Category Archives: World

Italian police arrest 6 in nightclub stampede that killed 6
MILAN - Italian police have arrested six men on manslaughter charges for allegedly using pepper spray to carry out thefts at a concert for teens, triggering a stampede that killed six people last year...
Aug 03, 2019

4 dead after quake hits off Indonesia's Java island
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong earthquake that hit off Java island killed four people and damaged more than 200 houses, swaying buildings as far away as Indonesia's capital, officials said Saturday. Th...
Aug 03, 2019

African Union envoy: Sudanese finalize power-sharing deal
CAIRO - The African Union envoy to Sudan said Saturday the pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council have finalized a power-sharing agreement. Mohammed el-Hassan Lebatt told reporters tha...
Aug 03, 2019

North Korea says Kim supervised latest rocket launcher test
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea said Saturday its leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of a new multiple rocket launcher system that could potentially enhance the country's abilit...
Aug 03, 2019

Esper: US to soon put intermediate range missile in Asia
SYDNEY, Australia - U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper said he wants to deploy an intermediate range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, now that the Trump administration has form...
Aug 03, 2019

Hong Kong protesters stream past designated endpoint
Hong Kong protesters ignored police warnings and streamed past the designated endpoint for a rally Saturday in the latest of a series of demonstrations targeting the government of the semi-autonomous ...
Aug 03, 2019

Correction: Immigration-Separating Families story
NEW YORK - In a July 31 story about the separation of children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, The Associated Press misspelled the name of an advocate with the Chicago-based National Immigrant ...
Aug 02, 2019

Ronaldo loses bid to dismiss or fully seal Vegas rape case
LAS VEGAS - Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has lost a bid for dismissal or complete secrecy in a federal lawsuit by a Nevada woman who accuses him of raping her at a Las Vegas resort in 2009. Attorney ...
Aug 02, 2019

1 killed as cliff collapses on popular California beach
ENCINITAS, Calif. - A woman was killed and four people were injured - two critically- after a cliff collapsed on a popular Southern California beach Friday, authorities said. The sandstone bluff gave ...
Aug 02, 2019

States sue Trump administration over fuel economy penalties
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A coalition of states sued the Trump administration Friday for the second time to block a planned reduction in the penalties automakers pay when they fail to meet fuel economy sta...
Aug 02, 2019