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Iraqi army fully takes over key base following US withdrawal
January 17, 2026 - 5:54 AM

BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. forces have fully withdrawn from an air base in western Iraq in implementation of an agreement with the Iraqi government, Iraqi officials said Saturday.
Board of Peace for Gaza is forming with ambitions for a wider mandate of other conflicts
January 17, 2026 - 5:48 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” which was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni secures 7th term as opposition rejects results
January 17, 2026 - 5:47 AM

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65% of the vote, according to official results Saturday, in an election marred by internet shutdown and fraud claims by his youthful challenger, who rejected the outcome and called for peaceful protests.
Thousands march in Greenland to support Arctic island in the face of Trump's threats to take it over
January 17, 2026 - 5:41 AM

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday. They held signs of protest, waved their national flag and chanted

Israel objects to US announcement of leaders who will help oversee next steps in Gaza
January 17, 2026 - 5:33 AM

NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s government is objecting to the White House announcement of leaders who will play a role in overseeing next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire moves into its

Man freed after Minneapolis immigration raid says he now fears leaving home
January 17, 2026 - 5:25 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who fled civil war in Liberia as a child said Saturday that he has been afraid to leave his Minneapolis home since being released from an immigration detention center following his arrest during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown.
Trump's Twin Cities immigration crackdown has made chaos and tension the new normal
January 17, 2026 - 5:20 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Work starts around sunrise for many of the federal officers carrying out the immigration crackdown in and around the Twin Cities, with hundreds of people in tactical gear emerging from a bland office building near the main airport.
Guinea's Doumbouya is sworn in as president, cementing transition from junta chief to elected leader
January 17, 2026 - 5:19 AM

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya was sworn in Saturday as president of Guinea after he overwhelmingly won last year's presidential election despite an earlier promise not to present himself as a candidate.
Tear gas floods a Minneapolis family's SUV after they get caught between protesters and officers
January 17, 2026 - 5:18 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis couple says that after inadvertently getting caught between protesters and immigration officers this week, an officer rolled a tear gas canister under their family’s SUV, flooding the vehicle with toxic fumes that left them and several of their six children, including an infant, in need of hospital treatment.
Blast of winter weather hitting Midwest, East Coast and could bring snow to Florida
January 17, 2026 - 5:16 AM

HOUSTON (AP) — A blast of winter weather was set to bring snowfall and subfreezing wind chills across the Midwest and East Coast on Saturday as well as near freezing temperatures in parts of the South, including in normally warm Florida.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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Iraqi army fully takes over key base following US withdrawal

Board of Peace for Gaza is forming with ambitions for a wider mandate of other conflicts

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni secures 7th term as opposition rejects results

Thousands march in Greenland to support Arctic island in the face of Trump's threats to take it over

Israel objects to US announcement of leaders who will help oversee next steps in Gaza

Man freed after Minneapolis immigration raid says he now fears leaving home

Trump's Twin Cities immigration crackdown has made chaos and tension the new normal

Guinea's Doumbouya is sworn in as president, cementing transition from junta chief to elected leader

Tear gas floods a Minneapolis family's SUV after they get caught between protesters and officers

Blast of winter weather hitting Midwest, East Coast and could bring snow to Florida

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