Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2017 | 12:00 AM
MONTEBELLO (AP):Relatives helped Maribel Valentin Espino find shelter when Hurricane Maria roared through her community in northern Puerto Rico. Neighbours formed volunteer brigades to cut fallen trees and clear twisty mountain roads after the storm...
Published:Wednesday | September 27, 2017 | 12:00 AM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP): Saudi Arabia's surprise decision to grant women the right to drive in the conservative kingdom marks a significant expansion in women's rights, but activists said Wednesday it is also only the first step in a long...
BERLIN (AP):One of the most prominent figures in the nationalist Alternative for Germany said Tuesday she plans to leave the party, even as other lawmakers from the anti-migrant party held their first...
SEOUL (AP):Military analysts say North Korea doesn't have either the capability or the intent to attack US bombers and fighter jets, despite the country's top diplomat saying it has every...
LONDON (AP):Nigeria has greatly reduced the reach of Boko Haram extremists even though the group can still launch some types of attacks, the country's information minister said.Boko Haram used to administer a number of local governments and collect...
WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump lashed out at "so-called Republicans" yesterday for deserting the party's latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law as Senate leaders tried to...
CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP):Nevada's parole board says it didn't consider O.J. Simpson's 1989 conviction for misdemeanour spousal abuse when it granted his release because it wasn't listed in the national clearinghouse of FBI crime data.The disclosure...
BAUTZEN (AP):The nationalist, anti-migrant Alternative for Germany swept into third place with a robust showing in the former communist East German states, where discontent is widespread over dim...
MEXICO CITY (AP):As many as 360 buildings and homes are in danger of collapse or have sustained major damage in Mexico City nearly a week after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake completely collapsed 38 structures.The risk of delayed collapse is real: The...
WASHINGTON (AP):The Trump administration clarified yesterday that it was not seeking to overthrow North Korea's government after the president tweeted that Kim Jong-Un "won't be around much longer...
MEXICO CITY (AP):The death toll from last week's magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Mexico has crept up to 325.Civil Defence chief Luis Felipe Puente says in a tweet that 186 of the deaths occurred in Mexico City. Seventy-four died...
UNITED NATIONS (AP):Venezuela's top diplomat is calling US President Donald Trump's new travel ban on certain Venezuelan government officials an attempt to manipulate public opinion against the country....
UNITED NATIONS (AP): North Korea's top diplomat says President Donald Trump's tweet that leader Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer" was a declaration of war against his country by the United States. Foreign Minister Ri...
PARIS (AP):French President Emmanuel Macron's upstart centrist party suffered its first electoralblow Sunday, as traditional conservatives dominated Senate elections amid mounting disenchantment with...
Large amounts of federal aid began moving into Puerto Rico on Saturday, welcomed by local officials, who praised the Trump administration's response but called for the emergency loosening of rules long...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP):Police have released the name of a woman who was fatally shot by a suspect at a church in Tennessee.Metropolitan Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron says 39-year-old Melanie Smith of Smyrna,...
BERLIN (AP):German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term on Sunday, but now faces the tricky prospect of forming a coalition with two disparate new partners after voters weakened her conservatives and a nationalist, anti-migrant party surged...
MEXICO CITY (AP):Five days after the deadly magnitude 7.1 earthquake, the hulking wreckage of what used to be a seven-story office building is one of the last hopes: one of just two sites left where searchers...
BERLIN (AP): Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc was on course today for a lackluster victory in Germany's national election while the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany party was heading for a triumphant entry into...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce new restrictions on travel to the United States as his ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries expires Sunday, 90 days after it went into effect. The Department of...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM
MEXICO CITY (AP):A strong new earthquake shook Mexico yesterday, toppling already damaged homes and a highway bridge and causing new alarm in a country reeling from two even more powerful quakes this month that together have killed nearly 400 people...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM
A look at what didn't happen last weekA round-up of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM
MEXICO CITY (AP): A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, toppling already damaged homes and a highway bridge and causing new alarm in a country reeling from two even more powerful quakes this month that together have killed nearly 400...
Published:Thursday | September 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM
UNITED NATIONS (AP):UN investigators will help Iraq collect evidence to build potential war crimes cases against Islamic State extremists, under a resolution the Security Council approved...
Published:Thursday | September 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM
LONDON (AP):Two of the six men arrested over last week's London subway bombing were released without charge yesterday, British police said. Four others remained in custody.One of those released is a 21...
