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Deadly clashes ahead of U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem

GAZA STRIP -- Israeli troops fired from across a border fence Monday, shooting and killing at least nine Palestinians and wounding dozens more in protests near the Gaza border, according to Palestinian officials, ahead of a planned ceremony to mark the…

Old U.S. nemesis and an Iranian ally faring well in Iraq vote

BAGHDAD -- The political coalition of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took an early lead in Iraq's national elections in partial returns announced late Sunday by the Iraqi electoral commission. An alliance of candidates linked to Iraq's powerful Shiite paramilitary…

Malaysia's fake-news law is here to stay, new PM says

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad seen Oct. 21, 2010. Getty Malaysia's government passed the "Anti-Fake News Bill 2018" in April, making both creating and sharing fake news punishable by up to six years in prison. It was seen as a…

Trump orders relief for banned Chinese telecoms giant

This picture taken on May 3, 2018 shows the ZTE logo on an office building in Shanghai. Johannes Eisele / AFP/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- President Trump said Sunday he has instructed his Commerce Department to help get a Chinese telecommunications…

Americans freed by North Korea reunited with families

The Pentagon says three Americans released by North Korea have left a Washington-area hospital and have reunited with their families. A Pentagon spokeswoman, Maj. Carla M. Gleason, says in a statement that the men "were grateful, in good spirits and…

The history and etiquette of afternoon tea

Time for some liquid refreshment... to begin, a cup of tea with Seth Doane: Tiny sandwiches without crusts, and sweets stacked on platters set the stage for that soothing and rather special event: afternoon tea. Dig in! (daintily...) CBS News…

Last call? Fighting to save Britain's endangered pubs

It was "last call" for a 150-year-old pub when a developer wanted announced plans to convert it into apartments – then the community took action, as Roxana Saberi explains: In the village of South Stoke, outside Bath, the Packhorse pub…

Britain's queen of royal memorabilia

In the run-up to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, true-blue fans of the Royal Family are easy to spot. But few can rival the one our Lee Cowan discovered out in the English countryside: It's pretty hard…

The changing face of Britain today

A lot of what America thinks it knows about Britain comes from "Masterpiece Theater," and needs a re-boot to what Britain is today: multi-cultural, multi-accented and casting about for a new identity. Mark Phillips reports: It's easy to think you…

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