Feb 25 American freed from captivity in Yemen, Trump announces By Associated Press President Donald Trump announced Monday that American citizen Danny Burch has been freed after 18 months of captivity in Yemen in what the State Department suggested was a rescue operation. Continue reading
Feb 25 AP Analysis: What the Pope’s sex abuse summit has and hasn’t changed By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press No sweeping new law was announced to punish bishops who cover up abuse. No files were released or global reporting requirement endorsed requiring priestly rapists to be reported to police. But some concrete steps were announced at the summit's end. Continue reading
Feb 25 Iran’s foreign minister resigns amid nuclear deal turmoil By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Mohammad Javad Zarif's resignation leaves Iran's relatively moderate President Hassan Rouhani without one of his main allies in pushing the Islamic Republic toward more negotiation with the West. Continue reading
Feb 25 UK’s Labour Party leader to support a new referendum on EU membership By Jill Lawless, Lorne Cook, Associated Press The party has previously said it would support a referendum as a last resort if it could not secure a new election or make changes to Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal. Continue reading
Feb 25 EU top official Donald Tusk calls on Theresa May to delay Brexit By Raf Casert, Lorne Cook, Associated Press After nearly two years of bitter talks on the departure of Britain from the European Union, there's now even disagreement between the two on when Brexit should actually take place. Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 11:29 Louis Armstrong archive brings musician’s influence into the modern era By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman Louis Armstrong, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, left behind a vast trove of materials including collages, scrapbooks, and audio recordings when he died in 1971. The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens digitized its archive… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch 3:28 Mexico tries new approach to asylum-seekers at the border On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a resolution to stop President Trump’s national emergency declaration to fund construction of walls and barriers on the border with Mexico. But what is actually happening at the border?… Continue watching
Feb 24 UN: 3,804 Afghan civilians died last year, highest count ever By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody conflict, according to a U.N. report released Sunday, which blamed the spike in deaths on increased suicide bombings by the… Continue reading
Feb 24 UK leader delays Brexit vote, risks further Cabinet discord By Lorne Cook, Associated Press British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Sunday that she is delaying a vote on her Brexit deal in Parliament, saying it should now take place by March 12, a little more than two weeks before the U.K. is due to… Continue reading
Feb 24 White House manages expectations for second Kim summit By Associated Press President Donald Trump is trying to manage expectations for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, predicting a “continuation of the progress” made last time. Continue reading