By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military announced Wednesday that it completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group and prompting President Donald Trump to hail the ...
By ALEX TURNBULL and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Thirteen people were sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on Wednesday in connection with the sinking of a boat in the English Channel nearly five years ago, in one of the biggest tragedies of migrants making ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia has warned NATO that it would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad should any members of the military bloc try to cut off its western exclave from the rest of the country. The warning sent to NATO echoed statements ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government on Wednesday told U.K. universities to stop working with a Chinese research institute that Britain's security service says is a front for espionage. Security Minister Dan Jarvis said British academics should "end all ...
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A Hungarian appeals court on Wednesday reduced the sentence of a German anti-fascist activist from eight to seven years in prison for taking part in assaults against participants of a far-right rally in Budapest in February ...
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Hamas and the allied Islamic Jihad group have agreed to form an unlikely electoral coalition with a former top Fatah official who has close ties to the United Arab Emirates, Israel's closest ally in the Middle East, Palestinian officials told ...
