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S. Sudan: Doctors Without Borders hospital ruined
May 17, 2013 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed. more »»
CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit
May 17, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel. more »»
Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans
May 17, 2013 MUMBAI, India (AP) — In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. more »»
Coptic cleric says he will sue Israeli police
May 17, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue. more »»
Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles
May 17, 2013 COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than... more »»
Syrian troops flush out rebels from prison
May 16, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops on Thursday flushed out rebels who had stormed a prison compound in the northern city of Aleppo in a bid to free hundreds of political prisoners inside. more »»
US, Turkey project united front on Syria
May 16, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. more »»
UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania
May 16, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward... more »»
Venezuelans scrambling to find scarce toilet paper
May 16, 2013 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 million rolls. more »»
Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans
May 16, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bombing tore through a U.. more »»
7 Egyptian security personnel abducted in Sinai
May 16, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. more »»
Puerto Rico faces lowest coffee production ever
May 16, 2013 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once... more »»
Watchdog: Israel trying to legalize settlements
May 16, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli watchdog group on Thursday accused the government of taking steps to legalize four unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, days before the U.S. more »»
Afghans tell of US soldier's killing rampage
May 16, 2013 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. more »»
Warplanes, troops in NE Nigeria; mobile phones cut
May 16, 2013 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic... more »»
Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 21 dead
May 16, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised... more »»
Coetzee tells Spain: Drop pro-bullfighting law
May 16, 2013 LONDON (AP) — Nobel Literature laureate J.M. more »»
At Cannes, Watson revels in post-'Potter' freedom
May 16, 2013 CANNES, France (AP) — Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley Girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years Hermione. more »»
Pope blasts "cult of money" that tyrannizes poor
May 16, 2013 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. more »» |
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