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UK bill requiring firms to store Web histories becomes law

Published:Tuesday | November 29, 2016 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):A contentious Internet surveillance bill that creates databases of Britons' online activity has become law - though the government says some of its provisions still need "extensive...

Germany's Merkel thanked by Afghan boy at party meeting

Published:Tuesday | November 29, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP):German Chancellor Angela Merkel moved a young Afghan boy to tears, shaking his hand after he publicly thanked her at a party meeting.The boy, identified only as Edris, and his father attended a...

Rebels storm Indian army base, soldiers killed

Published:Tuesday | November 29, 2016 | 12:00 AM

SRINAGAR, India (AP):Rebels fighting against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir stormed a crucial Indian military base yesterday, triggering a fierce gun battle that left at least seven army...

'Drain the swamp'? Federal workers worried about Trump plan

Published:Monday | November 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM

McLEAN, Virginia (AP):Melissa Baumann lives 850 miles from the nation's capital, but when she hears President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters say they will "drain the swamp," she worries she will be sucked down into the muck.Baumann, a chemist...

First commercial US-Havana flight lands as country mourns Castro's passing

Published:Monday | November 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA (AP):Passengers erupted into applause as the first commercial flight from the United States to Havana in more than 50 years landed in Cuba, arriving as the island begins...

Alleged IS militant hideout in Syria bombed

Published:Monday | November 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) :Israel carried out an air strike in Syria on a building used by Islamic State militants to attack Israeli forces, the military said yesterday.The overnight air strike targeted an abandoned...

Miami's joyous Cubans hope for change with Castro's death

Published:Sunday | November 27, 2016 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):Wearing his 'Bay of Pigs Veteran' shirt, 80-year-old Rafael Torre stood amid hundreds of Cuban-Americans celebrating the death of Fidel Castro and marvelled that he remained in power for so long.Cuban exiles such as Torre tried numerous...

New Jersey seeks settlement, looks to legalise stun guns

Published:Sunday | November 27, 2016 | 3:20 PM

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) New Jersey's attorney general wants to settle a lawsuit that would end the state's ban on civilians buying stun guns.The settlement talks involve a federal lawsuit filed in August by Mark Cheeseman and the New Jersey Second...

Fires set at entrance to Hamburg venue for G20 summit

Published:Sunday | November 27, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP):German police say fires have been set at an entrance to the trade fair grounds in Hamburg, which are to host a meeting of foreign ministers next month and the Group of 20 summit in July 2017.Hamburg police said witnesses reported fires...

Sweeping UK spy bill dubbed 'snoopers' charter' becomes law

Published:Sunday | November 27, 2016 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):In Britain, Big Brother just got bigger.After months of wrangling, Parliament has passed a contentious new snooping law that gives authorities - from police and spies to food regulators, fire officials and tax inspectors - powers to look...

Trump aides say Cuban government will have to change

Published:Sunday | November 27, 2016 | 2:11 PM

WASHINGTON (AP):The Cuban government must move toward enacting greater freedoms for its people and giving Americans something in return if it wants to keep warmer U.S. relations initiated by President Barack Obama, top aides to President-elect...

Egypt denies military presence in Syria

Published:Sunday | November 27, 2016 | 2:52 PM

CAIRO (AP):Egypt's Foreign Ministry has denied what it said were Arab media reports about an Egyptian military presence in Syria.Egypt is committed to not intervening in other countries' internal affairs, the ministry's Sunday statement said, adding...

Trump assails recount push, claims millions voted illegally

Published:Sunday | November 27, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump claimed without evidence Sunday that "millions" voted illegally in the national election, scoffing at Hillary Clinton's nearly 2 million edge in the popular vote and returning...

Trump calls it 'sad' that Clinton joining recount effort

Published:Sunday | November 27, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday it's "sad" Hillary Clinton is joining an effort to force recounts of votes from the Nov. 8 election in up to three crucial states. Trump tweeted part of Clinton...

Much uncertainty ahead in US-Cuba relationship

Published:Sunday | November 27, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fidel Castro's passing removes what was long the single greatest psychological barrier to a warmer U.S.-Cuba relationship. But it also adds to the uncertainty ahead with the transition from an Obama to a Trump administration...

Trump unnerves Asia but India could forge closer US ties

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 10:46 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Some Asian nations are watching anxiously as Donald Trump prepares to take up the presidency, but for at least one major power in the region, India, the changing of the guard in Washington could strengthen ties.During a brutal...

Hate graffiti, knife found at reform synagogue

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP):Hate graffiti against liberal streams of Judaism was found yesterday, sprawled on the walls of a reform synagogue in the Israeli city of Raanana, and death threats addressed...

Colombia government, rebels sign revised peace agreement

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 11:35 AM

BOGOTA (AP):Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a new peace agreement with the country's largest rebel movement yesterday, aiming to end a half-century of hostilities.Santos and Rodrigo Londono, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...

The military parade for Donald Trump has come early

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The military parade for Donald Trump has come early. Two months before Inauguration Day festivities, an extraordinary number of recently retired generals, including some who clashed with President Barack Obama's administration, are...

Winter poses new dangers for migrants stranded in Balkans

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP):Mohammad Yassin says there are no words to describe the horror of migrant life in an abandoned warehouse in central Belgrade, home to hundreds of people trapped in Serbia en route to the European Union.The 28-year-old former...

Blue pills in Blue House: S. Korea leader explains Viagra

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 1:12 PM

SEOUL (AP):President Park Geun-hye's office on Wednesday confirmed revelations by an opposition lawmaker that it purchased about 360 erectile-dysfunction Viagra pills and its generic version in December.While the report has created a frenzy on the...

Cops mock man's genitals during strip-search

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PARAMUS, NJ (AP):A new lawsuit accuses New Jersey police officers of unjustly strip-searching a honeymooning Israeli man at a mall and mocking his genitals.The unidentified 38-year-old man filed a...

Confirmed cases of chikungunya soar in Brazil

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 3:09 PM

SaO PAULO (AP):Brazil's Health Ministry said that cases of chikungunya are soaring this year in Latin America's biggest country.The ministry said yesterday that there have been 134,910 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne disease so far in 2016....

Uber seeking ride into a rare state without it: Wyoming

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

CHEYENNE, WY (AP):The ride-sharing service Uber is looking to begin service in Wyoming, one of the few states where it is not yet doing business.Wyoming law will need to be changed before ride-...

ISIS car bomb kills 56 in Iraq

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM

HILLA (AP):A car bomb tore through a gas station south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 56 people, including 20 Iranians, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.Police and hospital officials confirmed the...

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