Apr 13 Trump still mulling Syria strike; Russia assails gas photos By Robert Burns, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press Russia and Britain exchanged sharp accusations Friday over the suspected poison gas attack in Syria, and the U.S. Navy was moving an additional Tomahawk missile-armed ship within striking range. Continue reading
Apr 13 Russia says suspected chemical attack in Syria was staged by UK By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press A day before a team from the international chemical weapons watchdog was to arrive in Douma, Syria, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said that images of victims of the purported attack were fakes staged with "Britain's direct involvement."… Continue reading
Apr 13 What happens to the American families of Islamic State fighters? By Larisa Epatko Sam El Hassani, an American woman from Indiana, said her husband tricked her into going to Turkey on a vacation in 2015 and ended up joining the Islamic State group. What happens to them now?… Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch 7:25 Democrats press State pick Pompeo on Russia probe, Iran deal One of America's top spies set out to defend his qualifications to be its top diplomat on Thursday. Mike Pompeo, a former congressman, Army officer and self-professed hawk, stressed in his Senate confirmation hearing that he believes in diplomacy and… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 4:47 News Wrap: Trump to confer with UK, France on Syria action In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump and the Russians swapped warnings about striking Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack. White House officials said Trump plans to speak with French and British leaders about next steps. Also, the president… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 5:11 Most Americans who joined ISIS don’t come back. What happens to the rest? The El Hassani family, now being held in Northern Syria by Kurdish forces, are not the only Americans who went to land controlled by the Islamic State -- there are dozens known to have ventured to the so-called caliphate since… Continue watching
Apr 12 On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli and Polish presidents march from Auschwitz to Birkenau By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press "Our common presence here shows the world: Never again anti-Semitism, never again genocide, never again Holocaust," Andrzej Duda of Poland said during a joint news conference. Continue reading
Apr 12 Vatican says Pope Francis apology letter is a ‘spiritual state of emergency’ for Chilean church By Associated Press In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said Francis' letter to the Chilean hierarchy was an acknowledgment that he had made a mistake about abuse victims and that "yes, we believe you, you have your… Continue reading
Apr 12 Trump: Attack on Syria could be ‘very soon or not so soon at all!’ By Robert Burns, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press On Twitter, the president argued he had never signaled the timing of retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack that he had suggested was imminent a day earlier. Continue reading
Apr 11 WATCH: Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick for secretary of state, faces Senate confirmation hearing By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, Associated Press Mike Pompeo, the CIA director nominated to be secretary of state, defended the Trump administration's efforts to push back on aggression from Russia at his confirmation hearing Thursday while suggesting more sanctions on Moscow are still needed. Yet he dodged… Continue reading