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Iran ramping up uranium enrichment beyond 2015 deal limits

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran announced Sunday it will raise its enrichment of uranium, breaking another limit of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and further heightening tensions between Tehr...

Jul 07, 2019

At Tehran symphony, music lovers seek escape from reality

TEHRAN, Iran - Aficionados of Western classical music have carved out a niche for themselves in Iran, where cultural expression remains tightly controlled by strict rules imposed after the 1979 Islami...

Jul 07, 2019

AP Sources: Jeffrey Epstein arrested in NY on sex charges

NEW YORK - Wealthy financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was arrested Saturday in New York on sex-trafficking charges involving allegations that date to the 2000s, according to law enf...

Jul 06, 2019

Brazilian bossa nova pioneer Joao Gilberto dies at 88

RIO DE JANEIRO - Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound...

Jul 06, 2019

Southern California reels from magnitude 7.1 quake

LOS ANGELES - A quake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted much of California, cracking buildings, setting fires, breaking roads and causing several injuries while seismologists warned that large aftershock...

Jul 06, 2019

During loss, Fabio Fognini says Wimbledon should be bombed

WIMBLEDON, England - Already on Grand Slam probation, top-10 player Fabio Fognini could be in more trouble after saying during his third-round match at Wimbledon on Saturday that he wanted a bomb to h...

Jul 06, 2019

Serena Williams 2 for 2 at Wimbledon; wins in singles, mixed

WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams walked into her news conference at Wimbledon holding her phone, a cold bottle of water and a statistics sheet that reinforced what was clear from watching her thir...

Jul 06, 2019

UN: 5,287 killings in Venezuela security operations in 2018

GENEVA - Venezuela's government registered nearly 5,300 killings during security operations last year linked to cases of "resistance to authority," the U.N. human rights chief reported Thursday, denou...

Jul 06, 2019

Authorities investigate explosion at Florida shopping plaza

PLANTATION, Fla. - Police and firefighters are investigating an explosion at a Florida shopping plaza that injured multiple people. The explosion happened Saturday morning at a shopping centre in Plan...

Jul 06, 2019

Scotland Yard questioned Kevin Spacey over assault claims

LONDON - British police have travelled to the U.S. to interview Kevin Spacey about sexual assault allegations. The Metropolitan Police is investigating six claims of sexual assault and assault against...

Jul 06, 2019