World May 24 Russia behind crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, investigators say The Boeing 777 passenger jet was headed from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when it was blown out of the sky over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. All 298 passengers and crew were killed.
World May 22 Palestinians ask international court to open ‘immediate investigation’ into Israel The referral sought an investigation into Israeli policies in the West Bank, east Jerusalem, and Gaza, as well as the recent round of bloodshed in the Gaza Strip.
Nation Apr 21 Accepting rights award, Kaepernick decries ‘lawful lynching’ Amnesty International gave former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick its Ambassador of Conscience Award on Saturday for his kneeling protest of racial injustice.
World Apr 18 Watchdog agency chief rejects Russian claim of 2nd nerve agent in Skripal poisoning The head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said the second nerve agent had "nothing to do with the samples collected by the OPCW team in Salisbury."…
World Feb 14 Longest-serving Dutch premier, Ruud Lubbers, dies at 78 THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ruud Lubbers, the Netherlands' longest-serving prime minister who guided his country through economic turmoil to prosperity and helped shape the foundations of the European Union, died Wednesday at 78.