ZURICH – FIFA President Sepp Blatter will not resign ahead of February’s emergency presidential election despite calls Friday from major…
Read MoreUS critical of China ahead of UN women’s equality session co-chaired by President Xi Jinping.
UNITED NATIONS – The United States and human rights organizations sharply criticized China’s repression and imprisonment of women’s rights activists…
Read MoreUK asks for report on militants after claims of IRA murder shake Northern Ireland’s unity govt
LONDON – Britain has asked police and intelligence agencies to report on the state of banned militant groups in Northern…
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Egypt sentences 8 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to death over killing of police
CAIRO – Egypt’s state-run news agency says a court has sentenced eight alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the…
Read MoreRussia says it opposes sanctions sought by the US on rival generals in South Sudan conflict
UNITED NATIONS – Russia says it opposes new United Nations sanctions sought by the U.S. against a South Sudan army…
Read MoreSingapore schools, F1 race on edge as bad haze from Indonesia forest fires envelops city-state
SINGAPORE – Billowing smoke from Indonesian forest fires has worsened Singapore’s air pollution, raising concern among organizers of the widely-anticipated…
Read MoreReport: 3 Turkish police and 6 Kurdish rebels dead in clashes in southeast Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run news agency says nine people have been killed — three police officers and six Kurdish…
Read MoreSecurity officials say Yemen rebels intensify attacks in southern city of Taiz, 14 killed
SANAA, Yemen – Security officials in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz say Shiite rebels have intensified attacks against pro-government…
Read MorePakistan PM says ground-breaking for much-delayed Turkmenistan gas pipeline is later this year
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says Turkmenistan will begin construction on a much-delayed gas pipeline stretching from Central…
Read MoreThousands protest electricity price hike in Armenia, demand govt annul rise
YEREVAN, Armenia – Several thousand demonstrators are rallying in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, reigniting a summer protest against electricity…
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