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Pakistan begins seizing charities linked to US-wanted cleric

Published:Wednesday | February 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP):Amid increasing pressure from the international community, Pakistan yesterday began seizing assets and funds belonging to Islamic charities linked to a radical cleric wanted by the US, officials said.It was the first step against...

South Africa's president Jacob Zuma resigns amid corruption allegations

Published:Wednesday | February 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned with immediate effect. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation today. Earlier, Zuma's governing ANC party told him to step down or face a vote...

Haiti leader: UK aid workers violated 'basic human decency'

Published:Tuesday | February 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Haiti's president condemned a British charity yesterday for a sexual misconduct scandal in his country, describing the alleged misbehaviour of aid workers assigned to earthquake recovery efforts as a violation of basic human decency.The...

UK judge upholds arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder

Published:Tuesday | February 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):A judge upheld a British arrest warrant for Julian Assange yesterday, saying the WikiLeaks founder should have the courage to come to court and face justice after more than five years inside Ecuador's London embassy.Judge Emma Arbuthnot...

Trump prods Congress amid debate on immigration

Published:Tuesday | February 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump warned yesterday that it is now or never when it comes to extending protections for young immigrants, while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell threw his weight behind legislation based on the president's...

Human error, faulty sensor behind deadly plane crash

Published:Tuesday | February 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP):Human error may be to blame for the Russian plane crash that killed 71 people, Russian investigators said yesterday, noting that the plane's pilots failed to turn on the heating unit for its measuring equipment, resulting in flawed speed...

Workers comb snowy field for clues to Russian plane crash

Published:Monday | February 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP): Wading through knee-deep snow, hundreds of emergency workers searched a vast field near Moscow on Monday for remains of the 71 victims from the crash of a Russian airliner, and aviation experts began deciphering the jet's two flight...

London City Airport shuts down due to unexploded WWII bomb

Published:Monday | February 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP): All flights in and out of London City Airport were cancelled yesterday after a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) unexploded World War II bomb was found nearby in the River Thames.The Metropolitan Police service cleared an area within 214...

Police: Donald Trump Jr's wife exposed to white powder

Published:Monday | February 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Police say Donald Trump Jr's wife opened an envelope that contained white powder, felt ill and was taken to the New York City hospital as a precaution.A police department spokesman says a preliminary test of the powder indicated that...

US and Egypt pledge allegiance in IS fight raging in Sinai

Published:Monday | February 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP):The United States and Egypt yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to battle Islamic militants in the Middle East as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo at the start of his week-long trip to the...

Obama jokes he failed to get artist to give him smaller ears

Published:Monday | February 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):When Barack Obama speaks, people listen. At least they did when he was in the White House. But that kind of authority didn't hold much sway when it came time for his presidential portrait.At a ceremony yesterday to unveil portraits...

Oxfam's deputy chief executive resigns in Haiti scandal

Published:Monday | February 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Oxfam's deputy chief executive resigned yesterday, saying she took "full responsibility" for failing to act immediately in the sexual misconduct scandal involving the charity's workers in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.Penny...

AP Explains: Who's in charge in South Africa these days?

Published:Monday | February 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP):South Africans are anxious over what could be the last stage of scandal-swamped President Jacob Zuma's tenure. The executive committee of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party met yesterday over the calls for Zuma's...

Vladimir Putin meets Palestinian leader, conveys greetings from Trump

Published:Monday | February 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP):President Putin yesterday passed greetings from US President Donald Trump to the visiting Palestinian leader, who responded that he doesn't want to cooperate with Washington following its decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli...

London City Airport shuts down due to unexploded WWII bomb

Published:Monday | February 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):All flights in and out of London City Airport were cancelled yesterday after a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) unexploded World War II bomb was found nearby in the River Thames.The Metropolitan Police service cleared an area within 214 metres...

UK official warns Oxfam to hand over all info on sex case

Published:Sunday | February 11, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Sex predators are targeting aid organisations because of the chaotic environments in which they work, Britain's top development official warned Sunday as she threatened to pull public funding from Oxfam unless it came clean about a...

White House grappling with fallout from aide's resignation

Published:Sunday | February 11, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Reeling from the downfall of a senior aide, the White House was on the defensive Sunday, attempting to soften President Donald Trump's comments about the mistreatment of women while rallying around the embattled chief of staff....

Airliner crashes near Moscow after take-off, 71 dead

Published:Sunday | February 11, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP):A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed Sunday near Moscow, killing everyone aboard shortly after the jet took off from one of the city's airports.The Saratov Airlines regional jet disappeared from radar screens a few...

Plane with 71 aboard crashes near Moscow; no survivors seen

Published:Sunday | February 11, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian passenger plane believed to be carrying 71 people crashed Sunday afternoon near Moscow, shortly after takeoff from one of the city’s airports. No survivors were immediately reported. The An-148 regional jet...

Haiti sex scandal causes gov't to review Oxfam ties

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):The British government is reviewing its relationship with Oxfam amid a deepening sexual misconduct scandal involving some of the charity's employees working in Haiti after its devastating 2010 earthquake.The UK's Department for...

Brazilians dancing away troubles at Carnival parties

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

SAO PAULO (AP):Amid a lacklustre economy, a massive corruption investigation and increasing political polarisation, Brazilians let off steam yesterday during the first full day of Carnival, a holiday long considered a safety valve for social and...

Marchers protest against racism in Italy after Africans are shot

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ROME (AP):Marchers protested racism yesterday in several Italian cities and warned against a revival of neo-fascist sentiment amid the campaign for Italy's March 4 national election.In Macerata, a city in central Italy where a week ago a far-right...

Democrats are playing politics with memo, says Trump

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):UNITED STATES President Donald Trump yesterday accused the Democrats of playing politics with classified information, and asserted that their memo countering GOP allegations about the conduct of the FBI's Russia probe was a trap meant...

Trump signs off on biggest Pentagon budget: $700 billion

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): It's the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That's far more in defense spending than America's two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can foot the bill for thousands...

Trump blasts 'stupidity' of US immigration laws

Published:Tuesday | February 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):United States President Donald Trump says the "stupidity" of the nation's immigration laws is allowing violent gangs like MS-13 to flourish in the US.Trump said yesterday that thousands of gang members are arrested and deported but...

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