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US seeks to dismiss tribes' lawsuit over Keystone pipeline

BILLINGS, Mont. - Attorneys for the Trump administration are asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from Native American tribes that want to block the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. Tribes ...

Sep 10, 2019

Israeli PM vows to begin annexing West Bank settlements

JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister is vowing to begin annexing West Bank settlements if he wins national elections next week. Tuesday's announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to b...

Sep 10, 2019

Brazil indicts model over rape allegation against Neymar

RIO DE JANEIRO - Sao Paulo police say they are indicting Brazilian model Najila Trindade and her former partner over her rape allegation against soccer star Neymar. Police said Tuesday they indicted t...

Sep 10, 2019

Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has fired national security adviser John Bolton. Trump tweeted Tuesday that he told Bolton Monday night that his services were no longer needed at the White House. ...

Sep 10, 2019

Ukraine: Director in prisoner swap backs jailed Russians

MINSK, Belarus - A Ukrainian film director included in a major prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia last week is speaking out for imprisoned Russians. Oleg Sentsov was freed after five years i...

Sep 10, 2019

Ex-SC Gov. Sanford adds name to GOP long shots against Trump

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, joined the Republican race against President Donald Trump on Sunday, aiming to put his Appalachian trail travails beh...

Sep 10, 2019

Atwood's 'The Testaments' returns to Gilead, with hype

LONDON - Margaret Atwood is often asked if her new novel "The Testaments," a follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale," is set in a dystopian world. She says: "Let us hope so." Atwood says several U.S. state...

Sep 10, 2019

UN atomic official in Iran as it runs advanced centrifuges

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran defended Sunday its decision to use advanced centrifuges prohibited by its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers as a visiting top official of the United Nations atomic wa...

Sep 10, 2019

Silence, devastation mark Bahamas town; but some are staying

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas - The streets are filled with smashed cars, snapped power cables, shattered trees and deep silence. At the airport and dock, hundreds of people clamour for seats on airplanes an...

Sep 10, 2019

Bosnian capital holds 1st pride parade amid heavy security

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, held its first LGBT pride parade Sunday without incidents but amid heavy security to prevent violence from extremist groups, as opponents of the event he...

Sep 10, 2019