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Texas church attack stemmed from domestic situation

Published:Monday | November 6, 2017 | 1:17 PM

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP):The gunman who opened fire in a small Texas church, killing 26 people during worship services, sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law before the attack, which appeared to stem from a domestic situation,...

Brazile stirs Democratic strife; party chief seeks unity

Published:Sunday | November 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The former head of the Democratic National Committee says she considered initiating efforts to replace Hillary Clinton as the party's presidential nominee with then-Vice...

Texas church massacre - Gunman kills at least 26 as they worship

Published:Sunday | November 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP):A man opened fire inside a church in a small South Texas community yesterday, killing at least 26 people and wounding at least 10 others before being killed or killing himself,...

Saudi arrests of princes consolidates another's power grab

Published:Sunday | November 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP):Saudi Arabia's heir to the throne is overseeing an unprecedented wave of arrests of dozens of the country's most powerful princes, military officers, influential businessmen...

Harassment reports rock UK Parliament as scandal spreads

Published:Sunday | November 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):The scandal surrounding Britain's political class deepened yesterday with more allegations of sexual harassment, abuse of power and other misdeeds, including new claims involving a key ally of Prime Minister Theresa May.The allegations...

Billionaire prince among dozens arrested in Saudi anti-corruption sweep

Published:Sunday | November 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia has arrested dozens of princes, senior military officers, businessmen and top officials, including a well-known royal billionaire with extensive holdings in Western companies, as part of a sweeping purported...

Multiple deaths in shooting at Texas church

Published:Sunday | November 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Catalan ex-president, 4 others in custody in Brussels

Published:Sunday | November 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

GOP bill allows churches to back candidates, keep tax status

Published:Saturday | November 4, 2017 | 10:14 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Churches in the United States would gain the right to endorse political candidates and still retain their tax-free status under a provision in the House GOP's tax overhaul plan.The bill would repeal a 63-year-old law credited to...

Facing tumult at home, Trump sets out on lengthy Asia trip

Published:Saturday | November 4, 2017 | 1:01 PM

HONOLULU (AP):On his most gruelling and consequential trip abroad, President Donald Trump stands ready to exhort Asian allies and rivals on the need to counter the dangers posed by North Korea's nuclear threat.The 12-day, five-country trip, the...

US$6 million for Ebola fight stolen

Published:Saturday | November 4, 2017 | 1:14 PM

FREETOWN (AP):Fraud by Red Cross workers and others wasted at least US$6 million meant to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the organisation confirmed yesterday.The revelations follow an internal investigation of how the organisation...

Thousands demonstrate on the eve of COP23

Published:Saturday | November 4, 2017 | 1:43 PM

BONN (AP):Thousands of demonstrators have marched through Bonn to protest the use of fossil fuels ahead of a global climate conference being held in the western German city starting tomorrow.Participants in yesterday's event carried banners with...

Premier resigns, plunging nation into uncertainty

Published:Saturday | November 4, 2017 | 1:54 PM

BEIRUT (AP):Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned from his post in a televised address from the Saudi capital yesterday, accusing Hezbollah of taking the country hostage, in a surprise move that plunged the nation into uncertainty amid...

Catalan leader says he will work with Belgians

Published:Saturday | November 4, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the crisis in Spain over lawmakers in Catalonia voting for independence (all times local):

Police: Truck attack suspect 'did this in the name of ISIS'

Published:Wednesday | November 1, 2017 | 12:34 PM

NEW YORK (AP):The Uzbek immigrant accused of using a truck to mow people down along a bike path, killing eight, "did this in the name of ISIS" and followed the extremist group's online instructions practically to the letter, police said yesterday....

News chief ousted after harassment allegations

Published:Wednesday | November 1, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Michael Oreskes was ousted yesterday as National Public Radio's (NPR) news chief following accusations by two women that he suddenly kissed them while they were discussing job prospects...

Former police chief charged with hate crime

Published:Wednesday | November 1, 2017 | 12:00 AM

CAMDEN, New Jersey (AP):A white former New Jersey police chief charged with slamming a handcuffed black man's head into a metal doorjamb harboured an intense hatred towards black people and was recorded...

More terrified Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar

Published:Wednesday | November 1, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PALONG KHALI (AP):It's a scene that has played out over and over again with heartbreaking regularity as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled persecution in Myanmar and escaped to neighbouring...

Militant accused in Benghazi attack on his way to US jail

Published:Tuesday | October 31, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):United States special operations forces captured a militant in Libya accused of playing an instrumental role in the Benghazi attacks, officials say, in a high-stakes operation...

Agents: Bergdahl debriefs were intelligence 'gold mine'

Published:Tuesday | October 31, 2017 | 12:00 AM

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (AP):Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl was a "gold mine" of intelligence, helping the military better understand insurgents and how they imprison the enemy, two agents testified yesterday as defence attorneys sought to show the...

8 killed by New York motorist in 'act of terror'

Published:Tuesday | October 31, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP): A man in a rented pickup truck drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial Tuesday, killing at least eight people and injuring several others in what the mayor called "a particularly cowardly act...

Trump says any Manafort misdeeds occurred 'years ago'

Published:Monday | October 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Quickly distancing himself and the White House from the indictment of his former campaign chairman and another aide, United States President Donald Trump yesterday said Paul Manafort's alleged misdeeds occurred "years ago".Trump...

Trump allies face decades in prison, millions in fines

Published:Monday | October 30, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):United States President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's business associate, Rick Gates, face decades in federal prison and millions of dollars...

Kenya election: Kenyatta re-elected president

Published:Monday | October 30, 2017 | 5:08 PM

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the winner of a controversial rerun of the presidential election. He won 98 per cent of the vote...

Confusion coming with California's legal marijuana

Published:Sunday | October 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP):Ready or not, California kicks off recreational marijuana sales on January 1, 2018, and, mostly, it's not.Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many cities still struggling to fashion local rules for pot shops and growers. Without...

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