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New generation enters line to Saudi throne as king mourned
January 23, 2015 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As Saudi Arabia mourned its late ruler, King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud quickly set the course for the monarchy's future Friday by naming a second-in-line to the... more »»
Tunisia announces new minority government without Islamists
January 23, 2015 TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid announced a new minority government Friday that excludes most of the major players on the political scene, including Islamist and leftist... more »»
UK police: Syria-related terror arrests jump 6-fold
January 23, 2015 LONDON (AP) — British police say that the number of arrests for suspected Syria-related terror offenses in the country increased six-fold last year. more »»
City that sparked Venezuela protests braces for more unrest
January 23, 2015 SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (AP) — The young men move furtively among the would-be shoppers queued outside a supermarket, passing out pamphlets calling for the resignation of President Nicolas... more »»
Activists: Syrian airstrike kills at least 35 near Damascus
January 23, 2015 BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian government airstrike hit an opposition-held suburb of the capital shortly after Friday prayers, killing at least 35 people, scattering bodies and rubble in the streets and... more »»
Hollande, leaders call for investments in the green economy
January 23, 2015 DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Climate change and poverty took center stage Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where leaders began campaigning in earnest for twin global accords aimed at... more »»
France quietly buries terrorist gunman who killed 5 in Paris
January 23, 2015 PARIS (AP) — Paris officials say Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four hostages at a kosher market and policewoman earlier this month, has been buried in a suburban cemetery. more »»
Art embraces science in new British play 'Oppenheimer'
January 23, 2015 LONDON (AP) — Suddenly, science is sexy. more »»
Sierra Leone eases blocks on travel, business as Ebola wanes
January 23, 2015 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — With the Ebola outbreak weakening in West Africa, Sierra Leone eased restrictions on movement and commercial activity Friday even as the president warned that the... more »»
Prayers said for Japanese hostages held by Islamic militants
January 23, 2015 TOKYO (AP) — Prayers were offered Friday at Tokyo's largest mosque for two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by Islamic militants who had demanded a $200 million ransom for their release. more »»
World leaders react to death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah
January 23, 2015 Comments from world leaders in response to the death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, who died early Friday in Riyad. more »»
Pope to families: Learn to talk to one another again
January 23, 2015 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is urging families to put aside their iPhones and Twitter feeds and learn to talk to one another again. more »»
Protests across Yemen a day after president, Cabinet resigns
January 23, 2015 SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Thousands of protesters demonstrated Friday across Yemen, some supporting the Shiite rebels who seized the capital and others demanding the country's south secede after the... more »»
70 years after Auschwitz liberation, a survivor remembers
January 23, 2015 JERUSALEM (AP) — Marta Wise was ill and emaciated when she heard the distant sound of soldiers marching toward Auschwitz. more »»
France sees as many anti-Muslim acts in Jan as all of 2014
January 23, 2015 PARIS (AP) — At least as many anti-Muslim acts have taken place in France since the terror attacks this month as for all of last year, a leading Muslim group reported Friday. more »»
Congo's Senate votes down measure that drew protests
January 23, 2015 KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's Senate voted Friday to eliminate a measure in an electoral law that critics say would have prolonged the president's time in power and drew massive protests this... more »»
French court upholds stripping citizenship in terror case
January 23, 2015 PARIS (AP) — France's top court on Friday upheld the government's decision to strip the citizenship of a Franco-Moroccan man convicted of terrorism-related crimes, amid calls to expand such... more »»
AP PHOTO: Mom's appeal to save Japanese hostage
January 23, 2015 TOKYO (AP) — Junko Ishido shook and struggled to hold back tears as she talked about her hostage son, while camera shutters whirred. "Time is running out. more »»
Top official: Russians will 'eat less' for Putin
January 23, 2015 DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, on Friday warned the West against trying to topple President Vladimir Putin... more »»
Austerity-battered Greeks favor radical left before vote
January 23, 2015 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The winds of political change are coursing through austerity-weary Greece, but a financial whirlwind may lurk round the corner. more »» |
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