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Italy's left rallies to warn that fascism could return

Saturday, 9 December 2017, 17:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Italy's governing Democrats led a rally Saturday to warn about fascism making a comeback in the nation that once suffered under fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and which is now seeing a rash of...

Bono tells paper he takes tax probe 'incredibly seriously'

Saturday, 9 December 2017, 17:09 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

U2 frontman Bono says he takes the investigation into his business arrangements "incredibly seriously" and wants them to be transparent. Bono was named in the "Paradise Papers " leaks that...

Iraq says its war against IS has ended

Saturday, 9 December 2017, 13:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Iraq said Saturday that its war on the Islamic State is over after more than three years of combat operations drove the extremists from all of the territory they once held. Prime Minister Haider...

Israeli strikes kill 2 Hamas men after Gaza rocket attack

Saturday, 9 December 2017, 12:05 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Israeli airstrikes killed two Hamas members early Saturday following a rocket attack on Israel, in the latest fallout from President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital,...

Pope Francis wants to change line of 'Our Father'

Saturday, 9 December 2017, 07:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

Pope Francis has suggested he wants to make a change to The Lord's Prayer, widely known among the faithful as the “Our Father.” Specifically, the Catholic leader said in an...

North Korea says war is inevitable as allies continue war games

Thursday, 7 December 2017, 08:22 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

North Korea says a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula has become a matter of when, not if, as it continued to lash out at a massive joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea...

Australian Parliament gives green light to same-sex marriage

Thursday, 7 December 2017, 08:08 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The Australian Parliament has voted to allow same-sex marriage across the nation, following a bitter and divisive debate settled by the government polling voters in a much-criticized ballot survey...

Silence Breakers named Time magazine's Person of the Year

Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 15:14 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

"The Silence Breakers" — those who have shared their stories about sexual assault and harassment — have been named Time magazine's Person of the Year. Numerous women have spoken out...

Man held in terror plot to kill British prime minister

Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 14:16 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A man has been ordered held Wednesday after being accused in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Theresa May. Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, has been remanded in custody at Westminster...

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