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Bolton tells Netanyahu that Iran nuclear deal was 'wretched'
JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump’s national security adviser is bemoaning the “wretched” Iranian nuclear deal in his talks with Israel’s prime minister. John Bolton told Benj...
Aug 20, 2018
Police: Dispute leads to fatal shooting at Georgia Walmart
SNELLVILLE, Ga. - Authorities in Georgia say an argument between a woman and a male driver outside a Walmart in Snellville lead to a fatal shooting. Snellville Police Chief Roy Whitehead tells the Gwi...
Aug 20, 2018
Greeks see little cause for joy as 8-year bailout era ends
ATHENS, Greece - There’ll be no dancing in the moonlit streets of Athens. For all the official pronouncements that Greece’s eight-year crisis will be over as its third and last bailout pro...
Aug 20, 2018
Frustration rules as Venezuela unveils new currency
CARACAS, Venezuela - Saul Jimenez just wanted to buy bread from his neighbourhood bakery in Venezuela’s capital on Monday. It did not go well. Banks and most other businesses were closed for the...
Aug 20, 2018
South Sudan claims civil war is over but skepticism abounds
FAN NYAL, South Sudan - South Sudan’s government claims the shattering five-year civil war is finally over, but there is considerable skepticism. It wasn’t helped by the sight of President...
Aug 20, 2018
Escort says oligarch now has tapes on Russia interference
PATTAYA, Thailand - A model and escort from Belarus who caused a sensation by claiming to have information linking Russian interference to the election of President Donald Trump said Monday that she n...
Aug 20, 2018
As US pushes Tehran, Iran recalls American-backed 1953 coup
TEHRAN, Iran - To understand how Iran views the United States after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the nuclear deal with world powers, one needs to look first at the past. More specifica...
Aug 20, 2018
Despite deadly explosions, Mexican fireworks capital endures
TULTEPEC, Mexico - Luis Enrique Urban Gomez was tidying up at his family’s fireworks storage shed like any other day when an explosion ripped through the warehouse next door, killing its owner, ...
Aug 20, 2018
Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for hajj's pinnacle
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia - Some 2 million Muslim pilgrims gathered on Monday in the valley of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for a day of prayer that marks the pinnacle of the annual hajj. Pilgrims st...
Aug 20, 2018
4 Japanese players kicked out after "night out with women."
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Four Japanese basketball players were kicked off their Asian Games team and sent home Monday after delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita said they “spent the night in a hotel w...
Aug 20, 2018