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Quarantine ends for Germans; Italy to fly citizens from ship

February 16, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — More than 100 Germans evacuated from the hard-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a new coronavirus outbreak, were set to end their prescribed 14-day quarantine period on Sunday.They have been kept isolated at a military base in...

Powers renew pledge to uphold Libya arms embargo

By GEIR MOULSON | February 16, 2020

MUNICH (AP) — Countries with interests in Libya's civil war recommitted themselves Sunday to uphold a barely working arms embargo, four weeks after a peace summit in Berlin was followed by numerous new arms violations, officials from Germany and the...

Rockets strike near US Embassy in Baghdad; no injuries

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | February 16, 2020

BAGHDAD (AP) — At least four rockets hit near the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and a Iraqi base hosting American troops inside the Green Zone early Sunday, but caused no casualties and only minor damage, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.The attack...

Denouncing US, Venezuelan troops, militias stage drills

By JORGE RUEDA and MATIAS DELACROIX | February 15, 2020

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's armed forces and civilian militias took the streets in cities, beaches and border regions on Saturday for drills ordered by President Nicolás Maduro, amid tensions between Washington and Caracas.Despite the maneuvers,...

Esper says Taliban deal is promising but not without risk

By ROBERT BURNS and MATTHEW LEE | February 15, 2020

MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that a truce agreement between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is not without risk but “looks very promising."Ahead...

Canada, others nations push Iran on downed airliner probe

By PIETRO DeCRISTOFARO | February 15, 2020

MUNICH (AP) — Diplomats from nations that lost citizens when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner pushed Iran’s foreign minister Saturday for more cooperation from Tehran on the investigation and other issues.Amid heightened tensions with the United...

New virus cases fall; WHO says China bought the world time

By YANAN WANG | February 15, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — China reported 143 virus deaths and a dip in new cases Saturday while the head of the World Health Organization praised the country's efforts to contain the new disease, saying they have "bought the world time" and that other nations...

Iran: Trump wrong if he thinks Tehran regime will collapse

By DAVID RISING | February 15, 2020

MUNICH (AP) — Iran's foreign minister said Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump is receiving bad advice if he believes an American "maximum pressure" campaign against his country will cause the government in Tehran to collapse.Foreign Minister...

Ukraine’s president vows to end war, invites Trump to Kyiv

February 15, 2020

MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed Saturday to end the separatist conflict in the east of his country, where fighting between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian troops has killed more than 14,000 people since 2014.Speaking at...

France’s Macron urges better long-term relations with Russia

By GEIR MOULSON | February 15, 2020

MUNICH (AP) — Europe needs to strive for better relations with Russia in the long term, French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday, adding that while he isn’t proposing lifting sanctions they have changed nothing about Russia's behavoir.Macron...

US defense chief slams China as rising threat to world order

By ROBERT BURNS and MATTHEW LEE | February 15, 2020

MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Saturday cast China as a rising threat to world order — saying the world's most populous nation steals Western know-how, intimidates smaller neighbors and seeks an “advantage by any means and at...

Cruise stranded by virus fears ends with roses in Cambodia

By SOPHENG CHEANG | February 14, 2020

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — After being stranded at sea for two weeks because five ports refused to allow their cruise ship to dock, the passengers of the MS Westerdam were anything but sure their ordeal was finally over.Then the authoritarian leader...