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Judge reinstates nationwide halt on Trump asylum policy plan
Oakland, Sep 10 (AP/UNB) — A U.S. judge in California on Monday reinstated a nationwide halt on the Trump administration's plan to prevent most migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Israeli leader claims to find new Iranian nuke site
Jerusalem, Sep 10 (AP/UNB) — Israel's prime minister on Monday unveiled what he said was a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear weapons site, further escalating a showdown between the two enemy countries.
Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now "dead"
Washington, Sep 10 (AP/UNB) — U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now "dead," President Donald Trump declared Monday, one day after he abruptly canceled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan leaders aimed at ending America's longest war.
Canada soldiers helping to remove fallen trees after Dorian
Halifax, Sep 10 (AP/UNB) — Canadian soldiers armed with chain saws fanned out across Halifax and the surrounding communities Monday to help clean up the tangled mess of fallen trees and power lines left behind by post-tropical cyclone Dorian.
Ex-UK minister says Johnson not trying to get a Brexit deal
London, Sep 8 (AP/UNB) — A senior minister who quit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Cabinet said Sunday that the government is making little or no effort to secure a Brexit agreement with the European Union, despite Johnson's insistence that he wants a deal.
Typhoon kills 5 in North Korea, 3 in South Korea
Seoul, Sep 8 (AP/UNB) — One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Korean Peninsula has left five people dead and three injured in North Korea, state media reported Sunday, in its first public announcement of casualties since the storm made landfall in the country a day earlier.
Moscow votes in protest-shadowed election
Moscow, Sep 8 (AP/UNB) — Residents of Russia's capital are voting in a city council election shadowed by a wave of protests that saw the biggest demonstrator turnout in seven years and a notably violent police response.
UN nuclear official in Iran as atomic accord unravels
Iran, Sept 8 (AP/UNB) — The acting director-general of the United Nations nuclear watchdog is in Tehran for meetings after Iran announced it would begin using advanced centrifuges prohibited by its 2015 atomic deal with world powers.
Brazil's president again stresses sovereignty over Amazon
Rio De Janeiro, Sept 8 (AP/UNB) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has overseen independence day celebrations with a renewed assertion of his country's sovereignty over the Amazon.
Mugabe to be buried at hilltop shrine in Zimbabwe
Harare, Sep 7 (AP/UNB) — Robert Mugabe will be buried at a hilltop shrine reserved exclusively for Zimbabwe's ruling elite, an official said Saturday, as the southern African nation began several days of official mourning.