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Snowden calls on France’s Macron to grant him asylum

PARIS, Sept 16 (AP) — Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked classified documents detailing government surveillance programs, is calling on French President Emmanuel Macron to grant him asylum. Snowden, now living in Russia to avoid prosecution in the United States, stressed in an interview broadcast Monday

Iran says ‘no plans’ for Rouhani-Trump meet on UN sidelines

TEHRAN, Sept 16, 2019 (AFP) – Iran has not made any plans for President Hassan Rouhani to meet his US

Over 2,000 fetal remains found at ex-abortion doctor’s home

JOLIET, Ill., Sept 15 (AP) — More than 2,000 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home

Pope to visit Japan and Thailand in November: Vatican

VATICAN CITY, Sept 13, 2019 (AFP) – Pope Francis is to visit Thailand and Japan, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki, from

Brexit in chaos after court rules PM’s suspension of parliament…

LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of the British parliament was unlawful, a Scottish court ruled

Trump fires hawkish national security chief Bolton

WASHINGTON, Sept 11, 2019 (AFP) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the firing of hawkish national security advisor John

Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now ‘dead’

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (AP) — U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now “dead,” President Donald Trump declared Monday, two

Johnson suspends UK Parliament after latest Brexit defeat

LONDON, Sept 10 (AP) — The simmering showdown between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain’s Parliament over Brexit came to

Taliban car bomb rocks Afghan capital near US Embassy area

Afghanistan, Sept 5 (AP) — A car bomb rocked the Afghan capital on Thursday and smoke rose from a Kabul

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Citizenship list in Indian state sparks fears for millions

NEW DELHI, Aug 30 (AP) — On the day before his five children were to appear in front of a