S. Korean prosecutors seek 12-year sentence for Samsung heir

SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors recommended imprisoning the billionaire heir of the Samsung business empire for 12 years on Monday, urging a court to convict him of bribery and other crimes in a national corruption scandal.

Joining Arab states, Israel to ban Al-Jazeera

JERUSALEM, Middle East - Israel has said that it plans to ban Qatar's flagship Al-Jazeera network from operating in the country over allegations it incites violence, joining Arab nations that have shut down the broadcaster amid a separate political dispute. The news organization, in turn, said it will take legal action.

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Global goals benefit all: UN official

NEW YORK - Anti-globalization will hinder the international community from achieving a set of global goals aiming at eradicating poverty, promoting social equality and combating climate change, said Liu Zhenmin, new UN undersecretary-general for economic and social affairs.

Spaniards seek El Dorado in Germany

BERLIN - Germany's solid job market has attracted tens of thousands of southern Europeans seeking an El Dorado while crisis strangles their home economies, but few view Europe's biggest economy as a permanent home.

US court upends murder conviction

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a former Blackwater security contractor's first-degree murder conviction, ordering a new trial for the man prosecutors say fired the first shots in the 2007 slayings of 14 Iraqi civilians at a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad.

Brazil troops storm Rio slums in bid to catch gang leaders

RIO DE JANEIRO - Thousands of Brazilian army troops raided Rio de Janeiro slums in a pre-dawn crackdown on crime gangs Saturday, leaving parts of the city looking like a war zone on the first anniversary of the opening of the Olympic Games.

UK prepared to pay EU 40 billion to settle its accounts

LONDON - Britain is prepared to pay up to 40 billion ($47.1 billion) to the European Union to settle its accounts when it leaves the bloc, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.

US tells the UN it wants out of Paris deal

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration officially told the United Nations that the United States intends to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate pact.

Venezuela's constituent assembly names interim prosecutor general

CARACAS/BRASILIA - Venezuela's newly installed National Constituent Assembly on Saturday dismissed the sitting prosecutor general Luisa Ortega Diaz, and named her successor.

Sessions vows to crackdown on classified leaks

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged to rein in government leaks that he said undermine US security, taking an aggressive public stand after being called weak on the matter by President Donald Trump.

Trump's tweets warm to US attorney general

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Saturday had some warm words for Attorney General Jeff Sessions after weeks of publicly slamming him for being "weak".