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After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has taken a decisive step toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move Israel ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The entire staff at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in the apps ...
BEIRUT - The U.S. has closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a new Western push to get ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - McDonald's has apologized and pulled an ad that said eating a Chicken McBite was less risky than petting a stray ...
MALE, Maldives - Maldives soldiers on Tuesday fired rubber bullets and clashed with police officers who were defying a presidential order to end a ...
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's government has collapsed following weeks of protests against austerity measures, the latest debt-stricken government in Europe to fall in the ...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The Rev. Ian Paisley, once the loud voice of Protestant opposition to compromise with Catholics in Northern Ireland, has been ...
ATHENS, Greece - Greece's coalition government caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting ...
FLOWER MOUND, Texas - After paying $16 to file a one-page claim to an empty, $340,000 home in an upscale Dallas suburb, Kenneth Robinson ...
ATLANTA - Georgia's highest court concluded Monday that a state law restricting assisted suicides violated free speech rights, a ruling that destroyed a long-running ...
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian authorities have arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation's Farsi-language service, Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency ...
MEXICO CITY - The nation's ruling party has chosen a woman as its candidate for president, a test for a society where women could ...
WASHINGTON - Anyone waking up from under a rock for the past few years might be understandably stunned to see the latest bitter debate ...
WASHINGTON - Targeting Iran's economy, the U.S. ordered tough new penalties Monday to further pinch the country's financial system and encourage Israel to give ...
