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Kurds call for larger French role after US leaves Syria
BEIRUT - A senior Kurdish politician Friday called on France to play a larger role in Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country, warning that Kurdish fighters may have to withdraw...
Dec 21, 2018
'It doesn't matter how old you are:' Lafreniere no underdog for Canadian juniors
VANCOUVER - Alexis Lafreniere isn’t thinking much about the elite class he’s about to join - he just wants to play hockey. The 17-year-old will be Team Canada’s youngest player at th...
Dec 21, 2018
Papua leaders call for Indonesia to withdraw troops
JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Leaders of Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region are calling on President Joko Widodo to order the withdrawal of troops and national police from an area where separatists ea...
Dec 21, 2018
Appeals court agrees to hear case involving Trump DC hotel
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to take up a case accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency in violation of the U.S. Constitution, giving the president’s legal t...
Dec 21, 2018
Trump's band of 'my generals' is disbanding
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s band of “my generals” is disbanding. A political novice, Trump took office nearly two years ago gushing about the retired military leaders who h...
Dec 21, 2018
Mexico appears willing but unready to hold US refugees
TIJUANA, Mexico - Mexico’s willingness to accept U.S. asylum seekers while their applications are processed appears to be yet another sign of the blooming honeymoon between leftist President And...
Dec 21, 2018
US envoy optimistic about N. Korea despite latest friction
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The Trump administration’s special envoy for North Korea on Friday expressed optimism about the diplomatic push to resolve the nuclear crisis, a day after the North i...
Dec 21, 2018
UN council authorizes monitors for truce at key Yemen port
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to authorize the deployment of U.N. monitors to observe the implementation of a cease-fire in Yemen’s key port of Hodeida and the withdrawal of...
Dec 21, 2018
In Congo, will president's chosen successor have real power?
KINSHASA, Congo - The crowd roared as the wife of Congo’s departing president pressed her palm to the forehead of the anointed successor and appeared to pray. A benediction for the man whom Pres...
Dec 21, 2018
Llamas help Andes peoples survive, but youths are leaving
SANTIAGO DE MACHACA, Bolivia - Stormy winds, frosty nights and a scorching midday sun make life difficult on the Andean plateau, but the docile, tough-natured llama is one reason why indigenous people...
Dec 21, 2018