Sep 09 Hurricane Dorian death toll rises to 44 in the Bahamas By Associated Press At least five deaths have been blamed on the storm in the Southeastern U.S. and one in Puerto Rico. Continue reading
Sep 09 Afghans brace for fresh violence after Trump calls off Taliban talks By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, whose government was sidelined in the U.S.-Taliban talks, again declared that his country was ready to meet with the Taliban but that "negotiation without a cease-fire is not possible."… Continue reading
Sep 09 Hong Kong protestors hold march seeking U.S. support By Eileen Ng, Associated Press The Hong Kong government has condemned the "illegal behavior of radical protesters" and warned the U.S. to stay out of its affairs. Continue reading
Sep 09 UN atomic watchdog confirms Iran is installing new centrifuges By David Rising, Associated Press The International Atomic Energy Agency reported all of the new centrifuges had been "prepared for testing" but none yet tested at the time of the Sept. 7-8 inspection. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 5:16 What’s next for U.S.-Afghanistan peace talks? By PBS NewsHour President Trump announced on Twitter on Saturday that he had canceled a secret Camp David meeting with the Taliban and Afghan officials, after the insurgent group “admitted” to a suicide attack in Kabul that killed 12 people, including a U.S. Continue watching
Sep 08 How climate change is driving emigration from Central America By Miranda Cady Hallett, The Conversation The link between environmental instability and emigration from Central America became apparent in the late 1990s and early 2000s as earthquakes and hurricanes, especially Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and its aftermath, were ravaging parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Continue reading
Sep 08 Moscow votes in protest-shadowed election By Associated Press Residents of Russia's capital voted Sunday in a city council election shadowed by a wave of protests that saw the biggest demonstrator turnout in seven years and a notably violent police response. Continue reading
Sep 08 India locates lander lost on final approach to moon By Associated Press The lander module from India's moon mission was located on the lunar surface on Sunday, one day after it lost contact with the space station, and efforts are underway to try to establish contact with it, the head of the… Continue reading
Sep 08 Pompeo: Taliban ‘overreached’ in attack that killed American By Deb Riechmann, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that Taliban "overreached" with a car bomb attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier, leading President Donald Trump to call off closely-held Afghanistan peace talks planned for Camp David. Continue reading
Sep 08 Dorian topples crane, knocks out power in eastern Canada By Rob Gillies, Ben Finley, Associated Press Dorian arrived on Canada's Atlantic coast Saturday with heavy rain and powerful winds, toppling a construction crane in Halifax and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people a day after the storm wreaked havoc on North Carolina's Outer… Continue reading