Category Archives: World

End of an era: UK House Speaker John Bercow to step down
LONDON - A colorful era in British parliamentary history is coming to a close with Speaker of the House John Bercow's abrupt announcement Monday that he will leave his influential post by the end of O...
Sep 09, 2019

Israeli leader claims to find new Iranian nuke site
JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister has unveiled what he says is a previously undisclosed Iranian nuclear weapons site. Speaking to reporters Monday, Benjamin Netanyahu said the facility was discovere...
Sep 09, 2019

Ram adds 693K pickups in US to recall for tailgate problem
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is adding more than 693,000 Ram pickups in the U.S. to a series of recalls to fix tailgates that can open unexpectedly. The expansion covers certain Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500 pic...
Sep 09, 2019

14 dead, 29 missing after bus overturns in Morocco floods
RABAT, Morocco - Fourteen people were killed and 29 others injured when a bus overturned on a bridge amid flooding in south-central Morocco, the state news agency reported Monday. The MAP agency says ...
Sep 09, 2019

Correction: AF-Obit-Robert-Mugabe story
HARARE, Zimbabwe - In a story Sept. 6 about the death of former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mugabe was "the first post-colonial leader of what had b...
Sep 09, 2019

Trump slams John Legend for not helping with justice reform
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is criticizing musician John Legend for not playing a role in passing criminal justice reform following a TV special on the subject in which the star appeared. Trum...
Sep 09, 2019

Ex-prison shows animated films made by incarcerated artists
PHILADELPHIA - Ezra has been locked up for about 45 years. In that time, he's taken the opportunities he's been given in prison, grown from them and feels like he's turned his life around. He heard ab...
Sep 09, 2019

British Airways grounds nearly all flights as pilots strike
LONDON - British Airways has cancelled almost all its flights for 48 hours, affecting as many as 195,000 travellers, due to a strike by pilots over pay. The U.K.'s flagship carrier said in a statement...
Sep 09, 2019

New Saudi energy minister urges producers to share burden
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's new energy minister says producers "have to share responsibility" to balance the market. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman spoke Monday in Abu Dhabi at an en...
Sep 09, 2019

Russia and Ukraine trade prisoners, each fly 35 to freedom
MOSCOW - Russia and Ukraine conducted a major prisoner exchange that freed 35 people detained in each country and flew them to the other, a deal that could help advance Russia-Ukraine relations and en...
Sep 09, 2019