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Police officer fatally shot investigating home invasion

DETROIT - A police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded while responding to a home invasion on Detroit's West Side, authorities announced late Wednesday. The officers were searching the ho...

Nov 21, 2019

Kay European group mulls status of Hungary’s ruling party

ZAGREB, Croatia - The new president of the European People's Party says the status of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's populist party within the influential group will be decided early next yea...

Nov 21, 2019

3 Iraqi protesters killed in clashes with security forces

BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials say three anti-government protesters have been killed in clashes with security forces overnight in Baghdad. The security and hospital officials said on Thursday that one prot...

Nov 21, 2019

Israeli military says 4 rockets fired from Syria intercepted

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said it intercepted four incoming rockets from Syria on Tuesday and explosions were heard shortly after that in Damascus, a week after another Israeli strike targeted ...

Nov 20, 2019

US, Australian hostages freed by Taliban in prisoner swap

ISLAMABAD - The Taliban on Tuesday freed an American and an Australian held hostage since 2016 in exchange for three top Taliban figures - a move that the insurgent group asserted could help rekindle ...

Nov 20, 2019

Ex-PM Sharif leaves Pakistan for medical treatment in London

LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistan's ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was convicted of corruption, left the country on Tuesday to travel to London for medical treatment. The 69-year-old Sharif,...

Nov 20, 2019

Hong Kong protesters, facing arrest, won’t leave university

HONG KONG - A small but determined group of protesters is remaining inside a Hong Kong university campus, resisting pleas to turn themselves in to police. At least a few dozen were believed to still b...

Nov 20, 2019

Police surround last holdouts at Hong Kong campus protest

HONG KONG - A small band of anti-government protesters, their numbers diminished by surrenders and failed escape attempts, remained holed up at a Hong Kong university early Wednesday as they braced fo...

Nov 20, 2019

Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: ‘I remember it vividly’

WASHINGTON - The phone call State Department official David Holmes overheard between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland lasted just two minutes. But it won't be easily forgotten. "I...

Nov 20, 2019

It’s World Children’s Day and anniversary of child rights

TANZANIA, Tanzania - It's World Children's Day and teenage actress Millie Bobby Brown and former soccer star David Beckham are urging people everywhere to listen to youngsters and ensure their rights ...

Nov 20, 2019