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US student abducted, killed had complained to police about man
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Education ministry needs a better communication system
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US student abducted, killed had complained to police about man

February 20, 2019
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters watch as an airstrike hits territory still held by Islamic State militants in the desert outside Baghouz, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. By sundown, there was no sign of any civilians coming out. On the other side of the IS-held pocket, an airstrike was launched by the U.S.-led coalition, increasing the pressure on the militants holding out. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Civilians evacuated from last Islamic State holdout in Syria

February 20, 2019

UN concerned about some 200 families trapped in IS enclave

February 19, 2019
FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2019 photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, accompanied by Gov. Gavin Newsom, said California was probably suing President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in Sacramento, Calif. Becerra filed a lawsuit Monday, Feb. 18, against Trump's emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

16 states sue Trump over emergency wall declaration

February 19, 2019
In this July 2, 2009, photo George Mendonsa poses for a photo in Middletown, R.I., holding a copy of the famous Alfred Eisenstadt photo of Mendonsa kissing a woman in a nurse's uniform in Times Square on Aug. 14, 1945, while celebrating the end of World War II, left. Mendonsa died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, he was 95. It was years after the photo was taken that Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse’s uniform, were confirmed to be the couple. (Connie Grosch/Providence Journal via AP)

Sailor in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 95

February 19, 2019
Workers build the stage for an upcoming concert coined: "Concert for the freedom of Venezuela" on the Colombian side of the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Billionaire Richard Branson is organizing the concert on Feb. 22 featuring Spanish-French singer Manu Chao, Mexican band Mana, Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz and Dominican artist Juan Luis Guerra. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Venezuela's Maduro to throw concert rivaling Richard Branson

February 19, 2019
Darlisa Ghouralal

Refusing to back down amid a mounting battle over Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, the government of President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday that it will hold its own huge concert to rival one be...

People holds a sign that reads in Spanish "Humanitarian Aid" during an event to swear in nurses, doctors, professionals and others, as the group that will help with the arrival and distribution of humanitarian aid in Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Barred from Venezuela, European lawmakers call for action

February 18, 2019
Darlisa Ghouralal

Conservative European lawmakers who were barred from entering Venezuela this weekend are urging the European Union's top diplomat to suspend contacts with Nicolas Maduro's government. Esteban Go...

2 French pilots who fled Dominican Republic go on trial

February 18, 2019
Alina Doodnath

Two French pilots who made a mysterious escape from the Dominican Republic in 2015 are going on trial in southern France accused of international cocaine trafficking. Pascal Jean Fauret and Brun...

Besieged IS militants refuse to surrender, ask for an exit

February 18, 2019
Alina Doodnath

More than 300 Islamic State militants surrounded in a tiny area in eastern Syria are refusing to surrender to U.S.-backed Syrian forces and are trying to negotiate an exit, Syrian activists and a p...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raises his hand during a parliamentary session at the Lower House in Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Kyodo News via AP)

Abe mum on reports he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

February 18, 2019
Ceola Belix

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined Monday to say if he had nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, though he also emphasized he did not deny doing so. Trump's a...

This undated photo issued by the Metropolitan Police shows Shamima Begum. A pregnant British teenager who ran away from Britain to join Islamic State extremists in Syria four years ago has said she wants to come back to London, but her path home is not clear. Shamima Begum told The Times newspaper in a story published Thursday Feb. 14, 2019, that she wants to come back to London. (Metropolitan Police via AP)

Family: UK teen who joined Islamic State has baby in Syria

February 17, 2019
Alina Doodnath

The family of a British teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group said Sunday she has given birth to a baby boy. The family's lawyer said that 19-year-old Shamima Begum and her lates...

France's yellow vests mark 3 months amid racist tensions

February 17, 2019
Alina Doodnath

Paris authorities opened an investigation Sunday into anti-Semitic remarks hurled at a noted philosopher during a yellow vest protest in the capital, an incident that raised national concerns about...

Pope asks for prayers for sex abuse summit at Vatican

February 17, 2019
Alina Doodnath

Pope Francis is asking for prayers for this week's sex abuse summit at the Vatican, calling abuse an "urgent challenge of our time." He has summoned bishops to Rome to help him chart a way forwa...

Guaido calls on armed forces to allow in aid

February 17, 2019
Alina Doodnath

Venezuela's opposition leader and self-declared president Juan Guaido spoke to a crowd of supporters gathered in eastern Caracas on Saturday and vowed to continue to fight to bring in aid to his co...

An electoral worker takes stock of ballot papers to be transporters at the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Yola, Nigeria. (AP Photo)

Nigeria delays election until February 23 over 'challenges'

February 16, 2019
Shamille Scott

Nigeria's electoral commission delayed the presidential election until February23, making the announcement a mere five hours before polls were set to open Saturday. It cited unspecified "challenges...

In this May 14, 2018 file photo, Jussie Smollett, a cast member in the TV series "Empire," attends the Fox Networks Group 2018 programming presentation after party in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Chicago police release 2 men questioned in Smollett case

February 16, 2019
Ceola Belix

Chicago police released without charges two Nigerian brothers arrested on suspicion of assaulting "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett and said they have new evidence to investigate as a result of questi...

Law enforcement personnel gather near the scene of a shooting at an industrial park in Aurora, Ill., on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. (Bev Horne/Daily Herald via AP)

Gunman kills 5 people, wounds 5 cops at US business facility

February 15, 2019
Julian Richardson

An employee of a manufacturing company opened fire at its suburban Chicago plant Friday, killing five people and wounding five police officers before he was fatally shot, police said. Aurora, Il...

Sources say Payless ShoeSource is set to shutter its US stores

February 15, 2019
Ricqcolia Phillips

American discountfootwearretailer Payless ShoeSource Inc plans to close all of its 2,300 stores after it files for bankruptcy later this month, according to sources familiar with the matter. The...

School crossing guard Wendy Behrend lights a candle at a memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the one-year anniversary of the school shooting, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in Parkland, Fla. A year ago on Thursday, 14 students and three staff members were killed when a gunman opened fire at the high school. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Year after Parkland massacre, 17 victims remembered

February 14, 2019
Ricqcolia Phillips

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre a year ago renewed the national debate on guns and school safety, turned some victims' parents and surviving students into political activists and ...

Watch: Melting sea ice leads polar bears to take over Russian village

February 14, 2019
Alina Doodnath

Dozens of polar bears have invaded the Novaya Zemlya islands in Russia's remote Arctic region, home to a few thousand people, prompting local authorities to declare a state of emergency. Footage...

Border security brawl seems near a serene resolution

February 14, 2019
Ricqcolia Phillips

Congress is set to resolve its clattering brawl with President Donald Trump in uncommonly bipartisan fashion as lawmakers prepare to pass a border security compromise providing a mere sliver of the...

Prince Philip won't be charged in UK car crash

February 14, 2019
Ricqcolia Phillips

British prosecutors say Prince Philip won't face charges in connection with a car collision that left two women injured. The decision came just days after Buckingham Palace said the 97-year-old ...

Report: At least 20 Guard personnel killed in Iran bombing

February 13, 2019
Alina Doodnath

A suicide bombing targeting a bus carrying personnel of Iran's elite paramilitary Revolutionary Guard force killed at least 20 people and wounded 20 in the country's southeast, state media reported...

Watch: Newborn baby found on central California road

February 13, 2019
Ricqcolia Phillips

A newborn girl with her umbilical cord still attached was found by a newspaper carrier in the middle of a rural road in California before dawn on Tuesday in near-freezing temperatures. Authorities ...

In this Jan. 19, 2017 photo provided by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman arrives at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., after being extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.  (United States Drug Enforcement Administration via AP)

No escape? El Chapo likely off to 'prison of all prisons'

February 13, 2019
Ricqcolia Phillips

In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then there's "El Chapo." Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped two high-se...

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