Suicide attack kills 15 as IS target Libyan elections

TRIPOLI, Libya - The death toll in an attack by Islamic State suicide bombers on the headquarters of the Libyan Higher Commission of Elections on Wednesday has risen to 15, according to a medical source.

116 killed in India storms

AGRA, India - Powerful dust storms tore across northern India, killing at least 116 people and injuring more than 250 as they flattened houses, and warnings were made on Thursday of more chaos to come.

Data company files for bankruptcy after Facebook scandal drives away customers

Cambridge Analytica, the UK-based political consultancy and data-mining company at the core of claims about the shared personal information of millions of Facebook users, is shutting down.

US transfers inmate from Guantanamo

WASHINGTON - The United States announced on Wednesday the first transfer of a prisoner from the Guantanamo Bay detention center under President Donald Trump, lowering the prisoner population at a facility Trump has signaled he would like to repopulate.

Trump has 'all but decided' to quit Iran deal

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday against scrapping an international deal on Iran's nuclear program unless there was a good alternative in place.

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Brexiteers deny move against May

Leading Conservative Brexiteer, MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, has rejected claims that he and fellow Brexit supporters are threatening to bring down Theresa May's government in the ongoing disagreement over Britain's future trade relationship with Europe.

Firemen lament loss of life in Brazil building collapse

SAO PAULO - A 22-story abandoned office building occupied by hundreds of squatters was engulfed in flames and collapsed in the center of Sao Paulo early on Tuesday, shooting a massive black cloud of smoke into the sky and red-hot chunks of debris into nearby structures.

Macron in the dark over Trump's plan for deal

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he did not know whether US President Donald Trump would stick to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that many in the West see as the best hope of preventing Teheran from getting a nuclear bomb.

NASA sends robotic geologist to Mars for deep dig

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Six years after last landing on Mars, NASA is sending a robotic geologist to dig deeper than ever before to take the planet's temperature.

Dozens killed in double mosque blast

YOLA, Nigeria - A pair of explosions killed at least 28 worshippers at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria and wounded at least 56 others, with many of the victims caught in the second blast while trying to flee, police said on Tuesday.

Mueller team floated idea of subpoena

NEW YORK - Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in a meeting with US President Donald Trump's lawyers in March, raised the possibility of issuing a subpoena for Trump if he declines to talk to investigators in the Russia probe, a former lawyer for the president said on Tuesday.