to approve a divorce deal and take...

Avenatti charged with embezzlement, fraud, cheating on taxes

Published:Friday | April 12, 2019 | 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): United States attorney Michael Avenatti has been charged in a 36-count federal indictment alleging he stole millions of dollars from clients, did not pay his taxes, committed bank fraud and lied in bankruptcy proceedings, federal...

WikiLeaks’ Assange arrested in London, faces US charge

Published:Friday | April 12, 2019 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP): A bearded and shouting Julian Assange was pulled from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and hauled into court yesterday, the start of an extradition battle for the WikiLeaks founder who faces US charges related to the publication of...

Germany says delay aims to avoid no-deal Brexit

Published:Thursday | April 11, 2019 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's departure from the European Union (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Germany's foreign minister says the delay granted to Britain on leaving the trade bloc should be used to determine how to avoid a no-...

Judge convicts WikiLeakes' Assange of breaching bail

Published:Thursday | April 11, 2019 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London (all times local): 3:00 p.m. A judge in London has found WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty of breaching his bail at Westminster Magistrates' Court...

South Sudan president, opposition leader to meet with premier

Published:Thursday | April 11, 2019 | 12:00 AM

The Vatican has invited South Sudan’s president and opposition leader for a two-day spiritual retreat meant to foster peace and build confidence in a fragile peace deal after the country’s five-year civil war. South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek...

Parliament votes to ban semi-automatic weapons

Published:Thursday | April 11, 2019 | 12:00 AM

WELLINGTON (AP): New Zealand’s Parliament has passed sweeping gun laws that outlaw military-style weapons, less than a month after mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch left 50 people dead and dozens wounded. A bill outlawing...

WikiLeaks accuses Ecuador of spying on Assange at embassy

Published:Thursday | April 11, 2019 | 12:16 AM

LONDON (AP): WikiLeaks yesterday accused the Ecuadorian government of spying on Julian Assange as tensions mounted between the WikiLeaks founder and his hosts. The group’s editor-in-chief, Kristinn Hrafnsson, told a news conference that Assange’s...

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