Category Archives: World
Germany: Syrian wins case against deportation to Greece
BERLIN - Germany’s highest court has upheld a complaint by a Syrian whose asylum claim was rejected because he’d already been granted asylum in Greece. The man, whose name wasn’t rel...
May 23, 2017
'Conspiracy bill' draws backlash in Japan over state powers
TOKYO - Japan’s lower house approved a bill Tuesday allowing authorities to punish those found guilty of planning serious crimes, legislation that opponents say could be used to undermine basic ...
May 23, 2017
Parched Cape Town imposes water restrictions due to drought
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s city of Cape Town is instructing people to severely restrict water use because of the area’s worst drought in more than a century. The city, a major internati...
May 23, 2017
Dubai police say 7 killed, 35 injured in bus crash
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai police say seven people have been killed and 35 injured when a bus crashed into a truck on one of the sheikhdom’s main highways. Police say the crash took pla...
May 23, 2017
UK blast: Blood, horror, shock as bomber strikes young crowd
MANCHESTER, England - For a crowd of mostly young British music fans, the Ariana Grande concert was supposed to be a school night out enjoying cheerful high-energy pop. It quickly turned into sheer te...
May 23, 2017
Trump condemns against 'wicked ideology' behind terror
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territory - President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned a deadly attack at a pop concert in Manchester, England as the act of “evil losers” and called on nations to ...
May 23, 2017
Spacewalking astronauts pull off urgent station repairs
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spacewalking astronauts completed urgent repairs at the International Space Station on Tuesday, replacing equipment that failed three days earlier and restoring a backup for a v...
May 23, 2017
Correction: Britain-Concert Blast story
MANCHESTER, England - In some versions of a story May 24 about a raid connected to the Manchester Arena concert bombing, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an apartment raided by police ha...
May 23, 2017
Reaction to explosion at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester
Reaction to the suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England: ___ “broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don’t have words.” - Ariana Grande, ...
May 23, 2017
Seoul says NKorean object that drew fire was likely balloon
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s military said an unidentified object that flew across the border from rival North Korea and prompted the South to respond with warning shots on Tuesday ...
May 23, 2017