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Militant attacks kill 22 government troops in north Syria

BEIRUT - Al-Qaida-linked militants launched attacks early Saturday on government forces positions in northern Syria killing and wounding dozens in the latest violation of a seven-month truce in the la...

Apr 27, 2019

PBS film 'KOREA' eyes social, political tolls of Korean War

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - To escape the poverty of South Texas migrant camps, Homer Garza joined the U.S. Army. Months later he and his company found themselves surrounded in South Korea by an invading Nort...

Apr 27, 2019

50th New Orleans Jazz Fest opens after brief rain delay

NEW ORLEANS - Rain delayed the start of the 50th New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Thursday but didn't seem to dampen spirits. Zack Buda, 25, of Manhattan, was among people dancing in a huge, ...

Apr 27, 2019

Trump, Japanese leader cap visit with golf outing

STERLING, Va. - President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shared their love of golf on a sunny, windy Saturday at the president's northern Virginia course. Trump said on the eve of...

Apr 27, 2019

North says he won't serve second term as president of NRA

INDIANAPOLIS - Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North has announced that he will not serve a second term as the president of the National Rifle Association amid inner turmoil in the gun-rights group. In a stat...

Apr 27, 2019

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay shares her favourite classic films

LOS ANGELES - To say filmmaker Ava DuVernay is a busy woman is an understatement, but when Turner Classic Movies called and asked her to curate the channel's "The Essentials" series, she knew she had ...

Apr 27, 2019

Heavy rains lash Mozambique after Cyclone Kenneth; 5 dead

PEMBA, Mozambique - Heavy rains lashed northern Mozambique on Saturday in the wake of Cyclone Kenneth as aid groups warned of possible flooding and mudslides in the days ahead. At least five people we...

Apr 27, 2019

Probe clears acting defence head of alleged bias in Pentagon

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's watchdog agency on Thursday cleared Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan of wrongdoing in connection with allegations that he had used his official position to favour ...

Apr 27, 2019

Biden enters Democratic race with strong anti-Trump theme

WASHINGTON - Declaring the "soul of this nation" at stake, former Vice-President Joe Biden pushed into the crowded 2020 presidential contest and quickly sparked a fierce debate over the direction of t...

Apr 27, 2019

Putin says he'll brief US on summit with Kim

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - President Vladimir Putin says he's willing to share details with the United States about his summit on Thursday with Kim Jong Un, potentially raising Russia's influence in the st...

Apr 26, 2019