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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it rejects any "threats" of economic sanctions or political pressure after President Donald Trump's comments on the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi. The statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency on Sunday also warned that the kingdom will respond to any steps taken against it. This…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump welcomed American pastor Andrew Brunson to the Oval Office on Saturday, celebrating his release from nearly two years of confinement in Turkey that had sparked a diplomatic row with a key ally and outcry from U.S. evangelical groups. Brunson, who…

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and JON GAMBRELL , Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials have an audio recording of the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Apple Watch he wore when he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul over a week ago, a pro-government Turkish newspaper reported Saturday. The new claim published…

BEIJING (AP) — With China and the United States opening the door to a meeting next month between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, hopes are rising for a potential easing of tensions in the trade war between the world's two largest economies. Worries about the increased tariffs the two sides have imposed on each…

By RUSS BYNUM and BRENDAN FARRINGTON , Associated Press MEXICO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Search-and-rescue teams began finding bodies in and around Mexico Beach, the ground-zero town nearly obliterated by Hurricane Michael, an official said Friday as the scale of the storm's fury became ever clearer. But he gave no details on the number of…