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Republicans assail security aide who reported Trump call

WASHINGTON - A career Army officer on Donald Trump's National Security Council testified Tuesday he was duty-bound to object to the president's clearly "improper" phone call seeking Ukrainian investig...

Nov 21, 2019

Sweden drops Assange rape investigation after 9 years

STOCKHOLM - Sweden on Tuesday dropped its investigation into an alleged rape by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain, because too much time has elapsed since the acc...

Nov 21, 2019

Key witnesses will cap intense week in impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON - House impeachment investigators will hear on Thursday from two key witnesses who grew alarmed by how President Donald Trump and others in his orbit were conducting foreign policy in Ukrai...

Nov 21, 2019

Prince Andrew faces more disgrace as business backers leave

LONDON - Britain's Prince Andrew faced further disgrace Tuesday as charitable partners and educational institutions began to distance themselves from him amid unfavourable fallout from an interview on...

Nov 21, 2019

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