Nation and World
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'Loophole' excuses WHO officials accused of misconduct
Feb 06, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON - A confidential U.N. report into alleged missteps by senior World Health Organization staffers in the way they handled a sexual misconduct case during an Ebola o...
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Deadly earthquake exacerbates suffering of displaced Syrians
Feb 06, 2023 12:00 am - DARKUSH, Syria - A steady stream of injured were flowing into an overwhelmed hospital in the town of Darkush, in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Monday, after a deadly ...
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Poland redeploys Patriot missiles to capital city for drills
Feb 06, 2023 12:00 am - WARSAW, Poland - Patriot missile batteries that Poland acquired from the U.S. last year have been deployed to the country's capital Warsaw as part of military exercise, ...
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Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinian gunmen in West Bank raid
Feb 06, 2023 12:00 am - AQABAT JABR, West Bank (AP) - Israeli forces killed five Palestinian gunmen linked to the Islamic militant Hamas group in a raid on refugee camp in the occupied West Ban...
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Kosovo PM calls on West not to put pressure over Serb entity
Feb 06, 2023 12:00 am - PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti has called on Western powers not to pressure his tiny Balkan country into accepting a contentious association of fi...
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Russian forces keep up pressure as Ukraine anniversary nears
Feb 06, 2023 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russian forces are keeping Ukrainian troops tied down with attacks in the eastern Donbas region as Moscow assembles additional combat power there for an ...
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Charles Kimbrough, who played anchor in 'Murphy Brown,' dies
Feb 05, 2023 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Charles Kimbrough, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who played a straight-laced news anchor opposite Candice Bergen on "Murphy Brown," died Jan. 11 in Culv...
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U.S. officials offer Congress briefing on Trump, Biden papers
Feb 05, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. officials have offered to brief congressional leaders on their investigation into the classified documents found at former President Donald Trump's Flo...
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Ukraine defense minister expects help from West on warplanesFeb 05, 2023 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's defense minister expressed confidence Sunday that Western allies would agree to the country's latest weapons request - warplanes to fight off R...
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Ride at Iowa amusement park where boy died will never reopen
Feb 05, 2023 12:00 am - ALTOONA, Iowa - The ride at an Iowa amusement park where an 11-year-old boy was killed in 2021 will never reopen, the park's owners said. Bill Lentz, Adventureland's gen...