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US envoy for Afghan peace in Pakistan for talks on Taliban
Islamabad, Dec 5 (AP/UNB) — The U.S. special envoy tasked with finding a negotiated end to Afghanistan's bloody 17-year-old war met Tuesday with Pakistani officials, and a Taliban official said four members from the group's political office in the Middle Eastern state of Qatar were also in the Pakistani capital.
Guest says she was filmed in shower by Hilton worker
Dhaka, Dec 4 (UNB) - A Chicago woman is suing hotel operator Hilton Worldwide for $100 million, claiming an employee took nude footage of her without her consent and used it in an extortion attempt.
1 child dead, 45 people hurt in Arkansas charter bus crash
Little Rock, Dec 4 (AP/UNB) — A third grader was killed and at least 45 people were injured when a charter bus carrying youth football players from Tennessee rolled off an interstate and overturned before sunrise Monday in central Arkansas, authorities said.
US urges Europe to impose sanctions on Iran over missiles
Brussels, Dec 4 (AP/UNB) — The Trump administration is urging Europe to impose tough new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program.
Bush gets tributes at Kennedy Center Honors program
Washington, Dec 3 (AP/UNB) — Last year's Kennedy Center Honors ceremony was almost overshadowed by controversy surrounding the sitting president. This year's event took place in the shadow of the death of a former commander-in-chief.
Earthquake doesn't disrupt food, fuel supply to Alaska
Anchorage, Dec 3 (AP/UNB) — The supply chain of food and other goods delivered to the Port of Anchorage from the Lower 48 has not been disrupted by the powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage to roads in the Anchorage area.
Trump sets aside political differences in honoring Bush
Argentina , Dec 2(AP/UNB) — Donald Trump, the disruptive, anti-establishment president who spent years deriding much of what George H.W. Bush stood for, set aside differences in politics and temperament Saturday to honor the late president.
Former US President George HW Bush dies
Houston, Dec 1 (AP/UNB) -George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94.
3 dead, 8 injured in immigrant smuggling attempt at border
San Diego, Dec 1 (AP/UNB) — An attempt to smuggle immigrants into the country illegally ended with three people dead and eight seriously injured in a crash in a remote, rugged area of California near the Mexico border, authorities said.
Back-to-back earthquakes shatter roads and windows in Alaska
Alaska, Dec 1 (AP/UNB) — Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday in Anchorage and the surrounding area, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami warning for islands and coastal areas south of the city.