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Saudi confirms ‘genuine’ $681M donation to Malaysian PM
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 7:56 amKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has for the first time publicly confirmed Malaysia’s claim that $681 million in Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bank… -
Explosion injures 3 at Sikh temple in western Germany
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 7:55 amBERLIN (AP) — German police say three people have been injured in an apparently deliberate explosion at a Sikh temple in the western city of… -
US: North Korean missile launch a ‘catastrophic’ failure
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 7:14 amSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korea missile launch meant to celebrate the birthday of the country’s founder ended in failure, U.S. defense officials… -
Death toll from Canary Islands building collapse rises to 7
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 6:03 amMADRID (AP) — Spanish emergency services on Saturday recovered the body of a man from the rubble of a four-story apartment building that collapsed in… -
US bars government employees from traveling to Acapulco
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 5:10 amMEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday barred its employees from traveling to the Mexican resort city of Acapulco, where a rise in… -
UK police get more time to question 4 suspects in Birmingham
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 4:49 amLONDON (AP) — British police have been given more time to question four people in an investigation that is possibly linked to a key suspect… -
UN Congo head vows action against accused Tanzanians
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 4:39 amKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The head of the United Nations mission in Congo has vowed action against Tanzanian peacekeepers accused of sexual abuses in Congo.… -
Taiwan to send delegation to China to discuss deportations
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 2:38 amTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan plans to dispatch officials to Beijing as early as Monday to discuss the deportation of Taiwanese fraud suspects from Kenya… -
AP Explains: Why Brazilian president faces impeachment
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 2:28 amSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is facing possible impeachment by Congress, with the lower Chamber of Deputies expected to vote on the… -
Stories from Calle Habana tell of a transforming city
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 2:20 amHAVANA (AP) — In the Old Havana neighborhood Cubans call Angel Hill, a dramatic transformation is underway. Crumbling old buildings are being replaced with expensive,…