UK's Labour backs down on vote on scrapping nuclear weapons
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Labour Party has decided to leave the country’s nuclear weapons alone.
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IS shuts playgrounds in east Syria city: monitor
The extremist Islamic State group has closed playgrounds in a Syrian city because they were being used as a meeting place for unrelated men and women, a monitor said Sunday. “IS has shut down playgrounds in the city of Mayadeen in the eastern Deir Ezzor province… under the pretext that there was mixing between men and women bringing their children to play,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The
After success with Iran, pope, next stop for Obama is UN
NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh from successes on Iran and with the pope, President Barack Obama still carried heavy burdens into critical meetings this week at the U.N. General Assembly.
Clashes rock Jerusalem mosque compound with holy week ahead
Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sunday, with further trouble feared in the week ahead as Jews celebrate the Sukkot holiday. The Sukkot holiday which started at sunset is expected to lead to an increase in Jewish visitors to the Al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. In Sunday’s disturbances, young masked Palestinians “threw stones and fireworks at police and border
Pope Francis praises women’s ‘immense contribution’ to church during Philadelphia visit
Mexicans march on anniversary of 43 students' disappearance
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of people marked the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students by marching down Mexico City’s premier avenue in an atmosphere of defiant hope Saturday.
Boehner's departure raises question: Can House GOP be led?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The gulf between tea party conservatives and establishment Republicans has grown so wide that it just swallowed up the speaker of the House and may threaten the entire Republican Party and Congress itself.
Mexico marks one year since 43 students vanished
Thousands marched in Mexico City Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in a murky case involving corrupt police that has haunted President Enrique Pena Nieto. Behind the 43 are thousands of disappeared,” Sofia Rojas, a student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told AFP. Signs that read “Crime of the State” and “Get Out Pena” peppered the crowd as they streamed down the
Hull suffer unhappy birthday
Catalans Dragons gatecrashed Hull’s 150th birthday celebrations with a 28-24 victory at the KC Stadium.
Rovers win to finish unbeaten
Hull KR scored 36 unanswered second-half points to finish the Super 8s Qualifiers unbeaten thanks to their 46-22 victory over Salford.