- Pakistan, Rusting in Its Tracks
RUK, Pakistan — Resplendent in his gleaming white uniform and peaked cap, jacket buttons tugging his plump girth, the stationmaster stood at the platform, waiting for a train that would never come. “Cutbacks,” Nisar Ahmed Abro said with a resig…
- 10 hours ago, 19 May 13, 11:42am - - Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours afte…
- 10 hours ago, 19 May 13, 10:59am - - Netanyahu takes aim at weapons 'leakage' in Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant groups. Although Israel has not pu…
- 10 hours ago, 19 May 13, 10:51am - - Gunmen kill senior female Pakistani politician
ISLAMABAD - Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition parties. It was not…
- 12 hours ago, 19 May 13, 9:15am - - Death toll in collapsed Indonesia mine rises to 6
TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have pulled another body from a collapsed facility at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the death toll to six. The Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia…
- 13 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:28am - - In interview, Assad says he'll be staying
BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday that he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a U.S.-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the count…
- 13 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:14am - - Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to Afr…
- 13 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:07am - - U.S. vows to 'back off' if fighters use Afghan civilians as cover
COMBAT OUTPOST MALAKASHY, Afghanistan (CNN)-- U.S. forces in Afghanistan will "back off" from firing at insurgents if the fighters are using civilian buildings as cover, the U.S. commander in eastern Afghanistan told CNN. "I've given direct guidance,…
- 13 hours ago, 19 May 13, 8:00am - - French President Francois Hollande Signs Gay Marriage Law
French President Francois Hollande today signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, his office said. The law “will provide new rights for some without taking away any from others,” Hollande said in a video message pos…
- 14 hours ago, 19 May 13, 7:27am - - Suspected US drone strike kills 4 militants in southern province of Abyan
SANAA, Yemen — A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to security officials. The officials said the attack took place around dawn in an area called De…
- 20 hours ago, 19 May 13, 1:24am - - Turkish protesters clash with police in bomb-hit border town
Reyhanli, Turkey (CNN)-- Protesters in a Turkish border town hit by a twin car-bombing a week ago clashed with police Saturday, as they voiced anger over the government's response to the attack. About 50 people were killed and about 100 injured when…
- 20 hours ago, 19 May 13, 12:48am - - Jorge Rafael Videla, 87, Argentina dictator took power in 1976 coup
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called “subversives,” died quietly…
- 21 hours ago, 19 May 13, 12:07am - - Thirteen killed, 10 police kidnapped in Iraq violence
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian ha…
- 22 hours ago, 18 May 13, 11:10pm - - Myanmar leader begins landmark U.S. visit
WASHINGTON — Myanmar President Thein Sein began Saturday the first visit to Washington by a leader of his country in nearly 50 years as the United States throws its support behind his reforms. The former general, who initiated a wave of reforms a…
- 23 hours ago, 18 May 13, 10:34pm - - Enraged by kidnapping, Egyptian police block Gaza border
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again on Saturday, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travelers, witnesses said. The protest began on Friday…
- 1 day ago, 18 May 13, 2:56pm - - US wants Bangladesh progress on labor standards
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. wants to see Bangladesh move forward on improving labor standards after a building collapse that killed hundreds of garment workers. Kerry met Friday with Foreign Minister Dipu Moni and…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 10:33pm - - Russian security services publicly name CIA Moscow chief
MOSCOW - Russia's security services openly named the US intelligence agency's Moscow station chief Friday in a rare breach of protocol after arresting an alleged CIA agent working undercover at the US embassy. Russia announced this week that it had c…
- 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 9:38pm - - Venezuela running out of toilet paper
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities - toilet paper. Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, as it does for other shortages, the embattled so…
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