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Putin signs bill suspending participation in nuclear treaty

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill suspending Russia's participation in a pivotal nuclear arms treaty. Putin's decree, released on Wednesday, formalizes Russia's departure from the 19...

Jul 05, 2019

Indian political scion Rahul Gandhi resigns as party leader

NEW DELHI - Rahul Gandhi resigned Wednesday as president of India's opposition Congress party, long led by his politically powerful family, to take responsibility for its crushing defeat in recent ele...

Jul 05, 2019

Turkey: 3 killed in explosion near border with Syria

ANKARA, Turkey - A bomb went off in a car near Turkey's border with Syria on Friday, killing three Syrians who were inside the vehicle, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters. The blast...

Jul 05, 2019

BMW CEO to step down in wake of disappointing earnings

FRANKFURT - BMW CEO Harald Krueger is stepping down in the wake of the luxury automaker's weakest earnings performance in a decade. The Germany company said Friday that Krueger, 53, would not seek an ...

Jul 05, 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 04, 2019

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Did Ginsburg hint at census outcome?

WASHINGTON - It's been another taxing term for reporters who try to forecast the outcome of high-profile Supreme Court cases. Many of us wrote that based on arguments in late April, the court's five c...

Jul 04, 2019

Envoy says Sudan rivals reach power-sharing agreement

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan's ruling military council and the country's pro-democracy movement have reached a power-sharing agreement, including a timetable for a transition to civilian rule, an African U...

Jul 04, 2019

Airstrike kills 44 migrants in Libyan detention centre

BENGHAZI, Libya - An airstrike hit a detention centre for migrants near the Libyan capital of Tripoli early Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding dozens of others in an attack that the U....

Jul 04, 2019

Trump says he will tap economists for 2 key Fed vacancies

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, who has criticized the Federal Reserve for not cutting interest rates, said Tuesday that he intends to nominate two economists to fill influential positions on the...

Jul 04, 2019

Gibraltar detains Syria-bound supertanker with Iranian oil

MADRID - Authorities in Gibraltar said they intercepted an Iranian supertanker Thursday that was believed to be breaching European Union sanctions by carrying a shipment of Tehran's crude oil to war-r...

Jul 04, 2019