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The White House is pushing to build an international coalition to exert pressure on Iran through the United Nations as its chief response to attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.

Saudi Arabia said it holds Iran responsible for the raids, directly implicating Tehran for the first time but stopping short of explicitly accusing it of conducting the strikes.

Israel's Netanyahu vowed to press ahead with forming a government a day after he appeared to fall short of a parliamentary majority and a party led by his rival edged ahead in votes.

Trump named Robert C. O'Brien as his new national security adviser, picking a top hostage-affairs official for the post.

Canada's Trudeau apologized after publication of a photo from nearly two decades ago showing him at a costume party in brownface.

Trump said that he is taking away California's power to set its own vehicle tailpipe emissions standards, escalating a dispute.

Barr is gauging support among congressional lawmakers for a plan to expand gun background checks.

The U.S. abortion rate reached its lowest levels since the procedure became legal across the country in 1973, a new report says.

A woman filed a lawsuit against Epstein's estate that describes her alleged recruitment at age 14 to perform sex acts for the financier.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 19, 2019 02:47 ET (06:47 GMT)

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