Category Archives: World
UN says slight drop in war deaths, but more women among them
KABUL - The number of civilians dying in Afghanistan’s protracted 16-year war dropped slightly during the first three months of this year, the United Nations reported Thursday, but in a surprisi...
Apr 27, 2017
Life sentences sought for 30 with ties to Turkish newspaper
ISTANBUL - A Turkish court accepted a criminal indictment demanding life imprisonment for 30 people with ties to a newspaper linked to a Muslim cleric whom the government accuses of masterminding a co...
Apr 27, 2017
From 0-100: Presidents' first days come at varying speed
WASHINGTON - A president’s first 100 days can be a tire-squealing hustle from the starting line (Franklin Roosevelt), a triumph of style over substance (Jimmy Carter), a taste of what’s to...
Apr 27, 2017
German soldier arrested on suspicion of planning attack
BERLIN - Police have arrested a German soldier who had posed as a Syrian refugee on suspicion he was planning an attack, apparently motivated by anti-foreigner sentiment, in a case that prosecutors sa...
Apr 27, 2017
Trump to sign order creating accountability office at VA
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday creating an accountability and whistleblower protection office at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Trump, who made impr...
Apr 27, 2017
UNICEF urges Malaysia to ban corporal punishment in schools
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The U.N. children’s agency on Thursday urged Malaysia to ban corporal punishment in schools, following the death of an 11-year-old boy who was allegedly abused at a reli...
Apr 27, 2017
Merkel: Britain should hold no illusions exit will be easy
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday sought to dash British hopes that its exit from the European Union will have only a limited impact on the relations, rights and privileges it now h...
Apr 27, 2017
Kashmir civilian killed, 7 injured during anti-India protest
SRINAGAR, India - A 70-year-old civilian was killed and seven people were injured during an anti-India protest that erupted Thursday following a gunbattle that killed three Indian soldiers and two sus...
Apr 27, 2017
Germany: Turkey must answer reports of election fraud
BERLIN - Germany is closely watching to see how Turkey will respond to reports from international election monitors who noted a series of irregularities in a referendum to increase powers for Presiden...
Apr 27, 2017
Abbas to stop funding electricity in Hamas-run Gaza: Israel
JERUSALEM - Israel says the Palestinian self-rule government in the West Bank informed it on Thursday that it will stop paying for the electricity Israel sells to the Gaza Strip as tensions between th...
Apr 27, 2017
