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Filmmaker, still wanted in the US for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl decades ago, was accused by a Frenchwoman last year of committing the same offense in 1975
There was no word from the Vatican about the nature of his illness, but the pope was seen coughing and blowing his nose during the Ash Wednesday Mass
Merging with Belarus is seen by many as a strategy for Russian President Vladimir Putin to stay in power well past the legally mandated end of his presidential term in 2024 by becoming the head of a new state
The retaking of Saraqeb, which sits on the M5 highway, is a setback for President Bashar Assad's forces who have scored major gains in a weekslong Russian-backed campaign in the last rebel stronghold in Idlib province
The author wove personal details and spectacular fantasies into his page-turning novels about underwater explorer Dirk Pitt
The National Register of Historic Places is the government's official honor roll for more than 95,000 sites that are important to the story of the United States
Iran is girding for a long battle against the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly across the country and the wider Middle East
Lawmakers from both parties say the Defense Department is undermining its own efforts to get military money by diverting billions of dollars for the construction of the president's US-Mexico border wall
Assange faces 18 charges of espionage and computer misuse, and faces a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison if convicted
The spread of the new coronavirus to Italy has led universities to reassess study abroad programs in the country, with many American schools this week calling their students back to the US
The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan overturned a lower court's decision ordering the administration to release funding to New York City and seven other states
Maria Sharapova quietly walks away from tennis at the age of 32, ending a career that featured five Grand Slam titles, time at No. 1 in the WTA rankings and a 15-month doping ban
Backing by highest-ranking black member of Congress could help former vice president avoid limping across finish line in Saturday's balloting
Worries over the ever-expanding economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis multiplied, with factories idled, trade routes frozen and tourism crippled, while a growing list of countries braced for the illness to claim new territory
The new push by Russian-backed Syrian troops could worsen the humanitarian crisis that has displaced nearly a million people and left more than 300 civilians dead since the beginning of December
US Attorney General William Barr's afternoon presentation is part of a forum that will explore how the First Amendment should handle 'divergent, and sometimes clashing, religious faiths,' according to the convention schedule
The funeral, replete with cannon fire and a horse-drawn carriage carrying his coffin, highlighted the wartime achievements of Mubarak
At a contentious Democratic debate on Tuesday night, Sanders labeled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a 'reactionary racist' and said he'd consider reversing President Donald Trump's move of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Brazil's government has confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in Latin America
The Vatican is going ahead with plans for Pope Francis to celebrate the Ash Wednesday ritual that kicks off the Catholic Church's Lenten season despite concerns about the coronavirus
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