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Turkey says its troops must remain in Cyprus

GENEVA – Turkey must continue to underwrite the security of Cyprus, even if there’s a deal reunifying the island that’s divided along ethnic Greek and Turkish lines, Turkey’s president said ...

Feds release scathing report on Chicago police abuse

CHICAGO – Institutional problems within the Chicago Police Department have led to serious civil rights violations for years, including racial bias against blacks and a tendency to use excess...

FBI’s actions under review

IG to examine how agency handled Clinton case

China upset by nominee

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s pick to lead the State Department has stoked confusion over the U.S.’s South China Sea policy by appearing to advocate a blockade of Chinese man-made islands. ...

Defense pick calls Russia U.S. threat

WASHINGTON – Retired Gen. James Mattis on Thursday cruised toward likely confirmation as Donald Trump’s defense secretary, overwhelmingly prevailing in a Senate vote granting him an exemptio...

Republican-led Senate takes first step to repeal ‘Obamacare’

WASHINGTON – Congress is poised to complete its initial step toward dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, as Republicans divided over how to replace it face pressure from Don...

U.S. report faults Afghan forces

Says country can’t fight militants alone

Trump takes aim at intelligence agencies

President-elect says Russia probably behind election-hacking

Iceland could restart talks on entering EU

LONDON – Iceland got a new, Pirate Party-free government on Wednesday, almost three months after an election that produced no outright winner. The center-right Independence Party,...

Trump picks Veterans Affairs insider to lead troubled agency

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped the Department of Veterans Affairs’ top health official to lead a beleaguered agency struggling to meet the health needs of mill...

Russia friend Tillerson adopts tough line on Moscow

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, adopted a tough new line on Russia on Wednesday, calling it a “danger” to the United States and saying...

Obama offers hopeful vision of future

CHICAGO – President Obama used his farewell speech in his home town Tuesday to defend his imperiled legacy and press a broad, optimistic vision for the country that seems more divided than e...