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Rights group blasts Israeli banks for settlement expansion
Middle East
September 13, 2017
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
September 13, 2017
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
September 13, 2017
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
September 13, 2017
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
September 13, 2017
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
September 13, 2017
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
September 12, 2017
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
September 12, 2017
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
September 12, 2017
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
September 12, 2017
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
September 12, 2017
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
September 12, 2017
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
September 12, 2017
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
September 11, 2017
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
September 11, 2017
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
September 11, 2017
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
September 11, 2017
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
September 11, 2017
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
September 11, 2017
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
September 11, 2017
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…