Erdogan Ally Breaks Away, Blasts ‘Leader Cult’
A former premier and onetime ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a new party on Friday, saying it would stand against “cult of the leader” politics.
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Pentagon Considers Troop Withdrawals From Afghanistan
The Pentagon is considering several options to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan, including one that would shift to a narrower counterterrorism mission, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Wednesday.
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Eastwood Film on Olympic Bombing Stirs Up Atlanta
After a bomb exploded in a downtown Atlanta park midway through the 1996 Olympics, a security guard initially cast as a hero was recast as a villain virtually overnight. More than 20 years later, a Clint Eastwood movie to be released this week, “Richard Jewell,” explores the roles played by law enforcement and the media in the guard’s ordeal.
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Plane Missing With 38 on Way to Antarctica
Chile’s air force lost radio contact with a transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight Monday evening to the country’s base in Antarctica, and authorities indicated several hours later that they were not optimistic about the aircraft’s fate.
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Britain’s Election Most Momentous Since WWII
Britain’s polarized electorate has a critical choice to make this week — but it seems unlikely the result, whatever it may be, will heal deep and toxic divisions that could last a generation or more.
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Chase of Stolen UPS Truck Ends With 4 Dead in Shootout
Four people, including a UPS driver, were killed Thursday after robbers stole the driver’s truck and led police on a chase that ended in gunfire at a busy South Florida intersection during rush hour, the FBI said.
Read moreIndonesian Faints During Whipping for Premarital Sex
An Indonesian man who fainted as he was being whipped for premarital sex Thursday was revived to receive the rest of his punishment before being taken to a hospital.
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DeVos Wants Financial Aid Unit Split Off From Education Dep’t
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says Congress should consider splitting her department’s financial aid operation into a separate federal agency with the flexibility to operate like a private bank.
Read moreTargets of US Trade War Multiply Worldwide
Donald Trump’s high-profile trade war with China may be the biggest threat to the world economy among trade disputes waged or threatened by the United States, but the list of Washington’s targets is lengthening.
Read moreDefense Budgets to Dominate Another NATO Summit
Despite pleas to set aside bickering over military spending so the issue doesn’t dominate a third NATO summit in a row, the United States is almost certain to demand again this week that its 28 NATO partners respect their pledges to boost defense budgets.
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Fed-up Colombians Reclaim the Streets
Colombians unhappy with President Iván Duque’s response to nearly a week of boisterous protests are taking to the streets again Wednesday demonstrating against issues ranging from tax reform to shark hunting quotas in the biggest display of unrest the nation has seen in decades.
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Hong Kong Police Siege Ends; City Leader Under Pressure
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Monday she would “seriously reflect” on the landslide victory by pro-democracy candidates in the Sunday elections that were a clear rebuke of how she has handled protests, and the police siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University appears to be over, as only one woman was found in a campus search Tuesday.
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Alaska Native Ice Cellars Melt as Climate Changes
For generations, people in Alaska’s far-north whaling villages have relied on hand-built ice cellars dug deep into the permafrost to store their subsistence food throughout the year.
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Belgian Prodigy, Age 9, Set for University Degree
Like many other 9-year-olds, Laurent Simons likes TV and his pet dog. But he also wants to make artificial organs, and is about to get the qualifications to set him on his way.
Read more‘Stay in Central America’ Program Boots Up
The United States has begun carrying out a major policy shift on asylum that’s a top priority of President Donald Trump, returning a Honduran refuge-seeker to Guatemala to pursue his asylum case.
Read moreBenny Gantz Fails to Form Coalition in Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief rival Benny Gantz said Wednesday that he has failed to form a new government, dashing his hopes of toppling the longtime Israeli prime minister and pushing the country closer toward an unprecedented third election in less than a year.
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Israel Strikes Iranian Targets in Syria, Killing 11
The Israeli military said it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday, carrying out a “wide-scale” strike in response to rocket fire on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights the day before.
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Massive Protest Blocks Session of Lebanese Parliament
Thousands of protesters rallying against the Lebanese political elite blocked roads in central Beirut on Tuesday, preventing lawmakers from reaching the parliament and forcing postponement of a legislative session.
Read moreFord Motors Unveils Electric Mustang SUV
Ford is unveiling its first all-electric SUV, marking the start of an avalanche of battery-powered vehicles coming from mainstream and luxury automakers during the next two years that industry analysts say will boost electric vehicle sales.
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Belarus Election Features Blatant Ballot-Box Stuffing
Belarus is holding a parliamentary election but with top opposition candidates kept off the ballot, only loyalists to the nation’s authoritarian president will win in what observers see as a dress rehearsal for next year’s similarly skewered presidential vote.
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