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Under pressure, Iran admits it shot down jetliner by mistake

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Saturday acknowledged that its armed forces "unintentionally" shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had r...

Jan 11, 2020

Iranians shot down airliner, Western leaders declare

WASHINGTON - It is "highly likely" that Iran shot down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board, U.S., Canadian and British officials decl...

Jan 10, 2020

Soaring pork prices keep China's inflation at 7-year high

BEIJING - Soaring pork prices that nearly doubled in December over a year ago kept inflation at a seven-year high despite government efforts to ease meat shortages caused by a disease outbreak, offici...

Jan 10, 2020

Chinese report says illnesses may be from new coronavirus

BEIJING - A preliminary investigation into viral pneumonia illnesses sickening dozens of people in and around China has identified the possible cause as a new type of coronavirus, state media said Thu...

Jan 10, 2020

Anti-establishment views unite, divide Hong Kong protesters

HONG KONG - Trump signs, Pepe the Frog graffiti and British and American flags have become a common sight at Hong Kong's anti-government protests - and an unsettling one to longtime democracy activist...

Jan 10, 2020

Taiwan leader gets election boost from unlikely place: China

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A year ago, Taiwan's leader was on the ropes. Then she got a boost from an unexpected corner: Chinese President Xi Jinping. Polls indicate that President Tsai Ing-wen is poised to win...

Jan 10, 2020

Democrats, and some in GOP, seek more info on Iran decision

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration made its case on Capitol Hill for killing a powerful Iranian general, but Democrats - and a handful of Republicans - said the classified briefings Wednesday were ...

Jan 10, 2020

Australians on SE coast urged to flee as fire risk escalates

TOMERONG, Australia - Residents in the path of wildfires razing southeast Australia were urged to evacuate on Thursday if they don't intend to defend their homes as hot and windy conditions are foreca...

Jan 10, 2020

China reports 1st death from new type of coronavirus

BEIJING - Health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan are reporting the first death from a new type of coronavirus. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission reported Saturday that seven other...

Jan 10, 2020

Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman, dies at 79

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast's longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into modernity while carefully...

Jan 10, 2020