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Biden in Poland says US and allies 'have Ukraine's back'

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - President Joe Biden, returning on Tuesday to the Polish castle where he spoke shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year, said the war had hardened Western resolve t...

Sheldon Spackman Feb 21, 2023

Iran sentences alleged US-based militant leader to death

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A senior member of a U.S.-based Iranian opposition group accused of orchestrating a deadly 2008 mosque bombing has been sentenced to death in Iran, authorities said ...

Feb 21, 2023

Putin gives long-anticipated state-of-the-nation address

Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering his long-delayed state-of-the-nation address on Tuesday, a speech many anticipate will set the tone for the year ahead and shed light on how the Kremlin ...

Feb 21, 2023

Canada joins countries calling on IOC to define Russian, Belarus 'neutrality'

Canada was among the governments of 35 countries signing a statement Monday calling on the International Olympic Committee to clarify the definition of "neutrality" as it seeks a way to allow Russian ...

Feb 20, 2023

Israeli government advances judicial overhaul despite uproar

JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the country's legal system, defying a mass uproar among Israelis and calls for restraint ...

Feb 20, 2023

New earthquake causes further devastation in Turkey, Syria

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed around 45,000 people. Officials said m...

Feb 20, 2023

Arrest made in killing of Catholic bishop in California

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspect has been arrested in the killing of a Catholic bishop who was fatally shot over the weekend in Southern California, authorities said Monday. A person was arrested in the k...

Feb 20, 2023

Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is paying his second visit to provinces devastated by the Feb. 6 earthquake as search and rescue efforts for buried survivors in the worst ...

Feb 20, 2023

'People's court' tries Vladimir Putin for war in Ukraine

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A "people's court" put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial Monday for the crime of aggression over his invasion of Ukraine, in a symbolic move to close an "accounta...

Feb 20, 2023

Biden in Kyiv to show solidarity as Ukraine war nears 1 year

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit Monday to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a gesture of solidarity that comes days before the one-year anniversary...

Feb 20, 2023