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Houston mayor, others help residents after deadly blast

January 26, 2020

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s mayor and others say they will work to provide assistance to residents whose homes were damaged after a massive explosion at a warehouse that killed two workers and injured 20 others.Mayor Sylvester Turner on Saturday walked...

Iraqi protesters defy top cleric and return to the streets

By SAMYA KULLAB | January 26, 2020

BAGHDAD (AP) — One protester was killed by security forces after hundreds of anti-government protesters flooded the streets of Iraq's capital and southern provinces on Sunday, defying a powerful Iraqi religious leader who recently withdrew his support...

In divided America, some voters tuning out impeachment trial

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and JONATHAN J. COOPER | January 26, 2020

HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) — For all the gravity of a presidential impeachment trial, Americans don’t seem to be giving it much weight.As House impeachment managers make their case to remove President Donald Trump from office, voters in several states said...

Turkish teams hunt for quake survivors as death toll hits 38

By ANDREW WILKS | January 26, 2020

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Working against the clock in freezing temperatures, Turkish rescue teams pulled more survivors from collapsed buildings Sunday, days after a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the country's east. Rescued survivors wept with...

France reports 27% increase in anti-Semitic acts

January 26, 2020

PARIS (AP) — Anti-Semitic acts increased in France last year by 27%, acts against Muslims inched higher while anti-Christian acts remained stable but highest of all, France’s interior minister said Sunday, denouncing the situation as intolerable.On...

20 Mali soldiers killed at army camp attacked by gunmen

By BABA AHMED | January 26, 2020

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Gunmen attacked an army camp in Mali near the border with Mauritania, killing 20 soldiers Sunday, the government and armed forces said.The camp in Sokolo in the Segou region remains under the control of Mali's military, the armed...

Visiting Turkey leader: Algeria key in region’s stability

January 26, 2020

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, greeted to a fanfare arrival Sunday in Algiers, said the North African nation is “important for the stability of the region,” an apparent bow to Algerian efforts to play a key role...

Burundi’s ruling party picks general as presidential hopeful

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA | January 26, 2020

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi's ruling party has chosen an army general to be its candidate in the presidential election set for May, signaling that the country's president will now retire after serving three terms.Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye was chosen...

Britain’s EU Journey: When the EU faced its biggest crisis

By PAN PYLAS | January 26, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum.Difficult negotiations setting out the new relationship between Britain...

Survivor in Slovenia turns 100 on Holocaust Remembrance Day

By ALI ZERDIN | January 26, 2020

RAKEK, Slovenia (AP) — For Marija Frlan it's as symbolic as it can get: A survivor of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, the Slovenian woman turns 100 years old on Monday, the international Holocaust Remembrance Day.Frlan, who was held at...

Dutch premier issues historic apology at Holocaust memorial

January 26, 2020

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Sunday for the failure of officials in the Nazi-occupied country during World War II to do more to prevent the deportation and murder of just over 100,000 Jews.Rutte made the historic apology...

Israeli backpacker jailed in Russia files for pardon

January 26, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — An Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges has submitted a petition to be pardoned by President Vladimir Putin.State news agency Tass reported Sunday that Naama Issachar's lawyer said the request was filed following a statement...