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Italy protests Vienna pub making fun of mob's dead
June 9, 2013 ROME (AP) — Italy has complained to Austrian authorities on Saturday about a Vienna pub selling sandwiches named after Italians slain by Sicilian mobsters. more »»
Man faces manslaughter over Paris activist's death
June 9, 2013 PARIS (AP) — Thousands of supporters marched in grief and anger Saturday to honor an anti-fascist activist who died after a brawl with far-right militants, as authorities opened a manslaughter probe... more »»
Pooches, owners march for more dog-friendly Paris
June 9, 2013 PARIS (AP) — Some Parisians want just a little bit more of their city to go to the dogs. more »»
Car bomb kills 7 people in central Syrian city
June 9, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car Saturday in Syria's central city of Homs, tearing through an area largely populated by the regime's Alawite sect and killing seven... more »»
Insider attack kills 3 Americans in Afghanistan
June 9, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A man in an Afghan army uniform turned his weapon on American trainers working with him in the country's east on Saturday, killing three of them, while an attacker with a... more »»
Turkey PM's party rules out early elections
June 9, 2013 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police in Ankara fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse thousands of people protesting near government buildings on Saturday, as Turkey's biggest wave of... more »»
South Africa: Mandela has lung infection
June 9, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans on Saturday said their thoughts were with former President Nelson Mandela, who was in "serious but stable" condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated... more »»
Ill Salvadoran woman denied abortion has C-section
June 4, 2013 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A seriously ill woman denied a medical abortion has had a successful cesarean section to deliver a baby that doctors have given little chance of surviving, El... more »»
Fire, locked doors kill 119 at China poultry plant
June 4, 2013 BEIJING (AP) — A swift-moving fire trapped panicked workers inside a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China that had only a single open exit, killing at least 119 people in one of the country'... more »»
Philippines probes Cebu Pacific for rough landing
June 4, 2013 MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine aviation authorities said Tuesday they were investigating Cebu Pacific pilots and crew who left passengers waiting some 15 minutes before deploying emergency... more »»
Bomb kills 9 Afghan children, 2 US troops
June 4, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeting U.S. more »»
Israel to send African migrants to third country
June 4, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has reached an agreement to send thousands of African migrants to an unidentified country, according to a court document obtained Monday, a plan that has elicited criticism... more »»
Turkish PM, president at odds over protests
June 4, 2013 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president and the prime minister stake... more »»
Wounded and civilians trapped in Syria's Qusair
June 4, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Cut off for three weeks by a regime siege, doctors in the Syrian town of Qusair are treating hundreds of wounded in battle-damaged homes and underground shop storerooms, short on... more »»
More than 65 countries sign Arms Trade Treaty
June 4, 2013 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 65 countries signed the landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Monday and the United States announced it will sign soon, giving a strong... more »»
Yemeni al-Qaida leader warns Americans on security
June 3, 2013 SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The military leader of al-Qaida's Yemeni branch says Americans will not be safe unless their leaders respect the security of other nations and do not attack or oppress them. more »»
Yemeni al-Qaida leader warns Americans on security
June 3, 2013 SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The military leader of al-Qaida's Yemeni branch says Americans will not be safe unless their leaders respect the security of other nations and do not attack or oppress them. more »»
Female Israeli soldiers punished for racy photos
June 3, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday that it has disciplined a group of female soldiers who posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook. more »»
Court says Egypt legislature illegally elected
June 3, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's highest court ruled on Sunday that the nation's interim parliament was illegally elected, though it stopped short of dissolving the chamber immediately, in a decision likely to... more »»
Hezbollah, Syrian rebels in worst clash in Lebanon
June 3, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels and Hezbollah guerrillas battled Sunday in their worst clashes yet inside Lebanon, a new sign that the civil war in Syria is increasingly destabilizing its fragile... more »» |
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