Category Archives: World
Jordan seeks more security guarantees in south Syria truce
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan hopes a cease-fire it helped negotiate in neighbouring southern Syria will eventually lead to a secure border, the reopening of a vital trade crossing and a gradual return home ...
Oct 02, 2017
Court jails Russian opposition leader Navalny for 20 days
MOSCOW - A Moscow court on Monday sent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to jail for 20 days for calling for an unsanctioned protest, which would keep him away from a major rally this weekend. ...
Oct 02, 2017
Trump advisers say tax cut proposal won't favour rich
BEDMINSTER, N.J. - President Donald Trump’s top advisers say his proposed tax plan would not cut taxes disproportionately for the rich - despite an early non-partisan analysis that says it will....
Oct 02, 2017
DEA agent charged with stealing money from suspects
NEW ORLEANS - A veteran agent from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in New Orleans has been indicted on charges he engaged in a scheme to steal money and property seized in drug investigations...
Oct 02, 2017
Catalonia urges mediation with Spain in secession dispute
BARCELONA, Spain - Catalonia’s leader called Monday for international mediation and for the European Union “to stop looking the other way” in the region’s bid to secede from Sp...
Oct 02, 2017
AP photographer reflects on 13 years covering Rio shootings
RIO DE JANEIRO - It’s often said the birth of a child changes your life. Covering the shooting deaths of children in recent months amid a wave of violence in Rio de Janeiro, I have realized from...
Oct 02, 2017
Cold War radiation testing in US widespread, author claims
ST. LOUIS - Three members of Congress are demanding answers after a St. Louis scholar’s new book revealed details of secret Cold War-era U.S. government testing in which countless unsuspecting p...
Oct 02, 2017
Terrorist label frustrates Muslim community in the woods
ISLAMBERG, N.Y. - If Islamberg truly is a hotbed of jihad, a heavily armed terrorist training ground hidden in the woods of upstate New York, it’s hard to see along the rutted dirt road winding ...
Oct 02, 2017
Trump's N. Korea tweets: Sowing confusion or hard reality?
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tweets on North Korea, in which he said his top diplomat is wasting his time trying to start talks, were seen by some in Asia as ...
Oct 02, 2017
Marilyn Manson, hurt onstage in NY, cancels Oct. tour shows
NEW YORK - Marilyn Manson is cancelling several upcoming tour dates after the singer was injured in a mishap onstage during a New York City performance and taken to a hospital. “The Dope Show...
Oct 02, 2017