Maldives vice president arrested over president’s boat blast
By SINAN HUSSAIN The vice president of the Maldives will be charged with high treason after being arrested Saturday in connection with an explosion aboard the president’s boat last month…
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Authorities: 1 killed, 3 wounded in Tennessee State shooting
By ERIK SCHELZIG One man was killed and three women were wounded in an on-campus shooting stemming from a fight over a dice game on the campus of Tennessee State…
Despite US-led campaign, Islamic State rakes in oil earnings
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA The Islamic State rakes in up to $50 million a month from selling crude from oilfields under its control in Iraq and Syria, part…
Israel’s Netanyahu heads to Berlin to meet Kerry
By JOSEF FEDERMAN With no end in sight to weeks of Israeli-Palestinian violence, Israel’s prime minister headed to Germany on Wednesday for a high-profile meeting with U.S. Secretary of State…
French far right leader on trial over Muslim prayer comments
By SYLVIE CORBET French far-right leader Marine Le Pen went on trial Tuesday over comments she made five years ago comparing Muslim street prayers to a foreign occupation. At the…
Philadelphia police boss exits after crime, corruption fight
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Charles Ramsey was 15 when he had his first encounter with the kind of violence he has worked nearly five decades to end. A friend was…
Arab attackers open fire on Israeli bus station, wounding 5
By TIA GOLDENBERG Two Arab attackers opened fire in a bus station in southern Israel on Sunday, wounding five people, one critically, in one of the boldest attacks yet of…
Mexican drug lord flown to Sinaloan mountains after escape
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was flown to a mountainous region of his home state of Sinaloa following his daring July 11 escape from…