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Germany bans neo-Nazi organization Combat 18 Deutschland

BERLIN - Germany is banning the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Deutschland in what the country's top security official said Thursday was a "clear message" against far-right extremism and anti-Semitism. More...

Jan 25, 2020

9 parents separated from families return to children in US

LOS ANGELES - As his long-lost son walked toward him in an airport terminal, a sobbing David Xol stretched out his arms, fell to one knee and embraced the boy for about three minutes, crying into his ...

Jan 25, 2020

Iran uses violence, politics to try to push US out of Iraq

BEIRUT - Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighbouring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new impetus to th...

Jan 24, 2020

Trial highlights: Democrats roll out case as senators fidget

WASHINGTON - House prosecutors faced fidgeting senators as they rolled out their case against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the trial's previous session having lasted a fatigue-inducing 13 hour...

Jan 24, 2020

'Magic' gloves let acclaimed Brazilian pianist play again

SAO PAULO - A few days before Christmas, renowned pianist Joo Carlos Martins summoned his friends to a Sao Paulo bar so he could show off the best gift he'd received in years: a new pair of bionic glo...

Jan 24, 2020

Democrats not alone in soliciting votes in Iowa; GOP is, too

WASHINGTON - With all eyes on Democrats as they prepare to cast their ballots in Iowa's highly anticipated kickoff caucuses, President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is working to try to persuade ...

Jan 24, 2020

Impeachment trial not ready for broadcast prime time

NEW YORK - The first night of arguments in favour of President Donald Trump's impeachment before the U.S. Senate was judged not ready for prime time by many of the nation's television executives. ABC,...

Jan 24, 2020

Rohingya hail UN ruling that Myanmar act to prevent genocide

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar to do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, a ruling met by members of the Muslim minority with...

Jan 24, 2020

Trump rollback could leave waterways vulnerable to pollution

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday ended federal protection for many of the nation's millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, a sweeping environmental rollback that could lea...

Jan 24, 2020

Leaders vow to learn from Holocaust, offer competing lessons

JERUSALEM - Speaker by speaker, world leaders on Thursday denounced the rising threat of anti-Semitism and vowed never to forget the lessons of the Holocaust at a solemn ceremony in Jerusalem marking ...

Jan 24, 2020