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Saudi oil minister: Market should handle prices

HOUSTON — Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said Tuesday that production cuts to boost oil prices won’t work, and that instead the market should be allowed… Continue reading

Russia wants to fly over US with advanced digital camera

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and… Continue reading

US, Russia agree on Syria cease-fire plan; questions remain

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The United States and Russia have agreed on a new cease-fire for Syria that will take effect Saturday, even as major… Continue reading

FILE -- In this July 30, 1991 file photo, oil well firemen from a U.S. company discuss the day's work while a wellhead burns out of control across a lake of crude oil in the Ahmadi oil field, Kuwait. Twenty five years after the first U.S. Marines swept across the border into Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War, American forces find themselves battling the extremist Islamic State group, born out of al-Qaida, in the splintered territories of Iraq and Syria. Oil prices, which sparked Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, have dropped to under $30 a barrel from more than $100 in just a year and a half. (AP Photo/John Gapps III, File)

Echoes of 1991 Gulf War linger on in the Mideast

The 1991 Gulf War saw only 100 hours of ground fighting as U.S. forces entered Kuwait to end the Iraqi occupation, but echoes of that… Continue reading

FILE -- In this July 30, 1991 file photo, oil well firemen from a U.S. company discuss the day's work while a wellhead burns out of control across a lake of crude oil in the Ahmadi oil field, Kuwait. Twenty five years after the first U.S. Marines swept across the border into Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War, American forces find themselves battling the extremist Islamic State group, born out of al-Qaida, in the splintered territories of Iraq and Syria. Oil prices, which sparked Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, have dropped to under $30 a barrel from more than $100 in just a year and a half. (AP Photo/John Gapps III, File)

Mayor: Allow addicts a space to inject heroin safely

ALBANY, N.Y. — The mayor of Ithaca wants his city in upstate New York to host the nation’s first supervised injection facility, enabling heroin users… Continue reading

Jason Dalton, of Kalamazoo Township, Mich., is arraigned via video before Judge Christopher T. Haenicke, Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, in Kalamazoo, Mich. Dalton is charged with multiple counts of murder in a series of random shootings in western Michigan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Uber acknowledges complaints about Michigan shooting suspect

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Uber ride-hailing service acknowledged Monday that it received complaints about erratic driving by the suspect in the random shootings that killed… Continue reading

Jason Dalton, of Kalamazoo Township, Mich., is arraigned via video before Judge Christopher T. Haenicke, Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, in Kalamazoo, Mich. Dalton is charged with multiple counts of murder in a series of random shootings in western Michigan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at a rally Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rubio builds momentum, Cruz camp struggling

ELKO, Nevada — Marco Rubio amassed increasing support for his candidacy while Ted Cruz’s campaign showed signs of struggle as Republican presidential candidates crisscrossed Nevada… Continue reading

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at a rally Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Victims in attack support efforts to hack iPhone

WASHINGTON — Some family members of victims and survivors of the San Bernardino terror attack will file court papers in support of a judge’s order… Continue reading

As novel ‘Mockingbird’ soared, author Lee grew more elusive

Harper Lee was an ordinary woman as stunned as anybody by the extraordinary success of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”“It was like being hit over the… Continue reading

In a resilient N. Korea, can sanctions be successful?

PYONGYANG, North Korea — As the U.S. Congress passed a new set of sanctions on North Korea this week, South Korea shut down the last… Continue reading

Can scientists prove Zika is causing birth defects?

NEW YORK — Scientists suspect an outbreak of the Zika virus is behind a surge in a rare birth defect in Brazil. But how are… Continue reading

In this Feb. 2, 2016 photo, Naila Amin, 26, holds a book from one of the classes she is taking at Nassau Community College in Garden City, N.Y. Amin, who was forced into marriage at the age of 15 to a 28-year-old cousin in Pakistan who beat and mistreated her, aspires to become a social worker and open a group home for girls trying to avoid or recover from forced marriages. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Efforts intensify to curtail child marriage in the US

NEW YORK — Child marriage wasn’t an issue of note for Virginia state Sen. Jill Vogel until she heard the stories circulating in her district… Continue reading

In this Feb. 2, 2016 photo, Naila Amin, 26, holds a book from one of the classes she is taking at Nassau Community College in Garden City, N.Y. Amin, who was forced into marriage at the age of 15 to a 28-year-old cousin in Pakistan who beat and mistreated her, aspires to become a social worker and open a group home for girls trying to avoid or recover from forced marriages. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Cameron: Britain’s referendum on EU membership to be June 23

LONDON (AP) — It’s been three years in the making, but a June 23 date has finally been set for the momentous “in or out”… Continue reading

Serbia: 2 hostages killed in US airstrikes in Libya

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Two Serbian embassy staffers held hostage since November died in Friday’s U.S. airstrikes on an Islamic State camp in western Libya… Continue reading

Clinton edges out Sanders to win Nevada caucuses

LAS VEGAS — Hillary Clinton seized the momentum in the fierce fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, turning back a challenge from Bernie Sanders in… Continue reading

Trump wins S. Carolina, posts second primary win

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Donald Trump rolled to a win in South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday as voters seething about Washington and politicians lifted the… Continue reading

In this photo taken on Jan. 27, Pakistani acid victim Sidra Kamwal looks herself in a mirror in Karachi, Pakistan. Sidra's attacker is in jail, but his family has been embraced by the neighbors. The family jeers at her, and the neighbors applaud. Sidra, with her painfully disfigured face, is the outcast.

Pakistan women risking all to fight for rights

KARACHI, Pakistan — Kainat Soomro was 13 years old and on her way to buy a toy for her newborn niece when three men kidnapped… Continue reading

In this photo taken on Jan. 27, Pakistani acid victim Sidra Kamwal looks herself in a mirror in Karachi, Pakistan. Sidra's attacker is in jail, but his family has been embraced by the neighbors. The family jeers at her, and the neighbors applaud. Sidra, with her painfully disfigured face, is the outcast.

In Egypt, clamp on academic freedoms sparks scholar backlash

CAIRO — Egyptian authorities are increasingly harassing foreign academics with restrictions, bans on entering the country and deportations. Particularly targeted are those researching anything related… Continue reading

Voters queue at a polling station where a ballot box sits empty Thursday in the capital Kampala, Uganda. Five hours after voting was due to start no voting papers had yet arrived.

Uganda: Opposition candidate briefly arrested after voting

KAMPALA, Uganda — The main opposition candidate for president in Uganda was briefly arrested late Thursday, his aide said, as vote counting started in presidential… Continue reading

Voters queue at a polling station where a ballot box sits empty Thursday in the capital Kampala, Uganda. Five hours after voting was due to start no voting papers had yet arrived.
In this Tuesday photo, North Koreans sit behind a banner with an exclamation mark during a figure skating performance held as part of celebrations on the "Day of the Shining Star" or birthday anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea.

N. Korea releases new slogans

PYONGYANG, North Korea — Produce more new-generation electric locomotives and passenger cars! Send more satellites into space! Make the whole country seethe with a high-pitched… Continue reading

In this Tuesday photo, North Koreans sit behind a banner with an exclamation mark during a figure skating performance held as part of celebrations on the "Day of the Shining Star" or birthday anniversary of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea.