YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s opposition leader has warned armed ethnic minority groups not to rush into signing a nationwide ceasefire deal, a position that pits her against President Thein Sein, who has made reaching a deal before November’s general election his top priority. Talks between more than a dozen rebel …
Read More »
CAIRO – Three journalists on trial in an Egyptian court on terrorism-related charges are awaiting its verdict, hopeful that they will be acquitted after lengthy proceedings criticized worldwide by press freedom advocates and human rights activists. On Friday, a day before the verdict, Canadian national Mohammed Fahmy, who was Al-Jazeera’s …
Read More »
PARIS – Some travelers trying to cross the English Channel are stranded because French workers are blockading the port of Calais. British ferry operator P&O Ferries warned passengers that the blockade began Sunday evening as a result of actions by workers at MyFerryLink, a ferry operator facing job cuts. It’s …
Read More »
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Authorities in Georgia say a man who led sheriff’s deputies on a car chase has died after being shot with a stun gun. Harris County Coroner Joe Weldon tells the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (http://bit.ly/1JJOVqi) 18-year-old Nicholas Tanner Dyksma died early Monday. An autopsy is being conducted. Chief Deputy …
Read More »
GENEVA – The U.N.’s human rights chief says United Nations staff have turned up a case of alleged sexual abuse of a girl by a French soldier in Central African Republic. The announcement by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein follows other allegations of child sexual …
Read More »
FOX LAKE, Ill. – The latest on this week’s fatal shooting of a police officer in northern Illinois (all times local): 12:45 p.m. A $50,000 reward is being offered for the capture and conviction of those who killed a northern Illinois police officer. Motorola Solutions Inc. Vice President Ali Kapadia …
Read More »
BERLIN – Crowds greet trainloads of migrants with applause, candy and toys. A provincial town’s mayor wants to take in more refugees. Top conservative politicians say Germany needs young immigrants. It’s a contrast with a frosty reception when migrant arrivals in Germany last spiked in the 1990s and mainstream politicians …
Read More »
SEOUL, South Korea – The inaugural president of a Chinese-led Asian regional bank says the door remains open to the United States and Japan becoming members of the institution. Jin Liqun, president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, said Wednesday that the bank will work closely with the World Bank, …
Read More »
ROYALTON, Vt. – A driver clocked at 112 mph on an interstate in Vermont told police he was heading to traffic court to take care of a speeding ticket. Trooper Rich Slusser says the 33-year-old man from West Hartford, Connecticut, was also weaving in and out of traffic in Royalton …
Read More »
CAIRO – Egyptian security officials say a suicide car bomb attack in northern Sinai has killed a 61-year-old man and his two children inside their home. The children were seven and three years old. The officials say the explosion took place Friday in the town of Rafah, on the border …
Read More »