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Rio de Janeiro city council votes to ban Uber

Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday became the latest city to move against Uber as its city council voted to b...

Aug 26, 2015 01:29 AM EDT

Swiss expect to decide on FIFA extraditions in September

Swiss authorities expect to decide in September whether to extradite six soccer officials to face co...

Aug 26, 2015 01:17 AM EDT

U.S. to deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe

The United States will deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe very soon as part of a broader effort to s...

Aug 25, 2015 03:44 AM EDT

Britain says Iran sanctions could be lifted next spring

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday he expected sanctions on Iran could start to...

Aug 24, 2015 07:53 AM EDT

South Korea talks tough amid heightened tensions with North

South Korean President Park Geun-hye demanded on Monday that North Korea apologize over recent landm...

Aug 24, 2015 07:25 AM EDT

Carson says wants drones to blast caves, not people at U.S.-Mexico border

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Sunday called for using drones to beef up surveillan...

Aug 23, 2015 06:50 PM EDT

Britain reopens embassy in Iran ransacked in 2011

Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a striking signal of how Western ties with Iran ha...

Aug 23, 2015 07:12 AM EDT

North, South Korea on alert as talks resume in bid to end standoff

Top aides to the leaders of North and South Korea resumed talks on Sunday after negotiating through ...

Aug 23, 2015 06:49 AM EDT

Even as laws change, the 'M' word is banned in head shops

You still can't say "marijuana" in the head shop. For years, the stores that sell marijuana pipes an...

Aug 22, 2015 06:32 PM EDT

Islamic State's No. 2 reported killed by drone strike in Iraq - CNN

The No. 2 leader of the Islamic State militant group was killed in a U.S. drone strike near Mosul, I...

Aug 21, 2015 07:32 PM EDT

Mistrial for North Carolina policeman who shot unarmed black man

A North Carolina judge declared a mistrial on Friday when a jury deadlocked in the trial of a white ...

Aug 21, 2015 07:06 PM EDT

North Korea goes on war footing against South Korea as deadline looms

North Korea put its troops on a war footing on Friday as South Korea rejected an ultimatum to stop p...

Aug 21, 2015 06:18 PM EDT

California prosecutors say Uber's background checks missed convicts

California prosecutors have broadened their civil lawsuit against popular online ride-sharing servic...

Aug 19, 2015 10:48 PM EDT

China summons Western tech firms, revives bank cyber rules

China has resumed work on a set of banking cyber security regulations it suspended earlier this year...

Aug 19, 2015 08:59 PM EDT

Iran still closed to U.S. influence after nuclear deal: Khamenei

Iran will remain closed to U.S. influence and continue to oppose U.S. policies in the Middle East af...

Aug 17, 2015 09:52 AM EDT

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