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IS tries to stage comeback amid rising US-Iran tensions
BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group's self-styled “caliphate” across parts of Iraq and Syria seemed largely defeated last year, with the loss of its territory, the killing of its founder in a U.S. raid and an unprecedented crackdown on its social media propaganda machine. But tensions...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrong on Bolton; more claims from trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump stated falsely Monday that House Democrats never called his former national security adviser to testify in their impeachment inquiry. Actually they did. Trump's tweet about John Bolton came as the Senate entered the second week of the impeachment trial, where his...
Charges dropped against WV pol in racist sign outburst
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia judge dropped charges Monday against a state lawmaker who became violent over a racist display at the Capitol. Del. Mike Caputo had argued that an obscure law on “legislative immunity” shielded him from a misdemeanor battery charge for kicking a door...
Kosovo woman faces terror charges for allegedly joining IS
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo prosecutors on Monday filed terrorism charges against a local woman for allegedly joining the Islamic State group in Syria. A statement from the prosecutors' office said the suspect, only identified as A.A., left Kosovo in November 2015 with her husband and their daughter....
Czech Republic to send troops to Africa anti-terror mission
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government on Monday approved a Defense Ministry plan to deploy up to 60 troops as part of France's anti-terror mission in Africa. The service members will join Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military mission. It has been working to root out Islamic militants roaming...
Three Jordanians charged for IS-inspired attack in court
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Three Jordanian men appeared in court Sunday to face charges connected to the stabbing of eight people at a popular archaeological site in northern Jordan in November in an attack allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group. The military judge presiding over the trial accused the...
Grenade attack on Afghan wedding injures 20, including kids
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An hand grenade attack on an Afghan wedding ceremony wounded at least 20 people, including several children, a provincial official said Sunday. At least one of the injured children was in critical condition, said Adel Haider, a spokesman for the police chief of the eastern Khost...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's impeachment defense and the facts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's lawyers opened his Senate impeachment defense Saturday with the false assertion that Democrats tried to shut the president's team out of the congressional inquiry that preceded the charges. Actually, Democrats invited Trump to participate and he declined....
Judge OKs classified information status in terrorism case
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A judge in Arkansas has allowed a U.S. government official to help guard against the release of classified information during the upcoming terrorism trial of a Yemeni citizen accused of providing material support to al-Qaida. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright on Thursday...
Charges: Man threatened officers, claimed Islamic State ties
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill police officers and suggesting he's a member of the Islamic State terrorist group in messages scrawled in local buildings. Milford police said 31-year-old Miguel Silva, of Stratford, was apprehended Thursday and...
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