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Rights group blasts Israeli banks for settlement expansion
Middle East

Rights group blasts Israeli banks for settlement expansion

Israeli banks are contributing to the proliferation of West Bank settlements by providing loans and mortgages for construction there, violating…
Turkey shrugs off worries over Russian defense system
Middle East

Turkey shrugs off worries over Russian defense system

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed concerns within NATO over his country’s decision to purchase Russian-made missile defense systems.…
German right-wing party on course to enter parliament
World

German right-wing party on course to enter parliament

A nationalist party that wants Germany to close its borders to migrants, leave Europe’s common currency and end sanctions against…
Miners protest threatened mine suspension in Greece
World

Miners protest threatened mine suspension in Greece

A group of miners from northern Greece clashed with police Wednesday outside the Development Ministry in Athens during a protest…
History of Syria’s war at risk as YouTube reins in content
Middle East

History of Syria’s war at risk as YouTube reins in content

Syria’s civil war has been one of the modern world’s most brutal conflicts and one of its most heavily filmed.…
Governor: ‘Work to do’ for Florida to recover after Irma
World

Governor: ‘Work to do’ for Florida to recover after Irma

Parts of Florida inched back toward normal with workers restoring power, clearing roads and replenishing gas supplies, even as teams…
Unhappy moderate House Republicans complicate 2018 for GOP
World

Unhappy moderate House Republicans complicate 2018 for GOP

Veteran Republicans are bailing on Congress in growing numbers, as GOP control of Washington fails to produce the unity or…
Egypt cuts military ties with North Korea: report
Egypt

Egypt cuts military ties with North Korea: report

Egypt’s defense minister, on a visit to Seoul, announced that his country has cut military ties with North Korea, according…
Russia says Syria government seized most territory from IS
Middle East

Russia says Syria government seized most territory from IS

Russia’s military said Tuesday that Syrian troops have liberated about 85 percent of the war-torn country’s territory from militants, a…
Top Brexit lawmaker says not enough progress in talks
World

Top Brexit lawmaker says not enough progress in talks

The European Parliament’s top Brexit envoy says not enough progress has been made in discussions between Britain and the European…
Macron’s big test: France-wide protests over labor overhaul
World

Macron’s big test: France-wide protests over labor overhaul

President Emmanuel Macron’s presidency is facing its first big public test, as unions hold nationwide protests against changes to labor…
Bangladesh slams Myanmar for ‘atrocities’ against Rohingya
World

Bangladesh slams Myanmar for ‘atrocities’ against Rohingya

The Bangladeshi prime minister was traveling Tuesday to struggling refugee camps that have absorbed hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing…
Battered Florida tries to assess scope of Irma’s destruction
World

Battered Florida tries to assess scope of Irma’s destruction

Aid rushed in to hurricane-scarred Florida early Tuesday, residents began to dig out, and officials slowly pieced together the scope…
Portugal faces dire drought, the worst in more than 20 years
Environment

Portugal faces dire drought, the worst in more than 20 years

Portugal’s Pego do Altar reservoir looks like disused quarry now, its bare, exposed slopes rising up steeply on each side…
Venezuelan president in Algeria amid political crisis
Middle East

Venezuelan president in Algeria amid political crisis

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is visiting Algeria to talk about the oil market and boosting relations, as his country faces…
AP Interview: Priyanka Chopra urges more Syria refugee help
Culture

AP Interview: Priyanka Chopra urges more Syria refugee help

The world must do more to help Syrian refugee children get an education, actress Priyanka Chopra said after chatting and…
Pakistan: Thousands rally in solidarity with Rohingyas
Middle East

Pakistan: Thousands rally in solidarity with Rohingyas

Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s main Islamic Jamaat-e-Islami party have gathered in Karachi to protest Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya…
Trump and first lady prepare to commemorate Sept. 11
World

Trump and first lady prepare to commemorate Sept. 11

President Donald Trump is preparing to preside over his first 9/11 commemoration in office, a solemn and nonpartisan occasion in…
Apple may test the bounds of iPhone love with a $1,000 model
Technology

Apple may test the bounds of iPhone love with a $1,000 model

Apple is expected to sell its fanciest iPhone yet for $1,000, crossing into a new financial frontier that will test…
Rights group: Turkey newspaper case ‘mockery of justice’
Middle East

Rights group: Turkey newspaper case ‘mockery of justice’

A media advocacy group has accused Turkey’s president of trying to silence the country’s main opposition newspaper and free press…
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