Jul 27 Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran faces key test By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration is trying to decide whether to risk stoking international tensions even more by ending one of the last remaining components of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Continue reading
Jul 27 Syrian rebel town pounded, 11 killed in market airstrike By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press A Syrian government airstrike hit a busy open-air market in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing at least 11 people, most of them children, according to activists. Continue reading
Jul 27 8 dead, 60 hurt as quakes shake northern Philippine isles By Jim Gomez, Associated Press Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the northern Philippines early Saturday, killing at least eight people, injuring about 60 and damaging ancestral houses famous among tourists. Continue reading
Jul 27 French wine vs US tech prowess: new Trump-Macron standoff By Angela Charlton, Associated Press France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech companies like Google and Facebook despite U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine. Continue reading
Jul 27 Trump proposal seeks to crack down on food stamp ‘loophole’ By David A. Lieb, Associated Press The proposed rule change, outlined this past week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has highlighted the ideological clash between President Trump’s attempts to tighten government entitlement programs and efforts in some states to widen the social safety net. Continue reading
Jul 27 Russian police arrest more than 1,000 in Moscow protest By Jim Heintz, Associated Press Russian police cracked down fiercely Saturday on demonstrators in central Moscow, beating some people and arresting more than 1,000 who were protesting the exclusion of opposition candidates from the ballot for Moscow city council. Police also stormed into a TV… Continue reading
Jul 27 2 dead, 8 athletes hurt in S Korea balcony collapse By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press A balcony inside a nightclub in South Korea collapsed on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 16, including American and other athletes at the world swimming championships, officials said. Continue reading
Jul 27 Hong Kong police fire tear gas after protesters defy ban By Alice Fung, Katie Tam, Associated Press Hong Kong police on Saturday fired tear gas and swung batons at protesters who defied authorities' warnings not to march in a neighborhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station. Continue reading
Jul 26 Activists see Rosselló’s resignation as step for women’s rights in Puerto Rico By Gabriela Martinez Many women’s rights advocates see it as the beginning of a longer fight, not the end. Continue reading
Jul 26 WATCH: Pelosi downplays differences with Ocasio-Cortez after talk By Associated Press "In our caucus we have our differences. Respect that instead of making a big issue of it," Pelosi told reporters. Continue reading