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WASHINGTON - Under mounting pressure from his own party, President Donald Trump appears to be grudgingly leaning toward accepting an agreement that would head off a threatened second government shutdo...

ABUJA, Nigeria - In Nigeria fake news can be so outlandish, yet widely believed, that the president recently felt compelled to declare that he had not died and been replaced by a Sudanese body double....

WARSAW, Poland - The United States and Poland are kicking off an international conference on the Middle East on Wednesday amid uncertainty over its aims and questions about what it will deliver. Initi...

BEIJING - U.S. and other countries have not presented any conclusive evidence that Chinese telecoms gear maker Huawei Technologies threatens their national security and are merely stirring fears out o...

MADRID - Catalan separatist and right-wing lawmakers in the Spanish parliament's lower house rejected Wednesday the ruling Socialist government's 2019 budget plan, likely paving the way for a call of ...

NEW YORK - Wire fox terriers are still King at Westminster. A wire fox from Brazil who's won big in Europe became America's top dog Tuesday night, beating out a crowd-pleasing longhaired dachshund and...

PHOENIX - It appears Michelle Obama received a reality check from her mom following her appearance at the Grammys. The former first lady took to Instagram Wednesday to share a text exchange with mom M...

LONDON, Ont. - Canadian women's coach Perry Pearn said there's plenty of work to do before April's world championships in Finland after his team was on the wrong end of a 1-0 score Tuesday n...

CALGARY - Bo Levi Mitchell says he left money on the table to stay with the Calgary Stampeders. Mitchell entered a heated free-agent market Tuesday, but quickly opted to sign a four-year contract...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday that negotiations with the U.S. "will bring nothing but material and spiritual harm" in remarks just ahead of an American-led meeting on the Mideast...