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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP):Donald Trump is questioning the effectiveness of the United Nations (UN), saying it is just a club for people to "have a good time," after the UN Security Council voted last week to condemn Israeli settlements in the West...

SEOUL (AP):While lawyers desperately tried to restore the impeached South Korean president's powers, politics advanced without her yesterday as parties and potential candidates postured for elections that...

HONOLULU (AP):United States President Barack Obama is wishing a "happy and healthy new year" to those celebrating Kwanzaa.Obama was issuing his final annual Kwanzaa message as president.He said Kwanzaa is a.

Embracing Soviet-style communism, Fidel Castro overcame imprisonment and exile to become leader of Cuba and defy the power of the United States at every turn. The strongman's half-century rule was marked by the unsuccessful US-backed Bay of Pigs...

HARTFORD (AP):The Connecticut US attorney is facing an uncertain job future as the presidency changes hands from one political party to another.Deirdre Daly, the top federal prosecutor in the state...

JERUSALEM (AP):Under heavy Israeli pressure, Egypt on Thursday indefinitely postponed a planned United Nation (UN) vote on a proposed Security Council resolution that sought to condemn Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank and east...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that South Sudan will be heading towards genocide unless immediate action is taken to impose an arms embargo and pressure leaders of the world's newest nation to end hate speech, incitement and violence.The UN...

LONDON (AP):The European Court of Justice ruled yesterday that governments must not indiscriminately collect and retain people's emails and electronic communications, dealing a blow to Britain's contentious...

JERUSALEM (AP):Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav walked free from prison yesterday, winning early release five years after he was put behind bars for rape in a landmark case that...