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Increasingly normal: Guns seen outside vote-counting centres

The most turbulent and norm-breaking presidential election of a lifetime has led to an extraordinary spectacle in the United States over the past three days: armed protesters gathering nightly outside...

Nov 07, 2020

Egyptians vote in 2nd stage of parliamentary election

CAIRO - Egyptians began voting Saturday in the second and final stage of the country's parliamentary elections, after a relatively low turnout in the first stage that embarrassed the government of Pre...

Nov 07, 2020

UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedoms

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday a major overhaul of the country's Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, loosening alcohol restri...

Nov 07, 2020

Former Afghan TV presenter killed in explosion in capital

KABUL - A bomb attached to the vehicle of a former presenter on Afghanistan's TOLO TV exploded early Saturday, killing the journalist and two other civilians, Kabul police said. The death of Yama Siaw...

Nov 06, 2020

Guatemala searches for bodies as strengthening Eta eyes Cuba

PURULHA, Guatemala - Searchers in Guatemala dug through mud and debris looking for an estimated 100 people believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled landslide, as the remnants of Hurricane Eta strengt...

Nov 06, 2020

Evangelicals stick with Trump, see upside even if he loses

WASHINGTON - The conservative evangelical Christians who helped send Donald Trump to the White House four years ago stuck by him in 2020. But even if Trump doesn't get a second term, some conservative...

Nov 06, 2020

Not waiting: Biden transition team at work amid limbo

WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden's transition team isn't waiting for a verdict in the presidential race before getting to work. As officials continue to count ballots in several undecided states, longtime...

Nov 06, 2020

Trump's wild claims test limits of Republican loyalty

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's wild and unsupported claims of voter fraud have emerged as a high-stakes Republican loyalty test that illustrates the tug of war likely to define the future of th...

Nov 06, 2020

Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there's one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the U.S. Supreme Court. But he may have a difficult time ever ...

Nov 06, 2020

Suspended animation: Count drags on as Biden nears victory

WASHINGTON - Four days after the election, the U.S. presidential race hovered in suspended animation Saturday as the long, exacting work of counting votes brought Democrat Joe Biden ever closer to a v...

Nov 06, 2020