Apr 01 Climate protesters arrested for stripping down during Brexit debate in Parliament By Associated Press The protesters stripped down to their underpants in the public gallery Monday while lawmakers were debating Brexit. Continue reading
Apr 01 Human rights group urges Lebanon to abolish anti-LGBT law By Associated Press After Lebanon's top military prosecutor declined to prosecute a "sodomy" case, Human Rights Watch is urging Lebanon to abolish a law criminalizing homosexuality. Continue reading
Apr 01 Parliament considers alternatives to May’s rejected Brexit deal By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, Associated Press Two ideas — staying in the EU customs union or holding a second referendum on Brexit — have emerged as the most likely plans to succeed. Continue reading
Apr 01 New Zealand initiates bill to ban guns used in mosque attack By Nick Perry, Associated Press Police Minister Stuart Nash said that if lawmakers pass the bill as expected, the new law will take effect April 12, less than a month after the March 15 attacks. Continue reading
Mar 31 Israel, Hamas take first steps toward Gaza cease-fire deal By Isabel Debre, Associated Press A cease-fire deal appeared to take hold between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Sunday, with Israel expanding the permitted fishing zone and easing some tight restrictions on movement through its two main crossings with the Palestinian enclave. Continue reading
Mar 31 Brexit creates power vacuum at heart of Britain’s government By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Britain's Parliament is deadlocked over plans to leave the European Union. The country's ruling Conservative Party is fractured by an undeclared leadership contest. Opposition parties are baying for an early general election. Continue reading
Mar 31 Ukraine presidential vote begins under bribe claim cloud By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Voters in Ukraine are casting ballots in a presidential election Sunday after a campaign that produced a comedian with no political experience as the front-runner and allegations of voter bribery. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 10:25 Fleeing Honduras and what’s being done for those left behind By Marcia Biggs, Julia Galiano-Rios In Honduras, special correspondent Marcia Biggs heads to ground zero of the Central American migrant crisis to see why people are being forced to flee. Her second report in a four-part series begins in a dangerous neighborhood in San Pedro… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 8:25 In Ukraine’s presidential race, an actor leads the field By Simon Ostrovsky, Marta Iwanek, Yegor Troyanovsky Ukrainians are heading to the polls Sunday to select their next president. But in a tight race that has consumed a country after years of war with Russia, one candidate, a political newcomer known for parodying government corruption as an… Continue watching
Mar 30 Number of asylum seekers sent back over border to grow By Colleen Long, Associated Press Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day, a major expansion of a top government effort to address the swelling number of Central Americans arriving in the… Continue reading