Category Archives: CP_World

Brother questions why American man being held by Russia
MOSCOW - The brother of an American man being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying is raising the possibility that his sibling is being used as a pawn in a potential exchange for a Russian woman behi...
Jan 06, 2019

Congo delays announcing results of presidential election
KINSHASA, Congo - Congo’s government Sunday postponed the release of the results of last weekend’s presidential election, fueling suspicions President Joseph Kabila’s ruling party is...
Jan 06, 2019

Reports: 2 British soldiers wounded in IS attack in Syria
BEIRUT - A missile attack by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed at least one Kurdish fighter and wounded two British soldiers embedded with them, according to reports Sunday, amid fierce ...
Jan 06, 2019
German IT security chief faces grilling over hacking case
BERLIN - Germany’s top IT security official faces a grilling Monday over his agency’s handling of an alleged hacking case that saw hundreds of politicians’ and celebrities’ pri...
Jan 06, 2019

Egyptian policeman killed while defusing bomb outside church
CAIRO - Egypt’s Interior Ministry said a policeman was killed as he was trying to defuse an explosive device near a church in a residential Cairo district. The ministry said the blast late on Sa...
Jan 06, 2019

UK leader May: Brexit critics risk damaging UK democracy
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday that a delayed vote in Parliament on her Brexit deal will “definitely” go ahead later this month, as she promised to set out measure...
Jan 06, 2019
Afghan officials: Flash flood kills at least 30 villagers
KABUL - At least 30 Afghan villagers searching for gold in a riverbed perished on Sunday in a flash flood in northeastern Badakhshan province, provincial officials said. Along with those killed, dozen...
Jan 06, 2019

Malaysia's king abdicates in unexpected and rare move
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V abdicated on Sunday in an unexpected move, after just two years on the throne. The palace said in a statement that the 49-year-old ruler had r...
Jan 06, 2019
Africa is divided over ivory trade ahead of wildlife meeting
JOHANNESBURG - Several African countries with some of the world’s largest elephant populations will push this year for looser controls on legal ivory trade, while another group of countries on t...
Jan 06, 2019

Nevada inmate whose execution called off found dead in cell
LAS VEGAS - A twice-convicted murderer who had repeatedly said he wanted to die by lethal injection was found dead in his death-row prison cell from an apparent hanging, officials said Saturday. Scott...
Jan 06, 2019