Capitol Hill bomb threat standoff ends as suspect surrenders
A man who threatened to set off a bomb on Washington’s Capitol Hill surrendered to police Thursday,…
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Death toll crosses 2,000 in quake-stricken Haiti
The death toll from a massive earthquake in Haiti soared past 2,000 on Wednesday as relief workers warned…
Read MoreUS sees ‘unanimity’ with Russia, China on Afghanistan
The United States said Wednesday it shared the same goals on Afghanistan as frequent adversaries China…
Read MoreBiden, Merkel discuss Afghanistan evacuation
US President Joe Biden and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday discussed the perilous…
Read MoreSecurity key to military-led Kabul airlift
The military airlift of thousands of people fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is posing a…
Read MoreFrench firm paid CAR rebels to protect sugar operations: US watchdog
A subsidiary of French wine group Castel paid rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) to…
Read MoreVerdict in ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s terror trial delayed
Rwanda announced Wednesday that a verdict due this week in a terrorism trial against Paul Rusesabagina,…
Read MoreChina sifts opportunity from ashes of US Afghan project
China’s overtures to the Taliban indicate a bid to extract maximum benefit from the dramatic collapse…
Read MoreFamilies of Egypt death row Islamists face agonising wait
After surviving the bloodshed when Egyptian security forces killed some 800 people in a sprawling Islamist…
Read MoreCritics say new Cuba cybersecurity law limits freedom
Cuba published on Tuesday its first cybersecurity law, a move critics dismissed as a tool to limit political…
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