Category Archives: World
Human rights concerns prove no obstacle in Trump-Saudi ties
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - On his first overseas visit, President Donald Trump presided over a nearly $110 billion sale of military equipment to Saudi Arabia that made clear his administration did ...
May 21, 2017
Egypt refers militants to military trial over church attacks
CAIRO - Egypt’s chief prosecutor has referred 48 suspected Islamic militants to a military trial over their alleged participation in deadly attacks targeting Christian churches. The attacks on a...
May 21, 2017
Flynn rejects Trump-Russia probe subpoena; Dems say he lied
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in rebuffing a subpoena Monday in the investig...
May 21, 2017
Brazilians call for president to resign after graft charges
SAO PAULO - Brazilians around the country staged demonstrations Sunday calling for their president to step down after the supreme court opened an investigation into allegations he endorsed the payment...
May 21, 2017
'Migrant Mother' photographer's images of oppressed resonate
OAKLAND, Calif. - Dorothea Lange was driving by a pea pickers’ camp on the California coast when she stumbled across a weary mother and her many children huddled in a lean-to. It was 1936, durin...
May 21, 2017
Adam Sandler earns raves at Cannes Film Fest (yes, really)
CANNES, France - It’s not every day you hear the name “Happy Gilmore” referenced at the Cannes Film Festival. But that was the case Sunday when Noah Baumbach’s “The Meyer...
May 21, 2017
Trump's $4.1T budget relies on deep domestic cuts
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion budget slashes safety net programs for the poor, targeting food stamps and Medicaid, while relying on rosy projections about the nati...
May 21, 2017
US refuses to add sailors' names to Vietnam Memorial
ALBANY, N.Y. - The Pentagon has refused a long-standing request to add the names of 74 U.S. sailors who died in a 1969 ship collision to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The USS Frank...
May 21, 2017
AP Exclusive: Strapped UN health agency spends big on travel
LONDON - The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel - far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public health including AIDS, tub...
May 21, 2017
Syria's third largest city Homs clear of opposition
BEIRUT - Syria’s government announced Sunday the country’s third largest city Homs- once named the capital of the revolt against President Bashar Assad- had been cleared of armed oppositio...
May 21, 2017