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Here is the latest news from The Associated Press at 7:40 p.m. EDT
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 5:42pm
Republicans are weighing how to deploy President Donald Trump in the high-stakes debate over health care. Trump has a unique ability to command and control attention. But some Republicans privately bemoan his thin grasp of the bill's principles, and worry that his difficulty staying on message might do more harm than good.
North Korea warns US it will keep building nuclear arsenal
Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 5:04pm
North Korea's U.N. ambassador warned the United States and the rest of the world Wednesday that his country will keep building up its nuclear arsenal regardless of sanctions, pressure or military attack.
Prosecutor calls for 20-year sentence for Suriname president
Pieter Van Maele, Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 4:05pm
A prosecutor on Wednesday recommended a 20-year prison sentence for President Desi Bouterse for his role in the December 1982 killing of 15 prominent political opponents in this South American country.
The Latest: Syrian fire hits Golan during Netanyahu visit
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 2:40pm
The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
Security remains a stumbling block in Cyprus peace talks
Menelaos Hadjicostis and Jamey Keaten, Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 2:12pm
Turkish proposals on how to maintain security in Cyprus if a deal reunifying the ethnically divided island nation is reached fell short of its president's expectations Wednesday.
Greek authorities ban clashing police union, anarchist meets
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 2:12pm
Hoping to defuse a highly explosive mix in central Athens, Greek authorities have banned separate gatherings planned by police unionists and anarchists — both ostensibly themed against violence.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian who shot at them, army says
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 2:00pm
Israel's military says its forces have shot and killed a Palestinian who opened fire on them in the West Bank.
Iraqis fight house to house for costly victory in Mosul
Maya Alleruzzo, Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 1:33pm
Gunfire echoes through the pockmarked streets as Maj. Ihab Jalil al-Aboudi's soldiers fight block by block for the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, occasionally pausing to help terrified families flee to safety across the rubble.
5 things to know about Venezuela's political crisis
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 1:25pm
Five things to know about Venezuela's escalating political crisis:
A look at key moments on the road to Mosul
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 1:25pm
The Islamic State group's hold on Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, has shrunk to just two square kilometers (about one square mile). After more than eight months of some of the most intense fighting against the extremist group, Iraq's Prime Minister has pledged that victory is near.
Airstrike kills at least 15 in eastern Syria
Philip Issa, Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 1:15pm
At least 15 people were killed in an airstrike in eastern Syria on Wednesday, activists said, in the second attack in three days reported to kill civilians in the Islamic State-held Euphrates River valley.
Italy threatens to close ports to NGO migrant rescue ships
Nicole Winfield and Lorne Cook, Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 12:43pm
Italy threatened Wednesday to close its ports to aid groups rescuing migrants off Libya's coast as it struggles to cope with the highest rate of rescues this year, officials said.
Libyan official says gunmen capture, release 2 UN staffers
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 12:26pm
The deputy interior minister of Libya's internationally recognized government says a U.N. convoy was attacked by bandits on the road from Tunis to Tripoli, and that two U.N. staffers were briefly detained.
Stabbed London Bridge officer tells of fighting attackers
Danica Kirka, Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 11:25am
A British Transport Police officer who fought off three extremists in London's Borough Market with only a baton thought he was going to die after being stabbed multiple times.
Mattis says Syria's government taking US threat seriously
Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 11:16am
Syria's government is taking seriously the U.S. warning against launching another chemical weapons attack, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday.
Police raise likely death toll in London high-rise blaze
Gregory Katz and Caroline Spiezio, Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 10:47am
The number of people killed or presumed dead in the London high-rise fire has inched up to 80, but the final death toll may not be known for months, British police said at a grim briefing Wednesday.
Police detain 6 IS suspects in Spain, Britain and Germany
Ciaran Giles, Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 10:47am
Police on Wednesday arrested six suspected members of the Islamic State group, four in Spain and one each in Britain and Germany, Spain's Interior Ministry said.
Right-wing basks, leftists regroup after local vote in Italy
The Associated Press | Posted Jun 28th - 10:26am
Italy's ruling center-left Democratic Party is picking up the pieces after a weekend drubbing in local elections while former Premier Silvio Berlusconi is basking in his latest political rebound and an alliance with an anti-immigrant right-wing party.
