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Russian election officials cast doubt on gubernatorial vote
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 3:54am
Election officials have moved closer to canceling the results of Sunday's gubernatorial elections in Russia's Far East, bending to the pressure of accusations of blatant vote rigging.
Malaysia anti-graft agency arrests former leader Najib Razak
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 3:41am
Malaysia's anti-graft agency said it arrested former Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday over the multimillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund and that he will face further charges in court.
UN agency warns time running out to prevent Yemen famine
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 3:39am
The U.N. food agency says time is running out for aid groups operating in Yemen to prevent a devastating famine in the war-torn country.
Malaysia's anti-graft agency says it has arrested former leader Najib Razak and he will face further charges in court
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 3:30am
Malaysia's anti-graft agency says it has arrested former leader Najib Razak and he will face further charges in court.
Turkey arrests 24 airport workers after protests
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 3:24am
A construction workers union says 24 of its members have been detained in the aftermath of protests denouncing poor working conditions at Istanbul's new airport.
China reaches out to US over demand for media registration
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 3:15am
China says it has reached out to the U.S. over reports that the Department of Justice has ordered two top Chinese state-run media outlets to register with the government as foreign agents.
Report: South Sudan troops raped, killed while peace pursued
Sam Mednick, Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 2:58am
With "staggering brutality," South Sudan government soldiers and allied militia targeted civilians by raping them, burning them alive, running them over with armored vehicles and hanging them in trees even as the government pursued a new peace deal to end a civil war, a new Amnesty International report says.
Ethiopia's stunning reforms now challenged by deadly unrest
Elias Meseret, Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 2:53am
Ethiopia's stunning political reforms are now threatened by long-standing ethnic tensions that have roared back to life since a young prime minister took power just five months ago and promised greater freedoms.
UK's May seeks more compromise from EU ahead of meeting
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 2:28am
British Prime Minister Theresa May urged EU leaders to compromise and back her Brexit blueprint Wednesday, ahead of a key meeting of the bloc's leaders in Salzburg, Austria.
Rape trial starts of man at center of Nobel scandal
Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 1:50am
The man at the center of a sex-abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature went on trial in Sweden Wednesday.
Ex-aide is star witness of panel probing French crisis
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 12:55am
A former security aide of French President Emmanuel Macron who triggered a political crisis after being videotaped beating a protester is grudgingly appearing before a Senate inquiry commission whose members he insulted as "little people" for whom he has no respect.
Indian police arrest nurse after woman's death in abortion
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 12:34am
Indian police have arrested a nurse for trying to perform an abortion on a 28-year-old woman who died at her home in southern India, an official said Wednesday.
Palestinian schools strive to modernize classrooms
Mohammed Daraghmeh, Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 12:08am
As the teacher pointed to the large touch screen, her first-grade classroom came alive. With the click of a link, an animated character popped up on the screen, singing and dancing as it taught the children how to read.
Pakistan's new PM, Imran Khan, visits Saudi Arabia
The Associated Press | Posted Sep 19th - 12:03am
Pakistan's new prime minister, former cricket player Imran Khan, is in Saudi Arabia as part of his first official overseas trip.
New Zealand celebrates 125 years of women having the vote
Nick Perry, Associated Press | Posted Sep 18th - 11:23pm
New Zealand became the first nation in the world to allow women to vote 125 years ago, and hundreds of people celebrated the anniversary on Wednesday by turning out to gatherings and speeches. Some wore period costumes or white camellia flowers, a symbol of the historic movement.
New Zealand to increase annual refugee quota to 1,500
Nick Perry, Associated Press | Posted Sep 18th - 10:10pm
New Zealand plans to increase the number of refugees it takes each year from 1,000 to 1,500.
A year after Maria, Puerto Rican kidney patients fear death
Danica Coto, Associated Press | Posted Sep 18th - 10:04pm
As weeks turned into months, the seats of the small plane began to empty out.
AP Photos: A look at Mexico City buildings devastated quake
Rebecca Blackwell, Associated Press | Posted Sep 18th - 10:03pm
Cracked and leaning buildings remain uninhabited and displaced people live in outdoor camps a year after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 228 people in Mexico's capital and 141 more in nearby states.
