Senate adopts GOP budget targeting Obamacare
The Senate has adopted a compromise GOP budget, paving the way for an assault on President Barack Obama’s health care law this summer and a partisan showdown over spending bills this fall.
Senate adopts GOP budget targeting Obamacare
The Senate has adopted a compromise GOP budget, paving the way for an assault on President Barack Obama’s health care law this summer and a partisan showdown over spending bills this fall.
Eyeing White House again, Huckabee can't escape money angst
Mike Huckabee could add a populist edge to the Republican field.
Eyeing White House again, Huckabee can't escape money angst
Mike Huckabee could add a populist edge to the Republican field.
Poll: 65 percent of Americans support decision to charge officers in Freddie Gray’s death
A majority of Americans say the decision to charge officers in the death of Freddie Gray was the right one.
Poll: 65 percent of Americans support decision to charge officers in Freddie Gray’s death
A majority of Americans say the decision to charge officers in the death of Freddie Gray was the right one.
Mike Huckabee formally announces 2016 White House bid
IS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack
CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas, Texas, that was exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad — though it offered no evidence of a direct link to the attackers.
IS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack
CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas, Texas, that was exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad — though it offered no evidence of a direct link to the attackers.
The Mike Huckabee record
The conservative TV host was not nearly as hardline a governor as many would imagine.
Poll: 65 percent of Americans support decision to charge officers in Freddie Gray’s death
A majority of Americans say the decision to charge officers in the death of Freddie Gray was the right one.
The Mike Huckabee record
The conservative TV host was not nearly as hardline a governor as many would imagine.
IS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack
CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas, Texas, that was exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad — though it offered no evidence of a direct link to the attackers.
Islamic State takes responsibility for Texas cartoon exhibit attack
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) – The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an attack on a Texas exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in which the two gunmen were killed. The Syria- and Iraq-based Islamic State claimed responsibility on its official online radio station, saying “two soldiers of the caliphate” carried out the attack on Sunday in Garland, Texas. Experts warn that militant groups have
Islamic State takes responsibility for Texas cartoon exhibit attack
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) – The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an attack on a Texas exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in which the two gunmen were killed. The Syria- and Iraq-based Islamic State claimed responsibility on its official online radio station, saying “two soldiers of the caliphate” carried out the attack on Sunday in Garland, Texas. Experts warn that militant groups have
Islamic State takes responsibility for Texas cartoon exhibit attack
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) – The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an attack on a Texas exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in which the two gunmen were killed. The Syria- and Iraq-based Islamic State claimed responsibility on its official online radio station, saying “two soldiers of the caliphate” carried out the attack on Sunday in Garland, Texas. Experts warn that militant groups have
Attorney general visits Baltimore after charges in Gray case
New Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division will travel to Baltimore on Tuesday, the week after the city’s top prosecutor charged six police officers in the death of a black man. Lynch planned to meet with city officials, members of Congress, law enforcement, faith and community leaders, a Justice Department official said. Lynch was to be accompanied by Vanita Gupta, head of
Attorney general visits Baltimore after charges in Gray case
New Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division will travel to Baltimore on Tuesday, the week after the city’s top prosecutor charged six police officers in the death of a black man. Lynch planned to meet with city officials, members of Congress, law enforcement, faith and community leaders, a Justice Department official said. Lynch was to be accompanied by Vanita Gupta, head of
Attorney general visits Baltimore after charges in Gray case
New Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division will travel to Baltimore on Tuesday, the week after the city’s top prosecutor charged six police officers in the death of a black man. Lynch planned to meet with city officials, members of Congress, law enforcement, faith and community leaders, a Justice Department official said. Lynch was to be accompanied by Vanita Gupta, head of
Widow's friends say elder Boston bomber was cruel and controlling
By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) – The older of the two brothers who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing was a controlling boyfriend who terrified his future wife’s friends, a former roommate of the woman testified as lawyers fought to save the younger brother’s life. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died four days after the April 15, 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264. His younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, last
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Nine face midnight firing squad in Indonesia, hopes for reprieve gone
By Kanupriya Kapoor CILACAP, Indonesia (Reuters) – Nine drug traffickers held emotional farewell meetings with their families at an Indonesian prison on Tuesday, after Jakarta rejected last-ditch pleas from around the world for clemency and ordered their mass execution to proceed within hours. “I won’t see him again,” said Raji Sukumaran, the mother of an Australian who will go before a firing squad along with a fellow countryman and convicts
Houthis, tribesmen battle in central Yemen, 15 killed
By Mohammed Ghobari CAIRO (Reuters) – Heavy fighting between Iranian-allied Houthi militia and local tribesmen killed at least 15 people in Yemen’s oil-producing Marib province and an air strike targeted the home of a senior Houthi official, residents and tribal and medical sources said. Yemeni Vice President Khaled Bahah had called on the Houthis on Monday to heed a U.N. Security Council demand for an end to fighting. The conflict
Spanish emergency services rescue around 150 people from burning ferry
Spanish emergency services safely evacuated around 150 people from a burning ferry crossing the Mediterranean from the island of Mallorca to the Spanish port of Valencia, government and port authorities said on Tuesday. The ‘Sorrento’ ferry, belonging to the Italian company Atlantica di Navigazione although operated by Trasmediterranea-Acciona, sent out distress signals, the Ministry of Public Works said in a statement. The port authority said 170 passengers were rescued. Atlantica
EU's Mogherini, Iran's Zarif to hold talks in New York on Tuesday
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York later on Tuesday for talks on Iran’s nuclear program and other issues, an EU official said. The main purpose of Mogherini’s visit to New York is to hold talks with other countries on the migration crisis in the Mediterranean. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking before talks with Zarif on Monday,
US, Japan say alliance 'cornerstone' of Asia security
The United States and Japan sought to reinvigorate their 70-year-old alliance in the face of China’s ever-increasing clout Tuesday, as President Barack Obama welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House. Hailing the alliance as the “cornerstone of peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region,” the two countries vowed to counter new threats and increase military deterrence. They pledged to forge a Trans-Pacific trade deal that would encompass 12
Police station attack in Bosnia reignites ethnic tensions
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The killing of a policeman by a Muslim gunman prompted Bosnian Serb leaders on Tuesday to renew calls for independence from the federation forged in a U.S.-brokered peace deal in 1995. That’s dangerous talk in the Balkans, whose economically depressed states are rife with ethnic rivalries and border disputes that could explode at any moment.
Iran forces Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship to Iranian port: US officials
Iranian naval ships fired across the bow of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, and forced it to head to Iranian territory, US defense officials said. At least five Iranian ships demanded that the Maersk Tigris, which had no Americans on board, head to Larak Island. The cargo ship’s captain “declined” the demand and one of the Iranian vessels “fired shots” across the bow
Saudis arrest 93 jihadists, say attacks foiled
Saudi Arabia has arrested nearly 100 jihadists, mostly linked to the Islamic State group, and foiled several plots to carry out attacks including on the American embassy, authorities said Tuesday. The arrests have taken place since December and most of those detained were Saudis, the interior ministry said in a statement published by the official news agency SPA. It said two Syrians and a Saudi who had threatened to launch
U.S.'s Kerry, Iran's Zarif to meet at U.N. anti-nuclear arms conference
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the opening of a UN conference on the global anti-nuclear weapons treaty on Monday, as they try to make progress in talks on a long-term atomic deal. Iran’s top diplomat will be the first state party to the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to address its 190 signatories
Nepal scrambles to organise quake relief, many flee capital
By Gopal Sharma, Rupam Jain Nair and Ross Adkin KATHMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) – Nepalese officials scrambled on Monday to get aid from the main airport to people left homeless and hungry by a devastating earthquake two days earlier, while thousands tired of waiting fled the capital Kathmandu for the surrounding plains. By afternoon, the death toll from Saturday’s 7.9 magnitude earthquake had climbed to more than 3,700, and reports trickling
U.S., Japan unveil new defense guidelines for global Japanese role
By Arshad Mohammed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Japan and the United States unveiled new guidelines for defense cooperation on Monday, reflecting Japan’s willingness to take on a more robust international role at a time of growing Chinese power and rising concerns about nuclear-armed North Korea. The first revision to the guidelines since 1997 allows for global cooperation militarily, ranging from defense against ballistic missile, cyber and space attacks and maritime
Saudis pound arms depots in Yemen as bread, medicine run short
By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) – Saudi-led aircraft pounded Iran-allied Houthi militiamen and rebel army units in central Yemen and the capital Sanaa on Monday despite a formal end to the air strikes, residents said, and a humanitarian crisis worsened as both sides blocked aid. Residents said warplanes flew between 15 and 20 sorties against groups of Houthi fighters and arms depots in the al-Dhalea provincial capital, Dhalea, and the
Putin accuses 'quasi-partners' of counting on Russia collapse
President Vladimir Putin accused some of Russia’s “quasi-partners” on Monday of counting on the country’s collapse by cutting its banks off from the global financial system at a time when oil prices had plunged. Speaking in Russia’s second city of St Petersburg, Putin said they had been proved wrong and the economy had easily weathered the crisis, deepened by Western sanctions imposed to punish Moscow over its policies in Ukraine.
Change to Greek bailout negotiating team fuels market hopes
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece reshuffled its bailout negotiating team on Monday following fierce criticism of its finance minister, meeting with market applause as investors hoped it will facilitate a deal to save the country from bankruptcy.
Greece moves to sideline Varoufakis after reform talks fiasco
By Renee Maltezou and Deepa Babington ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday reshuffled his team handling talks with European and IMF lenders, a move widely seen as an effort to relegate embattled Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis to a less active role in negotiations. An anti-austerity economist who has angered peers with his brash style, Varoufakis is facing calls to quit after returning from a meeting of
Mylan rejects Teva's $40.1 billion buyout offer
NEW YORK (AP) — Mylan N.V. rejected Teva Pharmaceuticals’ $40.1 billion buyout offer, saying the cash-and-stock proposal undervalues the company.
Japan's Inpex wins stake in major UAE oil fields
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The main state oil company in the United Arab Emirates says Japan’s Inpex has won a stake in the development of major oil fields in the energy-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi.
American Civil War commemorated way down south of Dixie
SANTA BARBARA D’OESTE, Brazil (AP) — It had all the trappings of a down-home country fair somewhere well below the Mason-Dixon line: Lynyrd Skynyrd medleys, mile-long lines for fried chicken, barbeque and draft beer, and a plethora of Confederate flags emblazoning everything from belt buckles to motorcycle vests to trucker caps.
Russia's Putin says taking Crimea righted historical injustice
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow’s seizure of Crimea righted a historical injustice, according to news agency reports on Sunday citing a new documentary film. The annexation of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 provoked the worst crisis between the West and Russia since the end of the Cold War. Putin said he had no regrets. “It’s not because Crimea has a strategic importance in the Black
Nepal's hospitals swamped as quake toll passes 2,400, thousands injured
By Gopal Sharma and Sanjeev Miglani KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Overwhelmed doctors moved hundreds of patients onto the streets of Nepal’s capital on Sunday when aftershocks rattled hospitals and buildings already damaged by an earthquake that killed more than 2,400 people and devastated Kathmandu valley. Sick and wounded people lay on a dusty road outside Kathmandu Medical College while hospital workers carried more patients out of the building on stretchers and
