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May 10, 2018

U.N. climate talks stall over aid

Developing countries were demanding more clarity from their richer counterparts on when a promised $100 billion package will materialize.
World
May 10, 2018
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Kim Dong-chul, as Kim Hak-song, right, looks on, as they arrive to Joint Base Andrews, Md., early Thursday mo

President Trump welcomes three freed detainees

President Donald Trump welcomed the three Americans freed after they were detained in North Korea. Trump thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and spoke about the upcoming summit.
May 10, 2018
This photo provided early Thursday, May 10, 2018, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows missiles rise into the sky as Isra

Israel, Iran engage in most serious confrontation in Syria

Israeli forces unleashed a heavy bombardment against Iranian military installations in Syria on Thursday in what Israel called retaliation for an Iranian rocket barrage on its positions in the occupied Golan Heights, the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date.
May 9, 2018
A U.S. government plane with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo aboard taxis to the runway to leave Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Wednesday

Freed detainees head home for big welcome, featuring Trump

Freed after more than a year in prison, three Americans flew homeward from North Korea late Wednesday toward a big middle-of-the-night celebration featuring President Donald Trump.
May 9, 2018
Iranian lawmakers burn two pieces of papers representing the U.S. flag and the nuclear deal as they chant slogans against the U.S. at the parliament i

Iran's top leader, lawmakers lash out at US on nuclear deal

Iran's supreme leader chastised President Donald Trump on Wednesday over his decision to pull America out of the 2015 nuclear deal, while lawmakers lit a paper U.S. flag on fire inside parliament, shouting, "Death to America!"
World
May 9, 2018
Iranian lawmakers burn paper U.S. flag

Iranian lawmakers burn paper U.S. flag

Iranian lawmakers burned a US flag at the nation's parliament on Wednesday after President Donald Trump's nuclear deal pullout, shouting, "Death to America!"
World
May 8, 2018

Fact check: Arguments supporting decision to drop Iran nuclear deal aren't strictly accurate

President Trump's arguments to drop Iran deal aren't strictly accurate.
World
May 8, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after announcing that he is pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room of the White House

Trump: U.S. will withdraw from Iran nuclear deal

President Donald Trump made the announcement today in the White House Diplomatic Room.
World
May 8, 2018

U.S. allies scramble to repair damage from Trump's Iran nuclear pact decision

European leaders condemn decision to renege on deal with Iran.
May 8, 2018
President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on the Iran nuclear deal from the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, May 8, 2018. Pre

Trump declares US leaving 'horrible' Iran nuclear accord

President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran on Tuesday, abruptly restoring harsh sanctions in the most consequential foreign policy action of his presidency. He declared he was making the world safer, but he also deepened his isolation on the world stage and revived doubts about American credibility.
World
May 8, 2018
Former negotiator: Trump likely to scrap Iran deal

Former negotiator: Trump likely to scrap Iran deal

President Donald Trump is set to reveal his decision on whether to keep the U.S. in the Iran deal on Tuesday, a move that could determine the fate of 2015 agreement that froze Iran's nuclear program.
May 4, 2018
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2011 file photo, Swedish Academy member Katarina Frostenson, left and photographer Jean Claude Arnault attend the Kings Nobel

No Nobel literature prize this year but 2 prizes in 2019

Following weeks of internal bickering, sex-abuse allegations and a financial investigation by police, the body that hands out the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature announced Friday that no prize will be awarded this year.
May 2, 2018
In this March 2, 2018 photo, an Andean man rests with his llama on Rainbow Mountain in Pitumarca, Peru. Tourists gasp for breath as they climb for two

Tourists flocking to Peru's newfound 'Rainbow Mountain'

Tourists gasp for breath as they climb for two hours to a peak in the Peruvian Andes that stands 16,404 feet (5,000 meters) above sea level. They're dead tired, but stunned by the magical beauty unfurled before them.
World
May 2, 2018
France's Macron: Aussie PM's wife 'delicious'

France's Macron: Aussie PM's wife 'delicious'

Was it a Freudian slip by French President Emmanuel Macron? A joke linked to French gastronomy? Or even, a week after his visit to Washington, a parody of President Donald Trump's infamous comments about Macron's wife?
Local
May 1, 2018
Al Franken returns to spotlight with Portugal cybersecurity speech

Al Franken returns to spotlight with Portugal cybersecurity speech

The former U.S. senator had been out of sight since resigning in January.
April 30, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents material on Iranian nuclear weapons development during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Monday, Apri

Israel says documents prove Iran lied about nuclear program

Israel's prime minister on Monday unveiled what he said was a "half ton" of Iranian nuclear documents collected by Israeli intelligence, claiming it proved that Iranian leaders covered up a nuclear weapons program before signing a deal with world powers in 2015.
April 30, 2018
In this photo taken Nov. 8 2017, Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa rides what has been judged the biggest wave ever surfed, at the Praia do Norte, or Nort

Awesome! Brazilian surfs record 80-foot wave in Portugal

A Brazilian surfer rode a monster wave off Portugal to set a world record.
World
April 30, 2018
Raw: Deadly double suicide bomb In Afghanistan

Raw: Deadly double suicide bomb In Afghanistan

The Islamic State group has taken responsibility for the double suicide bombing in Kabul this morning that killed 25 people, including eight journalists.
Local
April 30, 2018
State and federal investigators in Minnesota intercepted almost 1,500 pounds of meth last year — four times the total seized five years ago.

How Mexican cartels turned Minnesota into a meth hub

In the shadow of the opioid crisis, meth has roared back into Minnesota. And it's cheaper and deadlier than ever.
World
April 29, 2018
FILE - In this Friday, April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signs a guestbook next to his sister Kim Yo Jong, right, inside the

North Korea offers to give up nukes if US vows not to attack

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told his South Korean counterpart at their historic summit that he would be willing to give up his nuclear weapons if the U.S. commits to a formal end to the Korean War and a pledge not to attack the North, Seoul officials said Sunday.

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