By HUSSAIN AFZALAssociated PressPARACHINAR, PakistanTaliban bombs targeting politicians in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed 11 people, the latest in a series of attacks meant to disrupt next month’s parliamentary election, police said. The wave of political violence has killed at
By SYLVIE CORBETAssociated PressPARISThe sounds of raucous protest echo in the Presidential Palace, unemployment is rising to levels not seen in over a decade, and his country’s economy has been called a potential time bomb at the heart of Europe.
By KAREL JANICEKAssociated PressPRADLO DISTILLERY, Czech RepublicThe Scottish peat was put on trucks and trains. The destination was Communist-era Czechoslovakia. The recipient: apparatchiks desperate for a decent whisky. The journey beyond the Iron Curtain during the Cold War turned out
By JULHAS ALAM and CHRIS BLAKEAssociated PressSAVAR, BangladeshThe fugitive owner of an illegally-constructed building that collapsed in Bangladesh in a deadly heap last week was captured Sunday at a border crossing with India by members of a commando force. Mohammed
By FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated PressROMEAn unemployed bricklayer shot two Italian policemen in a crowded square outside the premier’s office Sunday just as Italy’s new government was being sworn in, investigators said. The gunman’s intended target was politicians but none were in
The father of two brothers accused of bombing the Boston Marathon has been hospitalised, preventing his departure for the United States, he said Sunday. Anzor Tsarnaev told Ria Novosti news agency he had left Makhachkala, capital of the Russian republic
The opaque foreign policy of the Obama administration is emboldening Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, Republican leaders alleged on Sunday. Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) stated that the Obama administration’s estimate about the Syrian use of
The investigation into the late Jimmy Savile’s sex crime allegations has ensnared a celebrity publicist whose ex-clients include former American Idol judge Simon Cowell. [Max] Clifford, 70, was charged with 11 counts of indecent assault, prosecutors said, including on two underage
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) will headline “Breitbart News Sunday” on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125 on Sunday from 7 p.m. EDT to 10 p.m. EDT and discuss the USDA’s massive Pigford scandal the New York Times finally detailed this week, which
(AP) Boston bomb suspect moved; FBI probe shifts focusBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated PressBOSTONBoston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was moved from a hospital to a federal prison medical center while FBI agents shifted the focus of their investigation
(AP) Jerry Lewis makes appearance at ‘King of Comedy’By JOHN CARUCCIAssociated PressThe Tribeca Film Festival has ended on a royal note with Jerry Lewis showing up at the 30th anniversary screening of “The King of Comedy.” The 87-year-old comedian-actor walked
(AP) New conservative lobbying push for gay marriageBy PATRICK CONDONAssociated PressST. PAUL, Minn.A national group of prominent GOP donors that supports gay marriage is pouring new money into lobbying efforts to get Republican lawmakers to vote to make it legal.
(AP) FAA: Air traffic system soon at full operationBy BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Business WriterWASHINGTONThe Federal Aviation Administration said that the U.S. air traffic system will resume normal operations by Sunday evening after lawmakers rushed a bill through Congress allowing the agency
(AP) Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insistsBy RICHARD LARDNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONBuilt to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army’s hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted
Speaking at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday, President Barack Obama made a birther joke. Obama was talking about how his recent appearance at the dedication of George W. Bush’s presidential library inspired him to start his own legacy.
After entering to hip-hop music, President Barack Obama wasted no time in mocking conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday. “How do you like my new entrance music?” Obama said, smirking. “Rush Limbaugh
Republican New Jersey Governor Christie Christie was Arianna Huffington and the Huffington Post’s guest at the celebrity-laden White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night in Washington. Huffington bragged on Twitter about being seated with Christie: Being at the HuffPost table
(AP) Robinson surge leads Bulls past Nets in triple OTBy ANDREW SELIGMANAP Sports WriterCHICAGONate Robinson scored 34 points, and the Chicago Bulls wiped out a 14-point deficit late in regulation and beat the Brooklyn Nets 142-134 in triple overtime Saturday
(AP) – Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call. In
(Reuters) – Federal agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor on Saturday after his home and a former business were searched as part of an investigation into ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and two other public officials. Everett
(AP) – The Taliban on Saturday announced the start of their spring offensive, signaling plans to step up attacks as the weather warms across Afghanistan, making both travel and fighting easier. The statement comes toward the end of a month
(AP) – A hunger strike among prisoners at Guantanamo Bay keeps growing. Lt. Col. Samuel House said Saturday that 100 of 166 prisoners at the U.S. base in Cuba have now joined the strike. He says 19 are receiving liquid
(AP) – Police in Bangladesh took five people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building that killed at least 348 people, as rescue workers admitted Saturday that voices of survivors are getting weaker after four days
(AFP) – US and British accusations that the regime in Damascus may have used chemical weapons are a “barefaced lie,” Syria’s information minister told Russian television Saturday. “First of all, I want to confirm that statements by the US Secretary
(AP) – Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that Arizona Sen. John McCain probably would have beat his boss in the 2008 presidential election had the economy not collapsed. Biden’s comment about McCain and President Barack Obama came during the
