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Defeat of ISIS looms as hundreds leave last area in Syria
Middle East
March 5, 2019
Defeat of ISIS looms as hundreds leave last area in Syria
OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of people left the last area held by ISIS in eastern Syria on Tuesday…
US ends preferential trade deals with India, Turkey
Business
March 5, 2019
US ends preferential trade deals with India, Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and India reacted with a mix of anger and resignation Tuesday at the United States’…
Unusual alliance in Sri Lanka forged to save blue whales
Environment
March 5, 2019
Unusual alliance in Sri Lanka forged to save blue whales
When the feeding grounds of blue whales overlap with busy shipping lanes, business interests often supersede those of the endangered…
Hopes for missing Yazidis dim as Islamic State defeat looms
Middle East
March 4, 2019
Hopes for missing Yazidis dim as Islamic State defeat looms
DAHUK, Iraq (AP) — Baseh Hammo was 38 when she was enslaved by militants of the Islamic State group along…
US says closing consulate in Jerusalem no policy shift
Middle East
March 4, 2019
US says closing consulate in Jerusalem no policy shift
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem, downgrading the status of its main diplomatic…
Israel awaits decision on Netanyahu corruption indictment
Middle East
February 28, 2019
Israel awaits decision on Netanyahu corruption indictment
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general is expected to deliver a much-anticipated decision Thursday on whether to indict Benjamin Netanyahu…
Nigeria re-elects Buhari president, challenger rejects
World
February 27, 2019
Nigeria re-elects Buhari president, challenger rejects
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president was declared the clear winner of a second term in Africa’s largest democracy early…
Israeli startups join firms making lab-grown meat
Food
February 25, 2019
Israeli startups join firms making lab-grown meat
NES ZIONA, Israel (AP) — Several Israeli start-ups have joined a handful of companies around the globe trying to develop…
American families of missing Uighurs speak out at DC event
Middle East
February 25, 2019
American families of missing Uighurs speak out at DC event
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after the Chinese government began to detain members of Muslim minority groups like the…
Senior Taliban leaders in Qatar for talks with US envoy
Middle East
February 25, 2019
Senior Taliban leaders in Qatar for talks with US envoy
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Senior Taliban leaders, including one of the group’s founders, were to hold another round of talks…
ISIS slips into Iraq from Syria to fight another day
Middle East
February 22, 2019
ISIS slips into Iraq from Syria to fight another day
BAGHDAD (AP) — ISIS fighters facing defeat in Syria are slipping across the border into Iraq, where they are destabilizing…
Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future
Environment
February 20, 2019
Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future
EILAT, Israel (AP) — As the outlook for coral reefs across a warming planet grows grimmer, scientists in Israel have…
Possible peace declaration looms large over Kim-Trump summit
World
February 20, 2019
Possible peace declaration looms large over Kim-Trump summit
TOKYO (AP) — With their second summit fast approaching, speculation is growing that President Donald Trump may try to persuade…
Future rabbis plant with Palestinians, sow rift with Israel
Middle East
February 19, 2019
Future rabbis plant with Palestinians, sow rift with Israel
AT-TUWANI, West Bank (AP) — Young American students seeking to be future rabbis are doing more than visiting holy sites,…
DC’s many prankster activists turn anger into street theater
Culture
February 18, 2019
DC’s many prankster activists turn anger into street theater
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the nation’s capital, it can be hard for protesters to stand out. A group of 50…
Border wall could be tricky issue, especially for O’Rourke
World
February 18, 2019
Border wall could be tricky issue, especially for O’Rourke
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — When Donald Trump visited Beto O’Rourke’s hometown to argue that walling off the southern border…
For sake of pupils’ pupils, China to ban homework on apps
Health & Fitness
February 18, 2019
For sake of pupils’ pupils, China to ban homework on apps
BEIJING (AP) — An eastern Chinese province plans to ban teachers from assigning homework to be completed on cellphone apps…
ISIS taking last breath, hiding among civilians: SDF
Middle East
February 18, 2019
ISIS taking last breath, hiding among civilians: SDF
BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, ISIS has been…
Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers
World
February 18, 2019
Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Organizers of Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a…
Uproar over Poland comments lingers for Israel’s Netanyahu
Middle East
February 18, 2019
Uproar over Poland comments lingers for Israel’s Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — An off-hand comment by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Warsaw about Poland and the Holocaust looks…