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Death of Iran general spurs anxiety over fate of US hostages
WASHINGTON - The killing of a top Iranian general has ratcheted up the anxiety of families of Americans held in Iran, one month after the release of a New Jersey student had given them hope. The Trump...
Jan 07, 2020
Iran Guard leader threatens to 'set ablaze' US-backed areas
TEHRAN, Iran - The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatened on Tuesday to "set ablaze" places supported by the United States over the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. airstrike last w...
Jan 07, 2020
Iranian general transformed Syria's war in Assad's favour
BEIRUT - When Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare visit to Tehran last year, the powerful Revolutionary Guard commander Qassem Soleimani was there to greet him, along with Iran's supreme leader ...
Jan 07, 2020
Weinstein jury selection to start in NY; new charges in LA
NEW YORK - Potential jurors in Harvey Weinstein's New York sexual assault trial are expected to fill a courtroom Tuesday as the former movie titan's legal problems deepen with new charges in Los Angel...
Jan 07, 2020
Extremists attack Kenya military base, 3 Americans killed
NAIROBI, Kenya - Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, killing three American Department of Defence personnel and destroying s...
Jan 07, 2020
Myers scores late goal to lift Canucks past Rangers for 7th straight win
VANCOUVER - It wasn't Tyler Myers' greatest shot, but it was good enough to get the job done. The big defenceman scored on a floating shot from just inside the blueline with 1:29 left in the third per...
Jan 07, 2020
Muslims in fear as police crack down in India's heartland
MEERUT, India - Sometimes Arshad Hussain disappears. He will be sitting on the bed, watching relatives, neighbours and journalists pour into his house when suddenly scenes of his dead son wash over hi...
Jan 06, 2020
Moon renews invitation for Kim to visit South Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday said he hopes to see North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fulfil a promise to visit the South this year and called for the Koreas t...
Jan 06, 2020
Foretold 'uprising' hits cash-starved Mississippi prisons
JACKSON, Miss. - The leader of Mississippi's underfunded prison system was pleading with lawmakers for money to hire more guards and pay them better in 2012 when he warned, "I see trouble down the roa...
Jan 06, 2020
Affidavit: Kidnap suspect pretended dead mom's baby was hers
AUSTIN, Texas - A woman accused of kidnapping a Texas mother who was later found dead hatched an elaborate scheme to present the victim's baby girl as her own, according to court records. Last month, ...
Jan 06, 2020