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Iraqi officials: 1 protester killed amid ongoing clashes

BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials said one anti-government protester has been killed by security forces on Tuesday and 21 others wounded amid ongoing clashes with security forces in Baghdad. Demonstrators als...

Nov 26, 2019

A year on, once-jailed Ukraine filmmaker accepts EU award

BRUSSELS - A year after he won Europe's top human rights award, Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has finally picked up the prize, following his release from a prison in Russia's far-north where he was...

Nov 26, 2019

13 French soldiers killed in helicopter collision in Mali

BAMAKO, Mali - A midair collision between two helicopters has killed 13 French soldiers fighting Islamic extremists in Mali, France said Tuesday, in its biggest loss since its mission in West Africa's...

Nov 26, 2019

Malaysia court frees Australian grandmother in drugs case

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysia's top appeals court on Tuesday acquitted an Australian grandmother who faced the death penalty in a drugs case, her lawyer said. Defence lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah ...

Nov 25, 2019

Hong Kong leader refuses to give ground after poll setback

Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam has refused to offer any concessions to anti-government protesters despite a local election setback. Lam says she will accelerate dialogue and plans to set up a...

Nov 25, 2019

Pro-democracy candidates advance in key Hong Kong elections

HONG KONG - Pro-democracy candidates won nearly half of the seats in Hong Kong's local elections, according to partial returns Monday, as voters sent a clear signal of support for the anti-government ...

Nov 25, 2019

McDonald’s agrees to $26M settlement with California workers

LOS ANGELES - McDonald's has agreed to a $26 million settlement of a long-running class-action lawsuit over wages and work conditions at corporate-run locations in California, the parties said Monday....

Nov 25, 2019

Federal judge: McGahn must comply with House subpoena

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ordered former White House counsel Donald McGahn to appear before Congress in a setback to President Donald Trump's effort to keep his top aides from testifying. The o...

Nov 25, 2019

Jackpot! People can now buy lottery tickets in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. - People across Mississippi got into the scratch-off fever Monday as lottery tickets went on sale for the first time in the state. For decades Mississippi was one of only six states wit...

Nov 25, 2019

Esper says Trump ordered him to stop SEAL review board

WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper declared on Monday that President Donald Trump ordered him to stop a disciplinary review of a Navy SEAL accused of battlefield misconduct, an intervention tha...

Nov 25, 2019