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Car bomb kills 3, wounds 6 at checkpoint in Somali capital

NAIROBI, Kenya - A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Somalia's capital Wednesday morning, killing three people and wounding six others, a local official said. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremis...

Jan 10, 2020

Australian PM's leadership criticized during wildfire crisis

CANBERRA, Australia - As his country burned, Australia's prime minister was cursed and jeered out of a town, called an "idiot," a "moron" and worse, and skewered at home and abroad for his dismissive ...

Jan 10, 2020

Ghosn's lawyer slams minister's gaffe on proving innocence

TOKYO - A lawyer for Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's former chairman who skipped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon, on Friday slammed a gaffe by the Japanese justice minister who said that Ghosn should "prove"...

Jan 10, 2020

From Lebanon, Ghosn defiant against Japan's justice system

BEIRUT - Nissan's fugitive ex-boss Carlos Ghosn made his first public appearance since being smuggled out of Japan , saying Wednesday he fled a "nightmare" that would not end and vowed to defend his n...

Jan 10, 2020

Commercial airlines reroute flights amid US-Iran tensions

NEW DELHI - Commercial airlines are rerouting flights throughout the Middle East to avoid potential danger during heightened tensions between the United States and Iran. Jumbled schedules could affect...

Jan 10, 2020

US employers expected to have added 160,00 jobs in December

WASHINGTON - The U.S. job market appears to be entering 2020 on a solid footing. Economists expect that Friday's jobs report will show job gains of 160,000 in December, with the unemployment rate hold...

Jan 09, 2020

Australians leave homes as heat, winds escalate fire danger

EDEN, Australia - Thousands of people fled their homes and helicopters dropped supplies to towns at risk of nearby wildfires as hot, windy conditions Friday threatened already fire-ravaged southeaster...

Jan 09, 2020

Reports: Unidentified planes strike targets in eastern Syria

BEIRUT - Unidentified planes struck targets in Syria near the border with Israel on Friday, reports said, triggering "a huge explosion" amid soaring tensions in the region between the U.S. and Iran. T...

Jan 09, 2020

Philippines orders evacuation of Filipinos from Iraq

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government said Wednesday that it has ordered the mandatory evacuation of Filipino workers from Iraq and the coast guard said it is sending a vessel to the Middle ...

Jan 09, 2020

Gunman gets life term in `Fast and Furious' border killing

TUCSON, Ariz. - A man convicted of shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent nine years ago in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as "Fast and Furious" was sentenced Wednesday to life...

Jan 09, 2020