Sep 08 House lawmakers ask for probe into Russian poisoning case By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The top Democrat and the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee asked President Donald Trump to examine whether chemical weapons were used by Russia against Alexei Navalny. Continue reading
Sep 08 Flurry of tests performed as COVID-19 hits Greece’s biggest migrant camp By Nicholas Paphitis, Associated Press Greek authorities say they are conducting a major testing and contact-tracing operation at the country's largest migrant camp on the eastern island of Lesbos. Continue reading
Sep 08 UN detects virus cases in Syrian refugee camp in Jordan By Associated Press The UNHCR said the two patients have been transferred to quarantine facilities and their neighbors have been isolated as more testing is carried out. Continue reading
Sep 08 China and India accuse each other of military border moves, firing shots By Associated Press The nuclear-armed rivals have been engaged in a tense standoff in the cold-desert Ladakh region since May. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 2:29 News Wrap: Saudi Arabia sentences 8 in Khashoggi killing In our news wrap Monday, eight people in Saudi Arabia were sentenced to prison for their roles in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. A UN investigator had criticized the trial, which… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 6:59 British garment factories come under new scrutiny due to pandemic By Malcolm Brabant The British city of Leicester has spent more than two months as the United Kingdom’s most notorious coronavirus hot spot. Its problems originally sprang from a district that houses garment factories -- where some unscrupulous owners have been accused of… Continue watching
Sep 07 Southern Africa’s increased food insecurity blamed on climate, COVID-19 By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with climate change and the struggling economies of several countries, are the main causes of the food insecurity. Continue reading
Sep 07 Philippine leader pardons U.S. Marine in transgender killing By Jim Gomez, Associated Press The Philippine president has pardoned a U.S. Marine in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony. Continue reading
Sep 07 India now 2nd behind U.S. in virus cases amid economic pain By Sheikh Saaliq, Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press India's increasing coronavirus caseload made the Asian giant the world's second-worst-hit country behind the United States on Monday, as its efforts to head off economic disaster from the pandemic gain urgency. Continue reading
Sep 07 U.K. judge rejects bid to delay Julian Assange extradition hearing By Jill Lawless, Associated Press The adjournment request came on the first day of a London court hearing where Assange is fighting American prosecutors' attempt to send him to the U.S. to stand trial on spying charges. Continue reading