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U.S.: Russia violated missile treaty

Washington (CNN) -- The United States accused Russia on Monday of violating the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, citing cruise missile tests that date to 2008, senior State Department and White House officials said. "This is…

US: Russia has fired rockets into Ukraine

Washington (AP) -- Stepping up pressure on Moscow, the US has released satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighbouring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for separatists has crossed the border.…

NBA: LeBron will return to 23 jersey with Cavaliers

Cleveland, USA (AFP) -- NBA superstar LeBron James confirmed Sunday he will return to the number 23 jersey he wore in his first stint with Cleveland when he returns to the Cavaliers next season. James posted a message on Twitter and…

UK deputy PM says Russia should not host World Cup

London, England (AFP) -- British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg joined calls on Sunday for Russia to be stripped of the World Cup in 2018 following the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine. The Liberal Democrat leader, whose party…

Pope to visit Philadelphia next year for conference

(CNN) -- Pope Francis has accepted the invitation of Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year, Catholic News Service reported Friday. It would be the popular pontiff's…

Taiwan plane-crash survivor crawls out, phones dad

XIXI, Taiwan (AP) — The 10 survivors of Taiwan's worst air disaster in more than a decade include a 34-year-old woman who called her father after scrambling from the wreckage and seeking help at a nearby home. Hung Yu-ting escaped through…

France: Air Algerie flight vanished over Mali

PARIS (AP) — France's transport minister says the Air Algerie flight carrying 116 people vanished over northern Mali. The flight was traveling from Burkina Faso to Algeria's capital when it disappeared from radar early Thursday. Transport…

Surgeons remove 232 teeth from Indian teenager

MUMBAI, India (AFP) - Surgeons in Mumbai have removed 232 teeth from the mouth of an Indian teenager in what they believe may be a world-record operation, the hospital said Thursday. Ashik Gavai, 17, sought medical help for a swelling on…

MH17 shootdown may have been a ‘mistake’

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Malaysian flight MH17 may have been shot down by "mistake" by ill-trained pro-Russian separatists, US intelligence officials said Tuesday, while dismissing Moscow's accounts of the incident as propaganda. Evidence…

Queen’s horse Estimate fails drugs test

(CNN) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II cheered Estimate on to success at the Gold Cup in 2013 but now her her five-year old filly is in the dock. Buckingham Palace confirmed to CNN Tuesday Estimate had tested positive for banned substance…

Tropical depression moving westward in Atlantic

Miami (AP) -- A tropical depression is moving west in the Atlantic and is expected to degenerate over the next few days. The depression's maximum sustained winds early Tuesday were 35 mph (55 kph). Little change in strength is expected…

Sailors investigated for gang-raping 11-y-o in Sri Lanka

Colombo (AFP) -- Sri Lankan police were Tuesday investigating the gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl allegedly by seven sailors in the island's former war zone, a spokesman said. The victim, who cannot be identified according to Sri Lankan…

Crash victims’ remains reach Ukraine-held city

Kharkiv, Ukraine (AP) -- The remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in territory held by the Ukrainian government on Tuesday on their way to the Netherlands, after delays and haphazard treatment of the bodies that put…

Bodies from downed jet piled in boxcars by rebels

TOREZ, Ukraine (AP) -- Pro-Moscow rebels piled nearly 200 bodies from the downed Malaysian jetliner into four refrigerated boxcars Sunday in eastern Ukraine, and cranes at the crash scene moved big chunks of the Boeing 777, drawing…