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UK Brexit Party scores big as Conservatives, Labour falter

LONDON - Veteran euroskeptic Nigel Farage said Britain should get set to leave the European Union without a divorce deal, after an election across the bloc saw his Brexit Party and pro-EU forces carve...

May 27, 2019

Trump breaks with Abe, says not bothered by NK missile tests

TOKYO - President Donald Trump said Monday he is not "personally" bothered by recent short-range missile tests that North Korea conducted this month, breaking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ...

May 27, 2019

Officials: Taliban attacks kill 10 Afghan troops, 4 police

KABUL - A roadside bombing claimed by the Taliban killed 10 Afghan soldiers in the country's west while insurgent attacks on security checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed four policemen, local o...

May 27, 2019

Green wave: Europe wakes up to climate concerns after vote

BERLIN - Green parties in Germany, France, Britain and elsewhere were celebrating big gains in elections for the bloc's 751-seat European Parliament amid growing voter concerns over climate change, ex...

May 27, 2019

Baghdad court sentences another French IS member to death

BAGHDAD - A Baghdad court on Monday sentenced another former French fighter with the Islamic State group to death - the fourth Frenchman to get the capital punishment so far in Iraq - and postponed th...

May 27, 2019

North Korea calls Bolton 'war monger' over missile comment

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Monday called U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton a "war monger" and "human defect" after he described its recent tests of short-range missiles as a v...

May 27, 2019

Police hunt suspect after explosion in French city of Lyon

LYON, France - French police on Saturday hunted a suspect believed to have deposited a paper bag containing a device that exploded Friday, wounding 13 people on a busy pedestrian street in the city of...

May 27, 2019

Trump opens state visit, needles Japan over trade issues

TOKYO - President Donald Trump opened a state visit to Japan on Saturday by needling the American ally over its trade imbalance with the United States. "Maybe that's why you like me so much," he joshe...

May 27, 2019

Fiat Chrysler proposes merger with French carmaker Renault

PARIS - Fiat Chrysler on Monday proposed a merger with France's Renault, in a deal that would create the world's third-biggest automaker and save billions needed to invest in the race to make new elec...

May 27, 2019

Authorities raid 247 Colorado homes growing black market pot

DENVER - Authorities said Friday they raided hundreds of black market marijuana operations in Colorado that flouted the state's cannabis law by growing tens of thousands of plants in Denver-area homes...

May 26, 2019