Five Arab countries and Turkey have reiterated that President Bashar al-Assad should have no role in the future of Syria, as Russia and the United States proposed a peace conference. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and
Official partial results released Tuesday confirmed a convincing victory for the party of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Saturday’s election. With 18 of the 272 directly elected seats in the national assembly still to be declared, Sharif’s centre-right Pakistan
(AP) Rangers beat Caps 5-0 in Game 7 to reach 2nd roundBy HOWARD FENDRICHAP Sports WriterWASHINGTONLed by Henrik Lundqvist’s 35 saves in a second consecutive shutout, and goals from some unlikely sources, the New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals
(AP) Bruins rally, stun Leafs 5-4 in OT in Game 7By JIMMY GOLENAP Sports WriterBOSTONPatrice Bergeron tied it with 51 seconds left in regulation then scored the game-winner 6:05 into overtime on Monday night to give Boston a 5-4 victory
Robert Davi, whose interpretation of the Sinatra song book continues to earn him raves, is heading back to Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Grill Jazz club later this month. Davi, known both for his film work (Die Hard, the upcoming gangster film The
By ULA ILNYTZKYAssociated PressLOS ANGELESJoyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality, has died. She was 85.
President Barack Obama is back on the fundraising trail, and that means he’s spending some quality time with Hollywood denizens. Movie producer Harvey Weinstein once more is behind a major Obama fundraiser, and the outspoken filmmaker brought along one of
(AP) – The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to make gay marriage legal, the last legislative step before Gov. Mark Dayton’s promised signature will make the state the 12th in the U.S. to do so. The Senate vote of 37-30 came
(AP) Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probeBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and
By JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDON J.J. Abrams is master of one universe–and he’s about to try conquering another. The director who rebooted “Star Trek” for a new generation, sending the USS Enterprise out again to explore strange new worlds, has also
(AP) – A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic, in a
(AFP) – Video footage of an inebriated tourist lunging out of his car and charging a wild elephant at South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park caused an uproar on Monday. The footage, posted on wildlife site Latest Sightings (www.latestsightings.com), showed
The Newseum’s public relations debacle continues: The Newseum announced Monday that it will not honor two cameramen killed while working for Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV, reversing a Friday decision to include them on a memorial for fallen journalists following pressure from
(AP) Bangladesh to end search for collapse victimsBy FARID HOSSAINAssociated PressDHAKA, BangladeshBangladesh’s military is ending its search for bodies in the wreckage of an eight-story garment factory building that collapsed last month because no more are expected to be found,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to hold talks on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the conflict in Syria, the Kremlin said, amid concerns Moscow plans to deliver advanced missiles to the Damascus regime.
Germany and France plan to launch this month a “New Deal for Europe” against youth unemployment, which has topped 50 percent in several countries, with credits for companies that create jobs, a news report said Monday. Under the initiative, billions
A bomb killed 10 civilians including women and children in southern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, in the latest violence since the Taliban launched their annual “spring offensive”. Raziq said the victims were travelling to the funeral of two people
The purported head of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed two recent deadly attacks in the northeast in a video obtained by AFP Monday, which also depicts women and children apparently being held hostage.
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, who told Republicans in late 2012 to cave on higher taxes to President Obama, now thinks Republicans should stop attacking former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her role in American failures before, during, and
(AP) Review chairman: Clinton didn’t make Benghazi callBy PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Vice Admiral John Miller, commander of the US Fifth Fleet, said on Sunday that a massive naval minesweeping exercise involving 41 countries was not directed at Iran. Iran on Tuesday warned against any “provocations” in the Gulf as the US-led
Western drug companies tested pharmaceuticals on more than 50,000 people in the former communist East Germany, often without the knowledge of patients, several of whom died, the Spiegel news weekly reported Sunday. Some 600 clinical trials were carried out in
A Saudi court jailed a Lebanese man for six years and sentenced him to 300 lashes after convicting him of encouraging a Saudi woman to convert to Christianity, local dailies reported Sunday. The same court sentenced a Saudi man convicted
(AP) Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saintsBy FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated PressVATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led
(AFP) Super-hero blockbuster sequel “Iron Man 3” stayed on top at the US box office after its mega debut a week earlier–but “The Great Gatsby” was also a power player, industry estimates showed Sunday. On its second weekend in US
