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Attack, then pandemic: Pittsburgh Jewish congregations cope

Two years ago, the three congregations sharing space at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue relocated after an anti-Semitic gunman killed 11 worshippers. Last March, the congregations dispersed from t...

Oct 24, 2020

Ailing Samsung Electronics chief Lee Kun-Hee dies

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung says Lee Kun-Hee, the ailing chairman of Samsung Electronics, has died. A Samsung statement says Lee died on Sunday with his family members, including his son and d...

Oct 24, 2020

UN: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force

TANZANIA, Tanzania - The United Nations announced Saturday that 50 countries have ratified a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons triggering its entry into force in 90 days, a move hailed by anti-nuclea...

Oct 24, 2020

Opposition activist leaves embassy haven to flee Venezuela

MEDELLIN, Colombia - Prominent opposition activist Leopoldo Lpez has abandoned Spain's embassy in Caracas and is leaving Venezuela, two people familiar with the situation said Saturday. The people spo...

Oct 24, 2020

Big suicide bombing in Kabul kills 18 at education centre

KABUL - The death toll from the suicide attack Saturday in Afghanistan's capital has risen to at least 18 killed and 57 people wounded, including students, the interior ministry said. The explosion st...

Oct 24, 2020

Poland's President Duda tests positive for coronavirus

WARSAW, Poland - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 48-year-old conservativ...

Oct 24, 2020

Correction: Britain-UAE-Assault Allegations story

LONDON - In a story first published Oct. 18, 2020, about allegations against the tolerance minister of the United Arab Emirates, The Associated Press reported on a statement by Britain's Metropolitan ...

Oct 24, 2020

Guinean president wins a 3rd term, electoral commission says

CONAKRY, Guinea - Guinea's President Alpha Conde has won a third term with 59.49% of the vote, the National Independent Electoral Commission declared Saturday. Some people went to the streets to prote...

Oct 24, 2020

TV reporter goes missing in southern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - A reporter working for Pakistan's leading Geo News television has gone missing in the southern port city of Karachi, family and colleagues said Saturday. Geo bureau chief in Karachi, Fahim...

Oct 24, 2020

Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh goes on despite US mediation

Rocket and artillery barrage hit residential areas Saturday hours after the United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling their decades-long conflict over Nagorn...

Oct 24, 2020