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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities — a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions. All of the dozen cases that made it to trial, mostly in Los Angeles, ended in acquittal, mistrial or dismissal. Experts say that’s surprising for a department […]

READSTOWN, Wis. (AP) — The way Derrick Van Orden sees it, any Republicans in the U.S. House who distance themselves from President Donald Trump in this year’s midterm election aren’t just being foolish, they’re being disloyal. That’s why Van Orden, a two-term incumbent from western Wisconsin fighting to keep his seat in November in a swing district Trump carried three times, is embracing the president. It’s a risky gambit given […]

NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) — A lone American soldier stood on a dusty road in Germany, fussing with a controller. Moments later, a drone, with wings that stretched almost as wide as his arms, whirred to life and shot into the sky. The soldier was taking part in a U.S. Army training exercise designed to showcase and experiment with tactics and equipment picked up from the Ukrainians, whose pioneering drone warfare […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Two Nigerian nationals have been killed in South Africa, Nigeria’s Foreign Ministry said, as tensions run high between the two countries over anti-immigrant protests. The ministry said one of the victims, James Uchechukwu Nwankwo, was killed after “gruesome interrogation techniques” by South African police officers in Cape Town, on Sept. 5. The statement did not identify any suspects or provide a possible motive in the death […]

By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI, Sept 12 (Reuters) – The BRICS group of nations unanimously adopted a joint declaration on Saturday, expressing “deep concern” over the war in the Middle East and urged maximum restraint, advocating for a “multilateral approach” that respects national viewpoints. The declaration, adopted on the first day of the BRICS leaders’ annual summit in New Delhi, comes at a time when U.S. and Iran have […]

LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s position on Irish unification remains unchanged, a spokesperson for his office said on Saturday, following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that he would “love” to see a united Ireland. Responding to questions from lawmakers in parliament on Wednesday about a possible border poll in Northern Ireland, Burnham said: “I am not aware that there is majority public support for […]

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A fire and riot broke out in a prison in a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria on Saturday, killing at least seven people, state media reported. The SANA news agency said the fire started when inmates in the Kobani prison rioted over tensions that erupted in the town the previous day between Kurds and Arabs. The prison is still run by Kurdish fighters even though […]

BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the BRICS bloc to be a peacemaker in the Middle East conflict, in an address to a summit of member countries in New Delhi on Saturday. China will work with other BRICS members in that role, as the war “does not serve the common interests of the international community”, state-run CCTV quoted Xi as saying. BRICS groups Brazil, Russia, India, […]

DUBLIN, Sept 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would “love” to see Ireland unify with British-run Northern Ireland and that it would happen eventually. “Well, I don’t want to cause any problems, but I will tell you, I’d love to see it unified,” Trump told reporters after a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in Dublin. “The way I look at it, it’s going […]