International

Bomb targeting government bus in Pakistan kills 18

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A bomb tore through a bus carrying government employees and other civilians in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 18 people in an attack that served as a reminder of the continued militant threat despite a significant drop in violence over the past year, officials said....

Spain's ailing banks threaten country's finances

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
MADRID (AP) -- Spain is under rising pressure to find a lifeline for its deeply troubled banks....

Spain's ailing banks threaten country's finances

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
MADRID (AP) -- Spain is under rising pressure to find a lifeline for its deeply troubled banks....

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
MOSCOW (AP) -- Helmeted riot police round up hundreds of protesters, including some whose only apparent crime is wearing white ribbons of opposition. A teacher who spoke out about election rigging is dragged into court and fined. Now a new law awaiting President Vladimir Putin's signature raises fines for participating in unauthorized protests 150-fold, to nearly the average annual salary in Russia....

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
MOSCOW (AP) -- Helmeted riot police round up hundreds of protesters, including some whose only apparent crime is wearing white ribbons of opposition. A teacher who spoke out about election rigging is dragged into court and fined. Now a new law awaiting President Vladimir Putin's signature raises fines for participating in unauthorized protests 150-fold, to nearly the average annual salary in Russia....

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
MOSCOW (AP) -- Helmeted riot police round up hundreds of protesters, including some whose only apparent crime is wearing white ribbons of opposition. A teacher who spoke out about election rigging is dragged into court and fined. Now a new law awaiting President Vladimir Putin's signature raises fines for participating in unauthorized protests 150-fold, to nearly the average annual salary in Russia....

Putin's hard line against protests to be tested

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
MOSCOW (AP) -- Helmeted riot police round up hundreds of protesters, including some whose only apparent crime is wearing white ribbons of opposition. A teacher who spoke out about election rigging is dragged into court and fined. Now a new law awaiting President Vladimir Putin's signature raises fines for participating in unauthorized protests 150-fold, to nearly the average annual salary in Russia....

Emirates readies oil export detour to avoid Hormuz

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- By night, the lights of dozens of ships anchored off this eastern Emirati port create the mirage of a far-off city at sea....

Emirates readies oil export detour to avoid Hormuz

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- By night, the lights of dozens of ships anchored off this eastern Emirati port create the mirage of a far-off city at sea....

Spain's ailing banks threaten country's finances

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
MADRID (AP) -- Spain is under rising pressure to find a lifeline for its deeply troubled banks....

Germany: Magnotta extradition decision within days

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
BERLIN (AP) -- German prosecutors said Thursday a decision on the extradition of the Canadian porn actor suspected of the grisly killing and dismemberment of a Chinese student could be made within days....

Germany: Magnotta extradition decision within days

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
BERLIN (AP) -- German prosecutors said Thursday a decision on the extradition of the Canadian porn actor suspected of the grisly killing and dismemberment of a Chinese student could be made within days....

Asia stocks fall after US Fed chief disappoints

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets fell Friday, deflated after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave no hint of immediate action to jump-start growth in the world's No. 1 economy....

Watchers gone, but fear lingers in Chen's hometown

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
DONGSHIGU VILLAGE, China (AP) -- Though the cameras and guards that kept blind activist Chen Guangcheng under house arrest have disappeared, the fear of local officials still lingers in his village and even his mother says he should not come home....

Spain: stocks soar, pressure on bonds down

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
MADRID (AP) -- Spanish stocks shot up Monday while its borrowing costs fell sharply as investors appeared relieved that Spain has secured a bailout for its banks....

UN official: Syria aims heavy weapons at UN staff

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A senior U.N. official says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council that U.N. patrols in Syria are being deliberately targeted with heavy weapons and armor-piercing ammunition....

UN monitors shot at near site of Syrian killings

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 18:28
BEIRUT (AP) -- U.N. observers came under fire Thursday as they tried to reach the site of the latest reported mass killing in Syria - about 80 people, including women and children who were shot or stabbed. The deaths added urgency to diplomatic efforts to end the escalating bloodshed....
Syndicate content