Category Archives: CP_World
Bali volcano alert raised, international airport closed
KARANGASEM, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities raised the alert for a rumbling volcano to the highest level on Monday and closed the international airport on the tourist island of Bali, stranding thou...
Nov 26, 2017
Franken ashamed amid groping claims, will return to work
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he feels “embarrassed and ashamed” amid allegations that he groped several women, but said he looks forward to returning to work on Monday and ...
Nov 26, 2017
Conyers steps aside from Judiciary post amid sex allegations
WASHINGTON - Michigan Rep. John Conyers, under investigation over allegations he sexually harassed female staff members, said Sunday he will step aside as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Commi...
Nov 26, 2017
Greek soccer fans attack Pakistani immigrants in Athens
ATHENS, Greece - Greek police have used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse a brief but violent altercation between supporters of a soccer club and members of Athens’ Pakistani community. Pol...
Nov 26, 2017
Pakistan Islamists rally on after deadly clashes with police
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces refrained Sunday from cracking down again on an Islamist sit-in, now in its third week, after violence the previous day killed six people and wounded scores. The ...
Nov 26, 2017
6 injured as car hits pedestrians in German town
BERLIN - An apparently intoxicated man drove a car into pedestrians in northern Germany on Sunday, injuring six people, police said. The 29-year-old driver, a local resident, was taken in for question...
Nov 26, 2017
UNICEF: Vaccines cargo to blockaded Yemen can't be one-off
AMMAN, Jordan - The U.N. child agency said Sunday that it has flown 1.9 million doses of vaccines to war-torn Yemen, its first aid delivery since a Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels tightened...
Nov 26, 2017
Saudi crown prince leads Islamic military alliance meeting
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia’s assertive crown prince on Sunday opened the first high-level meeting of a kingdom-led alliance of Muslim nations against terrorism, vowing that extre...
Nov 26, 2017
Syria activists: Government attacks outside Damascus kill 22
BEIRUT - Government airstrikes and shelling outside the Syrian capital killed at least 22 civilians, activists reported Sunday, as the fighting showed no signs of letting up ahead of the resumption of...
Nov 26, 2017
Egypt reeling from attack on mosque in Sinai that killed 305
CAIRO - Egypt was reeling Sunday from the horrific militant attack on a mosque in northern Sinai that killed 305 people two days earlier - the deadliest assault by Islamic extremists in its modern his...
Nov 26, 2017