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Father, Son From U.S. Charged With Joining Islamic State
A father and son accused of traveling from the U.S. to Syria and joining the Islamic State of Iraq and alSham are facing terrorism charges in South Florida, prosecutors said.
Judge Drops Suit Alleging Racist Efforts To Oust Prosecutor
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a federal rights lawsuit filed by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and blasted her claims that she was the victim of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her from office.
Bosnia: Hundreds Of Migrants Evicted From UN-run Camps
Bosnian authorities have started emptying U.N.run migrant camps in town centers, moving hundreds of people to a crowded, outoftheway facility that's not equipped for winter conditions or just leaving them to fend for themselves in the woods.
Assange Bugged While At Ecuadorian Embassy, UK Court Told
Julian Assange's conversations in the latter part of his 7year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London were systematically bugged, even in the toilet, a London court heard Wednesday.
Director Schele Williams Is Writing Book On Enslavement
Broadway director Schele Williams is working on a book for young people about the history of enslavement.
Kuwait Bids Farewell To Late Ruler And Pillar Of Arab Diplomacy As New Emir Takes Over
Kuwait on Wednesday laid to rest late ruler Sheikh Sabah alAhmad alSabah, a Gulf Arab elder statesman who helped steer his nation through some of the region's most turbulent decades, in funeral rites closed to the public due to COVID19 concerns.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-RESTAURANTS-SALES Chart. The National Restaurant Association says nearly 100,000 U.S. restaurants have shut their doors since the pandemic began. Monthly U.S. restaurant sales hit their lowest point in April, when they plunged to $30 billi...
Spain Rebuffs Turkey's 'Unilateral' Gas Search, Backs Cyprus
Spains foreign minister on Wednesday said her country rejects Turkeys unilateral search for energy reserves in the eastern Mediterranean, adding that such actions hinder a negotiated way out of a territorial dispute that has ratcheted up regional tensions...
Election 2020 Today: Chaotic First Debate, Taunts Fly
Heres whats happening Wednesday in Election 2020, 34 days until Election Day:
Belgium Forms New Government After 16-month Deadlock
Belgium formed a new government on Wednesday, 16 months on from an inconclusive election, with caretaker finance minister Alexander De Croo named as the new prime minister.
Terrorism Charges Filed In Stabbings Near French Newspaper
A Pakistani man accused in a double stabbing outside the former Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo has been handed preliminary terrorism charges.
Germany Finds Two More African Swine Fever Cases, One In New Area
One new discovery was confirmed in the Maerkisch-Oderland district in Brandenburg outside of the area close to the Polish border where the first cases were found.
Russia To Supply Egypt With COVID-19 Vaccine In Expansion Push
Russia has clinched a deal with Egypt to supply it with 25 million doses of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, as Moscow seeks to take a leading global role in fighting the pandemic.
Shell Plans To Cut Up To 9,000 Jobs As Oil Demand Slumps
Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday it's planning to cut between 7,000 and 9,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2022 following a collapse in demand for oil and a subsequent slide in oil prices during the coronavirus pandemic.
Barrett Tied To Faith Group Ex-members Say Subjugates Women
President Donald Trumps nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court has close ties to a charismatic Christian religious group that holds men are divinely ordained as the "head of the family and faith. Former members of the group, called People of Praise, say it te...
Trump Intelligence Chief Unveils Unverified Russian Information About Democrats Hours Before Presidential Debate
In a letter R-S.C., Ratcliffe said that in late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained insight into Russian spycraft alleging that Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal against Trump.