Category Archives: World
Iraq celebrates victory over IS while grappling with legacy
BAGHDAD - Iraq began removing cement walls from areas surrounding the capital’s most fortified enclave Monday, opening parts of the so-called Green Zone to traffic in a symbolic move coinciding ...
Dec 10, 2018
Sheriff: Uncle cut 3-year-old Kentucky girl's throat
ALBANY, Ky. - A 3-year-old girl whose uncle authorities say cut her throat has died in a Kentucky hospital. Citing a Fayette County Coroner’s Office release, news outlets report Josephine Bulube...
Dec 10, 2018
Pope cites the 'disappeared' among those deprived of rights
ROME - Pope Francis on Monday lamented that the poor, the unborn, those imprisoned and those who have been forcibly “disappeared” do not enjoy the same human rights protections as the weal...
Dec 10, 2018
City to settle lawsuit alleging 'invasive' police body probe
WASHINGTON - The city of Washington, D.C., is settling a lawsuit with a black man who accused a Metro police officer of repeatedly probing his anal cavity during a weapons search. News outlets report ...
Dec 10, 2018
Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate change
WASHINGTON - Environmental activists are ramping up a pressure campaign designed to drum up Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, with the 2020 presidential campaign in the...
Dec 10, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Prosecutors' filings do not exonerate Trump
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is in denial when it comes to the Russia investigation and other scandals besieging him. The president insists he’s been fully vindicated by court filings rel...
Dec 10, 2018
Cyprus sees surge in migrants crossing from breakaway north
NICOSIA, Cyprus - On the final leg of his journey from Iraq to Europe, Hawye Rasool Saleh paid 400 euros ($457) borrowed from his best friend to a smuggler who would help him across the cease-fire lin...
Dec 10, 2018
New Zealand leader apologies for death of British tourist
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made an emotional apology Monday to the family of a 22-year-old British tourist who police say was murdered. Ardern spoke ab...
Dec 10, 2018
Armenian prime minister's bloc wins parliamentary majority
YEREVAN, Armenia - A bloc led by Armenia’s relatively new prime minister trounced its political foes and won an overwhelming parliamentary majority in an early election, according to results rel...
Dec 10, 2018
Church renovation lifts Christmas spirit in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territory - A historic renovation of the Church of the Nativity is lifting spirits in the biblical town of Bethlehem ahead of Christmas, offering visitors a look at ancient mosa...
Dec 10, 2018