America Votes: Trump elected as president

Indian army soldiers arrive at the site of Thursday's explosion in Pampore, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

India seeks to control rivers into Pakistan as punishment

India says it is building dams to stop its share of water from flowing into Pakistan-controlled Kashmir as it seeks to punish its longtime rival for an attack on paramilitary soldiers last week that left 40 dead.

Pope Francis greets cardinals as he arrives for the opening of the second day of a Vatican's conference on dealing with sex abuse by priests, at the Vatican, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (Giuseppe Lami/Pool Photo via AP)

Vatican summit on sex abuse focuses calls for accountability

Cardinals attending Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse called Friday for a new culture of accountability in the Catholic Church to punish bishops and religious superiors when they fail to protect their flocks from predator priests. 17

Labour lawmaker quits party in latest jolt to U.K. politics

A 12th U.K. lawmaker this week has quit one of the country's main political parties, as fallout from Brexit continues to splinter U.K. politics.

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2019, file photo, former campaign adviser for President Donald Trump, Roger Stone, leaves federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Trump ally Stone gets gag order after 'crosshairs' post

A federal judge issued a broad gag order forbidding Roger Stone to discuss his criminal case with anyone and gave him a stinging reprimand Thursday over the longtime Trump confidant's posting of a photo of the judge with what appeared to be crosshairs of a gun.

This undated photo issued by the Metropolitan Police shows Shamima Begum. (Metropolitan Police via AP)

Family of ISIS teen appeals to U.K. to help bring her child home

The family of a U.K. teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group as a minor is begging the British government to help bring her newborn son to Britain.

In this Tuesday, July 31, 2018 photo, a police cordon is seen near the scene of a robbery at the Strangnas Cathedral, in Strangnas, Sweden. Police say thieves have stolen priceless treasures from the Swedish royal regalia, including a jeweled crown, from a cathedral where they were on display, before speeding off by motorboat. (Pontus Stenberg/TT News Agency via AP)

Swede gets 4.5 years for royal jewels heist

A 22-year-old Swede was sentenced Friday to four and a half years in prison after he was convicted of stealing 17th-century Swedish royal treasures estimated to be worth 65 million kronor (US$7 million) from a cathedral last year.

People gather to watch as firefighters damp down the area following a deadly fire in a poor residential area of the seaport city Chattogram, southern Bangladesh, Sunday Feb. 17, 2019. (AP Photo)

Police investigating negligence in deadly Bangladesh fire

Bangladesh police said Friday that they were seeking up to a dozen suspects in connection with a fire in the oldest part of the capital and could charge them with negligence over the blaze that killed at least 67 people. 1

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk in a building as fight against Islamic State militants continue in the village of Baghouz, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

More civilians leave last ISIS-held pocket in eastern Syria

Small trucks carrying disheveled men, women and children left the Islamic State group's last pocket of territory in eastern Syria in an escorted convoy on Friday, hours after U.S.-led coalition airstrikes meant to pressure the militants targeted the area on the banks of the Euphrates River.

In this file photo of Monday Feb. 10, 2014, Kenyan people who identify as gay and lesbian and others supporting their cause, wear masks to preserve their anonymity and one holds out a wrapped condom, as they stage a rare protest in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis-File)

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