Tag: War and unrest
UN envoy: More insecurity in Mali will have `drastic’ impact
UNITED NATIONS — The new U.N. special envoy for crisis-wracked Mali warned Monday that further insecurity, especially in the country’s center and north, will...
Erdogan and Biden meet at a tense moment for Turkish-US ties
ANKARA, Turkey — President Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday will be...
At an arms control crossroads, Biden and Putin face choices
WASHINGTON — At a low point in U.S.-Russian relations, President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to agree broadly on at least...
Saudi Arabia says Houthi drone lands in school; no injuries
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia said Sunday a bomb-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels crash-landed in the premises of a school in...
Israeli police say woman with knife shot dead in West Bank
JERUSALEM — Israeli police say a private security guard at a checkpoint near Jerusalem shot and killed a woman on Saturday who allegedly planned...
Victims of Pulse nightclub massacre remembered 5 years later
ORLANDO, Fla. — The 49 people killed in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Florida were honored in Orlando and around the...
Russia spars with EU and US at meeting on EU-UN cooperation
UNITED NATIONS — Russia sparred with the European Union and the United States at a U.N. meeting Thursday that highlighted the strained relations between...
Swiss detail extra security measures for Biden-Putin summit
GENEVA — Swiss authorities will temporarily restrict airspace over the city of Geneva and deploy up to 1,000 troops to the area to help...
Israeli fire kills Palestinian teen in West Bank protest
RAMALLAH, West Bank — A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli fire on Friday during clashes between protesters and Israeli troops in the occupied...
UN says over 200 migrants intercepted off Libyan shores
CAIRO — More than 200 migrants bound for Europe were intercepted on Friday by Libya's coast guard just off the shore of the North...
