Category Archives: World
Dems say Trump can avert shutdown risk if he relents on wall
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump could avert the risk of a government shutdown next weekend by stepping back from his demand that lawmakers fund his promised border wall with Mexico in a must-pass ...
Apr 24, 2017
Family: Iran rejects detained British-Iranian woman's appeal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A British-Iranian woman detained in Iran while on a trip with her toddler daughter has exhausted all chance of having her five-year prison sentence overturned in court, h...
Apr 24, 2017
Correction: Africa-Malaria Vaccine story
JOHANNESBURG - In a story April 24 about tests in Africa for a malaria vaccine, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the World Health Organization is hoping to wipe out malaria by 2040. In f...
Apr 24, 2017
North Korea quiet amid expectation of missile follow-up
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - A U.S. guided-missile submarine arrived in South Korea on Tuesday and envoys from the U.S., Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo, as North Korea...
Apr 24, 2017
London nightclub acid attack suspect charged with 15 crimes
LONDON - British police say the suspect in a nightclub acid attack that injured many people has been charged with multiple crimes. Police say Arthur Collins was charged late Sunday with 14 counts of w...
Apr 24, 2017
Israel indicts hacker linked to threats on US Jewish centres
JERUSALEM - Israel indicted an 18-year-old American-Israeli Jew on Monday for a wave of bomb threats against Jewish community centres in the United States that stoked fears of a rising wave of anti-Se...
Apr 24, 2017
Philippines lawyer alleges President Duterte link to deaths
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Filipino lawyer on Monday presented documents to the International Criminal Court which he said contain evidence of the alleged involvement of President Rodrigo Duterte in e...
Apr 24, 2017
German court orders trial over 2010 Love Parade deaths
BERLIN - A German court said Monday that 10 people indicted over a deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010 must stand trial, overturning a lower court’s decision last ...
Apr 24, 2017
Militants ambush convoy with off-duty Iraq soldiers, kill 10
BAGHDAD - Militants in Iraq ambushed a convoy of off-duty soldiers near a town in the country’s sprawling western desert, killing at least 10 and wounding 20, officials said on Monday. Iraqi Maj...
Apr 24, 2017
Old-guard rallies around newcomer Macron for French runoff
PARIS - France’s established parties are rallying around the man who helped shut them out of the presidential runoff, maverick centrist Emmanuel Macron - an alliance of convenience aimed at keep...
Apr 24, 2017
