sources: US getting tougher with Israel over settlements
By MATTHEW LEE and BRADLEY KLAPPER The United States will endorse a tougher tone with Israel in an upcoming international report that takes the Jewish state to task over settlements,…
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Afghanistan faces tough battle as Haqqanis unify the Taliban
By KATHY GANNON A shadowy, Pakistan-based militant faction is on the rise within the Taliban after its leader was appointed deputy and played a key role in unifying the fractured…
Police: Shooting spree turned random after first attack
By BEN NUCKOLS The shooting spree began with a domestic slaying in an unusually public place. According to police, Eulalio Tordil, a federal security officer, shot and killed his estranged…
US Navy commander says canceled HK visit a minor hurdle May. 6, 2016 9:26 AM EDT
The commander of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet on Friday dismissed the cancellation of a planned port visit to Hong Kong by an American aircraft carrier as a “minor hurdle”…
Behind closed doors, North Korea opens ruling party congress
By ERIC TALMADGE North Korea opened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980 behind closed doors Friday, in an anticlimactic start to what officials have portrayed as…
Myanmar leader Suu Kyi makes first official trip, to Laos
Myanmar (AP) — Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader and foreign minister, visited neighboring Laos on Friday in her first official trip abroad. Myanmar and Laotian state media…
Trump says he was surprised by Paul Ryan’s rebuff
By STEVE PEOPLES and ERICA WERNER Donald Trump said Friday he was surprised by House Speaker Paul Ryan’s rebuff of him as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. “He talks about…
US government: North Carolina LGBT law violates civil rights
By EMERY P. DALESIO and GARY D. ROBERTSON A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws and can’t be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department…