US law firm hired by Ukraine finds problems in trial of jailed ex-PM...
KIEV, Ukraine — A U.S. law firm hired by the Ukrainian government has concluded that the trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was rife with problems including violating her right to defense...
View ArticleICC prosecutor: War crimes continue in Darfur; Sudan may face more charges
UNITED NATIONS — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says Sudan may face more charges for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur. Fatou Bensouda told the U.N....
View ArticleDefense Secretary Panetta: Hamid Karzai agrees to come to Washington for...
KABUL — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama to meet in Washington. Panetta said at a joint news conference with...
View ArticleMali swears in prime minister days after military forces resignation of...
BAMAKO, Mali — The troubled nation of Mali has sworn in a new interim prime minister just days after soldiers behind this year’s military coup arrested his predecessor and forced his resignation....
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines says merger proposed by Kenyan Airways is not practical
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A senior Ethiopian Airlines official says a merger proposal made recently by the chief executive of Kenya Airways is not practical. Kenya Airways Chief Executive Titus Naikuni...
View ArticleIsraeli foreign minister indicted on breach of trust charge; cleared of...
JERUSALEM — Israel’s attorney general has indicted the country’s powerful foreign minister for alleged breach of trust, but decided not to file a number of more serious charges in a fraud and...
View ArticleNearly half of Guinea’s electoral commission signs letter protesting May...
CONAKRY, Guinea — Ten members of Guinea’s electoral commission are voicing concerns about a new plan to hold legislative elections in May. Their letter issued this week is the latest sign of rising...
View ArticleCongo rebel group wants president to resign according to list of demands...
BUNAGANA, Congo — A rebel group is demanding that Congo’s president step down and hand over power to a transitional government. That’s according to a document shown Thursday to The Associated Press by...
View ArticleGerman convicted on terrorism charges, jailed for membership of group...
BERLIN — A German man has been convicted on terrorism charges and given a four years and three months prison sentence for being a member of a group that advocates attacks on Western forces in...
View ArticleAfghan official: 3 NATO troops, 11 civilians wounded in Kandahar Airfield...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says a suicide bomber on a motorcycle has wounded three NATO troops and 11 civilians in an attack against the main gate of Kandahar Airfield, the main U.S....
View ArticleIsraeli media: FM Avigdor Lieberman indicted on breach of trust charge;...
JERUSALEM — Israeli media: FM Avigdor Lieberman indicted on breach of trust charge; cleared of others. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,...
View ArticleNATO chief says regime in Syria is ‘approaching collapse,’ fall now ‘just a...
BRUSSELS — NATO chief says regime in Syria is ‘approaching collapse,’ fall now ‘just a matter of time’ Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,...
View ArticleAnxieties rise as surge of tremors makes Chilean town a shaky place in...
NAVIDAD, Chile — One jolt hit in the middle of the night. Another caught fishermen at a nearby beach. Then the ground shook at supper. And then again, and again: More than 170 tremors were felt in...
View ArticleReport: 2011 record year for elephant, rhino poaching
UNITED NATIONS — Elephant and Rhino poaching surged to record levels in 2011 and an increase in illegal tiger hunting makes the species’ extinction a real near-term threat with only about 3,200 of the...
View ArticleExplosions, clashes reported as Bangladesh opposition enforces shutdown
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Homemade bombs exploded in Bangladesh’s capital and police fired tear gas at demonstrators as opposition parties enforced a general strike on Thursday, demanding that the...
View ArticleIn shadow of US military for generations, Okinawans fume over crimes, Osprey...
OKINAWA, Japan — For nearly 70 years, Okinawa has gotten more than its share of America’s military — more jets rattling homes, more crimes rattling nerves. It’s the only Japanese island invaded by...
View ArticleCorruption scandal nears Brazil’s popular ex-president as calls of probe...
SAO PAULO — Pressure is growing for prosecutors to open an investigation into popular former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva amid new accusations he knew about a cash-for-votes in Congress scheme...
View ArticleSyrian Foreign Ministry denies using Scud missiles against rebels
BEIRUT — Syrian Foreign Ministry denies using Scud missiles against rebels. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or...
View ArticleAbdessalam Yassine, leader of Morocco’s largest opposition movement, dies at...
RABAT, Morocco — The founder of Morocco’s most powerful religious opposition movement and one of the few men to challenge the monarchy’s quasi-religious status died Thursday at 87, according to an...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s deputy president challenges President Jacob Zuma to lead...
JOHANNESBURG — A spokesman for South Africa’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says the politician has accepted a nomination to run for the top position in the governing African National Congress...
View ArticleDanish historian says he found copy of previously unknown fairy tale by HC...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish historian says he has discovered a copy of what is believed to be a previously unknown fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. Esben Brage says he found the...
View ArticleSpanish police seize $36.5 mln in assets linked to deposed Egyptian...
MADRID — Spanish police say they have seized some €28 million ($36.5 million) of assets linked to deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. A police statement Thursday said the assets included €18...
View ArticleCommunist Party removes senior Sichuan official as part of China’s new...
BEIJING — An anti-corruption drive by China’s newly installed leadership is claiming its highest-level victim with the firing of a senior provincial official. The state-run Xinhua News Agency reported...
View ArticleEuropean court rules in favor of German victim of US rendition, torture
PARIS — The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favor of a German man who says the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency kidnapped him and took him to a secret prison in Afghanistan in 2003. The...
View ArticleUN inspectors in Tehran in fresh effort to engage Iran after nuclear talks...
TEHRAN, Iran — A U.N. inspectors’ team is in Tehran in a renewed effort to engage Iran and secure access to a site linked to suspected nuclear activity. Iran’s official IRNA news agency said Thursday...
View ArticlePakistani students rally against naming their college after schoolgirl shot...
MINGORA, Pakistan — A Pakistani government official says several hundred students have rallied against naming their college after an activist schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, saying the move would be a...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s president: Nelson Mandela, 94, ‘recuperating’ from his lung...
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa — South African President Jacob Zuma says anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is “recuperating” after falling ill from a recurring lung infection. Zuma made the comments...
View ArticleA year after huge anti-Putin protests, Russian opposition refused permission...
MOSCOW — Moscow authorities have refused permission for a rally marking the anti-Putin protest movement’s first anniversary, but opposition leaders still intend to take to the streets this Saturday....
View ArticleVietnam sentences 4 Hmong men to prison for attempting to overthrow government
HANOI, Vietnam — A court in northern Vietnam has sentenced four Hmong ethnic minorities up to seven years in prison for attempting to overthrow the communist government. Presiding Judge Nguyen Xuan...
View ArticleAmnesty International accuses Pakistani military of human rights abuses in...
ISLAMABAD — Amnesty International has accused the Pakistani military of carrying out widespread human rights abuses in the country’s northwest tribal region where the army is fighting a domestic...
View ArticlePakistan extends refugee status for Afghans by 6 months ahead of looming...
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani government says it has extended refugee status for over a million Afghans in the country by six months. The government said in a statement released late Wednesday that...
View ArticleThai former prime minister arrives to face murder charge in connection with...
BANGKOK — A former prime minister of Thailand has met law enforcement officials to be formally charged with murder in connection with the violent suppression of anti-government protests in 2010. The...
View ArticleJapan says Chinese plane spotted over disputed islands, F-15 jets scrambled...
TOKYO — A Japanese government spokesman says a Chinese airplane has been spotted in Japanese airspace above southwestern islands controlled by Tokyo but also claimed by Beijing. The Defense Agency...
View ArticleRussia’s Putin calls US bill imposing sanctions on Russian officials...
MOSCOW — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says a U.S. bill imposing sanctions on Russian officials accused of human rights violations is “unfriendly” and is hurting Russian-American relations....
View ArticleOfficial: Somali rebels offer up to $8K to fighters who kill member of...
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan official says a message intercepted from the Somali Islamist extremist group al-Shabab shows that rebels are being offered up to $8,000 to kill Kenyan security officers....
View ArticleInquest lawyer says Russian state responsible in death of spy killed by...
LONDON — A lawyer has told a British inquest into the poisoning death of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko that an initial assessment of evidence showed that the Russian state was responsible...
View ArticleUkraine parliament speaker elected amid violent brawls
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s newly elected parliament has chosen a pro-government speaker amid violent brawls between supporters of the president and opposition lawmakers. The Party of Regions led by...
View ArticleCoroner: Nurse in royal hoax call was found hanging by the neck in her room
LONDON — Coroner: Nurse in royal hoax call was found hanging by the neck in her room. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten...
View ArticleReport: Russian deputy foreign min. says Assad losing control over Syria,...
MOSCOW — Report: Russian deputy foreign min. says Assad losing control over Syria, opposition may win. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,...
View ArticleReport: Top Russian diplomat says Assad increasingly losing control,...
MOSCOW — ITAR-Tass news agency is quoting Russia’s deputy foreign minister as saying that Syrian President Bashar Assad is increasingly losing control and the opposition may win. Thursday’s remarks by...
View ArticleBomb explodes near Syrian capital as rebels edge closer to Assad’s seat of...
BEIRUT — Syria’s state news agency says a bomb has gone off in a suburb southwest of the Syrian capital. Thursday’s blast comes as rebels seeking to oust President Bashar Assad have been edging closer...
View ArticleSyrian state news agency says 16 killed in bombing near Damascus, including...
BEIRUT — Syrian state news agency says 16 killed in bombing near Damascus, including women and children. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,...
View ArticleReports: 89-year-old Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist ruler,...
WARSAW, Poland — Polish media are reporting that Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist ruler, has been hospitalized with a heavy nosebleed. The news agency PAP cites Jaruzelski’s daughter,...
View ArticleVenezuela information minister says Chavez may not return in time for Jan....
CARACAS, Venezuela — Information Minister Ernesto Villegas warned Venezuelans on Wednesday that ailing President Hugo Chavez may not be well enough after his fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba to...
View ArticleEgypt opposition to vote “no” in constitutional referendum, but crisis...
CAIRO — Egypt’s opposition called on its followers Wednesday to vote “no” in a crucial referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi. The decision...
View ArticleInnocent verdicts in high-profile trial set back Argentina’s fight against...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The acquittal of 13 people accused in the disappearance of a young woman who was allegedly kidnapped and forced into prostitution for “VIP clients” spread shock and outrage...
View Article35 fishermen set adrift by typhoon last week rescued off Philippines, 261...
MANILA, Philippines — Low-flying search planes spotted three Filipino fishermen drifting at sea and flashing mirrors to signal for help, as authorities stepped up the search for 261 others missing...
View ArticleMan charged with telephoning death threat to Protestant leader of Northern...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Police say a 34-year-old man has been charged with threatening to kill the British Protestant leader of Northern Ireland’s unity government, First Minister Peter Robinson....
View ArticleTurkish police uses pepper spray, water cannons to disperse protest at coup...
ISTANBUL — Turkish police on Thursday used pepper spray and water cannons to push back hundreds of protesters trying to enter a courthouse where prosecutors were to deliver final arguments in a trial...
View ArticleParis’ Notre Dame Cathedral to get gift of new bells as part of 850th...
PARIS — Dignitaries, tourists and Parisians gathered in the thousands Wednesday for a ceremony and Mass marking the beginning of year-long commemoration of Notre Dame Cathedral’s 850th anniversary....
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