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AP sources: US seeks to test Iran deal with more inspections

Thursday, 27 July 2017, 15:14 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The Trump administration is pushing for inspections of suspicious Iranian military sites in a bid to test the strength of the nuclear deal that President Donald Trump desperately wants to cancel,...

Britain's economy stuck in low gear amid Brexit concerns

Thursday, 27 July 2017, 09:59 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Britain's economy hobbled along in the second quarter, barely recovering from a weak start to the year as industrial production and construction flagged amid uncertainties over the country's exit from...

Protesters gather against Trump ban on transgender troops

Thursday, 27 July 2017, 08:13 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Demonstrators flocked to a military recruiting station in New York City and gathered at a plaza named for a San Francisco gay-rights icon on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's abrupt ban on...

Libyan rivals agree in France to cease-fire, elections

Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 14:18 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Two rival Libyan leaders committed themselves on Tuesday to a cease-fire, working toward presidential and parliamentary elections and finding a roadmap to secure lawless Libya against terrorism and...

Vatican Cardinal Pell faces Australian court on sex charges

Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 08:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Silent but defiant, Cardinal George Pell made his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse, vowing through his lawyer to fight the allegations that have rocked Rome...

Parents ask court to let them take Charlie Gard home to die

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 17:15 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Charlie Gard's mother returned to a London court Tuesday to ask a judge to let her and the baby's father take their critically ill son home to die. Lawyers for the family of the 11-month-old...

French leader plays peacemaker, hosting top Libyan rivals

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 15:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

President Emmanuel Macron is hosting a meeting on Tuesday of the two main rival leaders of chaotic Libya, trying to play peacemaker for a country where the stakes are high for both Europe and...

Pakistan: Suicide bombing in Lahore kills 26, wounds 54

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 08:25 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A suicide bomber struck near a police team in the eastern city of Lahore Monday killing at least 26 and wounding another 54, many of them police officers. An outlawed Taliban faction claimed...

Israel dismantles metal detectors from key Jerusalem shrine

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 08:22 Last update: about 10 years ago

Israel has begun dismantling metal detectors it installed a week earlier at the gates of a contested Jerusalem shrine, amid widespread Muslim protests. The removal is meant to defuse escalating...

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