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WHO: Third of women suffer domestic violence
LONDON (AP) — About a third of women worldwide have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner, according to the first major review of violence against women. In a series...
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Jolie urges leaders to make Syria diplomacy work
ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) — Angelina Jolie said Thursday the Syrian civil war is the world’s most acute humanitarian crisis and called on world leaders to make diplomatic efforts to end it succeed. Jolie...
View ArticleArab Idol champ in Gaza, urges Palestinian unity
KHAN YOUNIS REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians have a new voice: a 23-year-old wedding singer from a Gaza refugee camp touted as a rare symbol of national unity after he won the Arab...
View ArticleIsraeli wall in ‘World War Z’ sparks questions
NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” imagines a world overrun by a zombie pandemic, leading to an unlikely new global power structure. Two of the few countries that have kept the zombies at...
View ArticleUS tones down demands that Russia expel NSA leaker
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebuffed by Russia’s president, the Obama administration toned down demands Tuesday that fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden be expelled from a Moscow airport...
View ArticleIran burns 100 tons of illicit drugs
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran burned at least 100 tons of illicit drugs Wednesday, some in a Tehran ceremony attended by officials and foreign dignitaries, to highlight what it says are its unsupported...
View ArticleObama: No wheeling or dealing to extradite Snowden
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States won’t be scrambling military jets or engaging in high-level diplomatic bartering to get National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden extradited to the U.S.,...
View ArticleEgypt’s opposition criticizes president’s speech
CAIRO (AP) — A prominent opposition leader on Thursday criticized Egypt’s president for not offering a detailed road map for national reconciliation, saying his offer for a dialogue was a repeat of...
View Article3 Europeans freed after Tunisia topless protest
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Three European feminist activists who were jailed after a topless courthouse protest in Tunisia last month were freed overnight after a court lifted their prison sentence. They...
View ArticleMurder conviction against US Marine overturned
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military’s highest court overturned a murder conviction Wednesday against a Camp Pendleton Marine in one of the most significant cases against American troops from the Iraq war....
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