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US, Cuba still cooperating on stopping drug smugglers
Andrea Rodriguez and Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 2:58pm
The U.S. and Cuba are still cooperating to intercept drug smugglers even through the Trump administration has halted high-level meetings on stopping the flow of narcotics through the Caribbean, a top Cuban anti-drug official said Thursday.
US envoy urges global action on worsening Venezuela crisis
Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 2:48pm
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Thursday urged the international community to take action to deal with the worsening crisis in Venezuela where she said "people are starving while their government tramples their democracy.
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The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 2:47pm
Former President Barack Obama says the Senate's GOP-written health care bill will cause millions of families to lose health care coverage. The former president issued a statement on his Facebook page as Senate Republicans unveiled a plan to dismantle Obama's signature presidential achievement. Obama called Senate Republicans' health care bill a "massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America."
Chile police declassify World War II-era files on Nazi plots
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 2:35pm
The Chilean equivalent of the FBI has declassified World War II-era files that show Nazi agents in the South American country's main port of Valparaiso plotted to destroy the Panama Canal.
Burkina Faso to invest $700 million to fight extremism
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 2:25pm
Burkina Faso's government has announced it will invest more than $700 million over four years to eradicate poverty in the Sahel and northern region of the West African country to prevent youth from joining jihadi groups.
Report: Israel gearing up to build in east Jerusalem
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 1:55pm
An Israeli newspaper says the government is preparing to authorize construction of 7,000 new homes in Jewish areas of east Jerusalem — a move that could complicate the efforts of U.S. envoy Jared Kushner to restart peace talks.
German parliament votes to annul gay men's convictions
Geir Moulson, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 1:32pm
German lawmakers on Thursday approved a plan to annul the convictions of thousands of gay men under a law criminalizing homosexuality that was enforced enthusiastically in post-World War II West Germany.
Israel: Hezbollah uses NGO to conceal border posts
Josef Federman, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 1:32pm
Israel has filed a complaint with the U.N. Security Council accusing the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of setting up observation outposts along the border on land purportedly used by an environmental advocacy group.
Indian convicted of spying seeks pardon from Pakistan
Munir Ahmed, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 12:27pm
Pakistan's military said Thursday that an Indian naval officer who was sentenced to death by a military court on charges of espionage and sabotage had submitted a petition for mercy to the country's army chief, seeking a pardon.
World Court opinion sought on UK-Mauritius islands dispute
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 12:18pm
The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution asking the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion on a dispute between Mauritius and the United Kingdom over the Chagos Islands. Those include Diego Garcia, where the United States has a major military base.
European Union chief Donald Tusk says the EU will extend sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 12:05pm
European Union chief Donald Tusk says the EU will extend sanctions against Russia over Ukraine .
German lawmakers OK plan to put messages under surveillance
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 12:05pm
Germany's parliament has approved a plan to allow for the surveillance of suspects' communications on messaging services such as WhatsApp.
The Latest: Lavrov criticizes US in call with Tillerson
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 11:54am
The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
Venice's first female gondolier announces he's transgender
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 11:50am
A gondolier who made headlines a decade ago for being the first woman to enter the male-dominated cadre of Venice's canal rowers has announced he is transgender.
Congo rights group: Army kills 13 rebels after Beni attacks
Saleh Mwanamilongo and Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 11:40am
Congo's army fought off attacks in and around the eastern city of Beni on Thursday, killing at least 13 assailants and capturing 15, a local human rights group said.
London fire: Tests show other high-rises have suspect panels
Danica Kirka, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 11:23am
Tests so far have found that at least seven high-rise apartment buildings in England have combustible external panels like the ones believed to have contributed to a fire that killed 79 people in London, Prime Minister Theresa May's office said Thursday.
South Sudan must end war, UN chief says on refugee visit
Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 11:19am
South Sudan's leaders must end a civil war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions, the United Nations secretary-general said Thursday while visiting what has become the world's fastest-growing refugee crisis.
Scandal-hit South Africa leader says doing job 'very well'
Christopher Torchia, Associated Press | Posted Jun 22nd - 11:05am
South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday sparred with opposition lawmakers in a parliamentary debate over presidential scandals and an economy in recession, laughing dismissively at criticism and declaring of his job performance: "I'm fit and I'm doing it very well."
