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12:03 AM on Thursday, December 18

Bushfires are deadly, they can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days in the vast desert of Mauritania

11:53 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during home invasion robbery and later confessing to three other killings is set to be the 19th person executed in Florida this year

11:51 PM on Wednesday, December 17

European Union leaders are gathering for a summit aimed at agreeing on a massive loan to cover Ukraine’s military and other financial needs for the next two years

11:21 PM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump has offered a glowing account of progress under his watch in a speech from the White House

10:55 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Sydney for the funeral of a 10-year-old girl killed in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration

9:47 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China

9:42 PM on Wednesday, December 17

US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, a move sure to infuriate China

9:14 PM on Wednesday, December 17

India’s air-quality crisis is deepened by unreliable data

9:05 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The U.S. military says it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people

8:57 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died

8:35 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Security footage released by the FBI shows a route taken by a person police are seeking in connection with the Brown University shooting

8:01 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The Chicago Bears say they’re mulling a move to Northwest Indiana with their efforts to secure public funding they say they need to build an enclosed stadium in Illinois stalled

7:34 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Nathan Lyon took two wickets in his first over to move past Glenn McGrath for second place on Australia’s all-time bowling list as England struggled to 132 for five at tea on Day 2 of the third Ashes cricket test

7:06 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The U.S. government says the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in a fatal collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation’s capital

6:44 PM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump is demanding Venezuela pay for assets that Trump says were stolen from U.S. companies when the South American country nationalized its oil industry years ago

5:28 PM on Wednesday, December 17

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he’ll resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his prior role as a popular podcast host

8:23 AM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump has delivered a speech where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond

8:07 AM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump says he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas

Wednesday, December 17

Authorities searching for a shooter who attacked students at Brown University are asking for tips from people who might have video of the shooter potentially casing the area the week before the attack

4:03 PM on Friday, December 5

President Donald Trump's administration says its efforts over the past week are meant to stop the flow of drugs into the U.S. and increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro