Feb 05 Taliban attack kills 26 members of Afghan security forces By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press The raid on the base in northern Kunduz province came as representatives of the Taliban were to hold meetings in Moscow with prominent Afghan figures. Continue reading
Feb 05 UK’s Theresa May seeks support for Brexit deal in Northern Ireland By Jill Lawless, Gregory Katz, Associated Press May said during a visit to Belfast that the British government is committed to preventing the construction of a physical border between EU member Ireland and the U.K.'s Northern Ireland. Continue reading
Feb 05 Arson suspected in Paris apartment fire that killed 10 By Thomas Adamson, Angela Charlton, Associated Press The fire is the deadliest in Paris since the April 2005 hotel fire near the capital's famed Opera that killed 24 people. Continue reading
Feb 05 Pope celebrates first-ever papal mass in Arabian Peninsula By Nicole Winfield, Aya Batrawy, Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Pope Francis ministered on Tuesday to the thriving Catholic community in the United Arab Emirates as he concluded his historic visit to the Arabian Peninsula with the first-ever papal Mass here and a… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch 4:24 News Wrap: Iraqi president objects to Trump’s comments on monitoring Iran In our Monday news wrap, Iraqi President Barham Salih slammed President Trump for suggesting U.S. troops might stay in Iraq to monitor Iran, saying Iraq had not been consulted about the possibility and that U.S. troops are in Salih’s country… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 9:51 Scotland’s Sturgeon on why failure to reach a Brexit deal would be ‘catastrophic’ By Amna Nawaz The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union in just seven weeks but still has no plan for the departure. In fact, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, says the UK is “not remotely prepared” to extricate itself from… Continue watching
Feb 04 After months of testimony, jury deliberates in ‘El Chapo’ drug-smuggling trial By Tom Hays, Associated Press Prosecutors say Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is responsible for smuggling at least 200 tons of cocaine into the United States and for a wave of killings in turf wars with other cartels. Continue reading
Feb 04 European nations raise pressure on Venezuela’s Maduro By Barry Hatton, Associated Press A key group of European Union countries endorsed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's interim president on Monday, piling the pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro to resign and let the country hold a new presidential election. Continue reading
Feb 04 Nayib Bukele wins El Salvador presidency vowing to end corruption By Marcos Aleman, Associated Press A youthful former mayor of the capital easily won El Salvador's presidency, getting more votes than his three rivals combined to usher out the two parties that dominated politics for a quarter century in the crime-plagued Central America nation. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch 4:51 As U.S. cedes leadership on climate, China steps up Since taking office, President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris accord, questioned climate science, and sought cuts to clean energy research. Meanwhile, China has become the world's biggest investor in green technology. In a new book, "Will China… Continue watching