Category Archives: World
India's limits on selling cattle could hurt industry, diets
NEW DELHI - A new ban imposed by India’s government on the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter to protect animals considered holy by many Hindus is drawing widespread protests from state go...
May 29, 2017
Turkish officers on trial for planning Istanbul leg of coup
ISTANBUL - The trial against 23 army officers who allegedly planned the Istanbul stage of last summer’s failed military coup has opened in the outskirts of the city. The defendants, including si...
May 29, 2017
In Syria, more airstrikes hit IS de facto capital of Raqqa
BEIRUT - More airstrikes and artillery shelling on Monday hit the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, as U.S.-backed fighters pushed closer to the extremist...
May 29, 2017
Spain police: 2 Britons arrested for ramming pedestrians
MADRID - Authorities in Spain say the two men arrested for ramming into pedestrians in a southern coastal town are British nationals who appeared to be drunk. Eight people, including a newborn baby an...
May 29, 2017
Series of bombings kill nearly 40 people across Baghdad
BAGHDAD - A massive bombing by the Islamic State group outside a popular ice cream parlour in central Baghdad and a rush- hour car bomb in another downtown area killed at least 31 people Tuesday, Iraq...
May 29, 2017
Nepal celebrates anniversary of Mount Everest conquest
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrated the first conquest of Mount Everest 64 years ago on Monday, as well as this year’s climbing season, during which hundreds sca...
May 29, 2017
Dems view vets as strong candidates in bid to retake House
ATLANTA - Democrats hope to enlist military veterans in another type of fight - for majority control of the House. Looking ahead to next year’s elections, Democrats are trying to recruit at leas...
May 29, 2017
Kelly defends plan for Russia back channel as a 'good thing'
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly is defending an alleged effort by top White House adviser Jared Kushner to create back-channel communications with Russia as a “good thing,...
May 29, 2017
Travel ban to test Supreme Court view of presidential power
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court may soon decide how courts are supposed to view presidential power in the age of Donald Trump. The administration has promised a high court appeal of a ruling blocking t...
May 29, 2017
Trump lashes out at leaks, considers staff upheaval
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is assailing internal leaks as he considers an overhaul of his White House staff and grapples with a burgeoning crisis involving alleged Russian meddling in the 201...
May 29, 2017
