Category Archives: CP_World

ICC judges: Former Ivory Coast president must remain jailed
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo must spend at least another two weeks in detention at the International Criminal Court, despite being acquitted this week of involv...
Jan 18, 2019

Iran state TV says its US-born newscaster to appear in court
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s state-run English-language channel is reporting that its American anchorwoman detained in the U.S. will appear in court in Washington. Press TV said Marzieh Hashemi’s...
Jan 18, 2019

Drilling machines help frantic search of trapped Spanish boy
MADRID - Heavy machinery has been brought in by rescuers in southern Spain who plan to drill vertical tunnels next to a deep borehole to reach a 2-year-old boy trapped there for five days. “The ...
Jan 18, 2019

Indonesia leader to free radical cleric behind Bali bombings
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The ailing 80-year-old radical cleric who inspired the Bali bombers and other violent extremists in Indonesia will be released from prison, Indonesia’s president said Friday...
Jan 18, 2019

Watchdog: Thousands more children may have been separated
WASHINGTON - Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, in part because officials were stepping up family separations lo...
Jan 17, 2019

Trump grounds Pelosi after she imperils his big speech
WASHINGTON - She imperiled his State of the Union address. He denied her a plane to visit troops abroad. The shutdown battle between President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing ou...
Jan 17, 2019
Court rules Texas can bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid
AUSTIN, Texas - A federal appeals court panel on Thursday lifted a lower-court ban that prohibited Texas from eliminating Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program. The 5th U.S. Circu...
Jan 17, 2019

Prince Philip uninjured after car accident; queen's husband is 97
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip, was involved in a car crash Thursday while driving in rural England but was not injured. Buckingham Palace said Philip, 97, was checked by a...
Jan 17, 2019

TSA absentee rate still high, but down from Sunday's peak
TSA officials say the rate of airport screeners missing work during the partial government shutdown has stabilized - but still at unusually high numbers - just before a three-day holiday weekend that ...
Jan 17, 2019

Harvey Weinstein breaks with his criminal defence lawyer
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein is recasting his legal team a month after losing a hard-fought bid to get his sexual assault case thrown out. Weinstein and high-profile defence attorney Benjamin Brafman s...
Jan 17, 2019