Category Archives: CP_World
Explosion in Chinese port city kills 2, injures 30
BEIJING - An explosion in a port city south of Shanghai on Sunday killed two people and injured at least 30 others, knocked down buildings and left streets littered with damaged cars and debris, the g...
Nov 26, 2017
Egypt's options dwindling in its fight against militants
CAIRO - The scale of the bloodshed was vastly higher than past militant attacks but the Egyptian government response the same: three days of mourning, reassuring messages in the media that things are ...
Nov 26, 2017
Irish heap pressure on Britain on post-Brexit border
LONDON - Ireland’s European Commissioner is advising British Prime Minister Theresa May to substantially alter Brexit plans to move stalled talks forward. Phil Hogan says the problem of the post...
Nov 26, 2017
Zimbabwean minister describes raid during military takeover
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s former finance minister testified Saturday that armed, masked men in uniform abducted him from his home during the military operation leading to the ouster of longt...
Nov 25, 2017
Lebanese Druze leader calls on Iran and Saudi Arabia to talk
BEIRUT - A leading Lebanese politician is calling on Saudi Arabia to have a dialogue with Iran in order to reduce regional tensions. Druze leader Walid Jumblatt tweeted Saturday that the modernization...
Nov 25, 2017
2 men questioned by UK police after panic in central London
LONDON - Two men sought by authorities after an altercation at a central London subway station that led to panic at the heart of the Oxford Street shopping district turned themselves in to police for ...
Nov 25, 2017
Police: Bomb kills 4, wounds 19 in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing at least four people and wounding 19 others, police said Saturday. Senior officer Abdur Ra...
Nov 25, 2017
US cutting off its supply of arms to Kurds fighting in Syria
ANKARA, Turkey - The United States will cut off its supply of arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria, a move by President Donald Trump that is sure to please Turkey but further alienate Syrian Kurds who bo...
Nov 25, 2017
Trump and Time magazine dispute Person of the Year plans
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he’s not playing ball with Time magazine as it decides its Person of the Year. The magazine counters that Trump has it all wrong. In a tweet Friday as he...
Nov 25, 2017
Lawyer says Conyers verbally abused her, was inappropriate
WASHINGTON - A Washington lawyer says Rep. John Conyers verbally abused her and acted inappropriately when she worked for him on Capitol Hill in the 1990s. Melanie Sloan told The Washington Post on We...
Nov 24, 2017