NewsAFP NewsAfghan VP Dostum to return after more than a year in exile
Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum is expected to return to Kabul Sunday, more than a year after fleeing the country during an investigation into the rape and torture of a political rival. The powerful ethnic Uzbek leader and former warlord, who is linked to a catalogue of human rights abuses
NewsReutersHardline Islamists push religion to centre of Pakistan election
Pakistani cleric Hafiz Saeed is one of the United States' most-wanted terrorist suspects, accused over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. At home, his charities are banned, as is a new Islamist political party launched by his followers. None of that has stopped Saeed from hitting the
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Dad Of Brother And Sister Parkland Survivors Is Fatally Shot In Robbery
A Florida family has been devastated again by gun violence. The father of two
NewsAFP NewsSelf-destructive behaviour: Burberry not alone
Burberry, which has been in the crosshairs for burning tens of millions of dollars of its products, is far from the only firm to destroy unsold goods to maintain the exclusivity and luxury mystique of their brands. In its annual report the British fashion firm acknowledged that it had burned unsold
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New Peru justice minister takes office after scandal
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian lawmaker Vicente Zeballos took over as justice minister on Saturday, a week after his predecessor Salvador Heresi was fired in an influence-peddling scandal that has shaken the country's judiciary.
NewsReutersTrump denies wrongdoing, says lawyer's tape 'perhaps illegal'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday denied any wrongdoing a day after reports that his onetime attorney Michael Cohen had recorded them both discussing buying the rights to a story by a woman who said she had an affair with Trump. "Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer
NewsReutersCuba's draft constitution opens path to gay marriage
The draft of Cuba's new constitution opens the path to same-sex marriage, a government official said on Saturday, which would make the country that once persecuted homosexuals an unlikely leader in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. In the early years of Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution
FinanceReutersMexico's Bimbo suspends delivery routes in violent resort town Acapulco
Mexican bread-maker Bimbo on Saturday said that it had suspended some delivery routes in the violent state of Guerrero, the latest company to scale back its operations in what was once a glamorous tourist hub. To guarantee the security of its employees, Bimbo has temporarily suspended nine routes in
NewsReutersIn Senegal, China's President Xi pledges stronger Africa ties
China's President Xi Jinping pledged during a visit to Senegal on Saturday to strengthen economic ties with Africa, a continent already awash with cheap Chinese loans in exchange for minerals and huge construction projects. Xi arrived in Senegal on Saturday for a two-day visit to sign bilateral
NewsReuters'Keep us in prayer' says woman who lost nine in Missouri boat tragedy
An amphibious duck boat was carrying 31 passengers including children when a sudden "microburst" storm packing powerful winds hit Table Rock Lake outside Branson, unleashing white-cap waves that swamped the vessel before it sank. Coleman said she plunged deep into the lake and did not know
NewsAFP NewsManila's 'Golden Gays' sing for their supper
"I'm gay and I'm not embarrassed that I'm gay." The Philippines has a reputation of openness toward homosexuality, but experts say legal protections are lacking and the nation's weak social safety net especially fails older gay people.
NewsAFP NewsEx-Israeli commandos innovate for 'weekend warriors'
As a young officer in an elite unit of Israel's army, with its motto that no mission is impossible, Idan Peretz knew there had to be a better way to send rescue ropes across rivers. Years later, after over two decades of military service dealing with climbing, rappelling and rescuing, Peretz says
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FBI releases documents on former Trump adviser surveillance
The FBI on Saturday released documents related to the surveillance of former Trump presidential campaign adviser Carter Page as part of a probe into whether he conspired with the Russian government to undermine the 2016 U.S. election. The 412 pages, mostly heavily redacted and made public by the Federal
NewsReutersCuba aims to build socialism, not communism, in draft constitution
A draft of Cuba's new constitution omits the aim of building communism, recognizes private property and opens the door to gay marriage, in a sign of changing times, although it keeps the Communist Party as the guiding force of the one-party system. Cuba's national assembly is this weekend debating
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Gunman arrested after deadly Los Angeles store hostage standoff
Police in Los Angeles arrested a man who took hostages and barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe's store on Saturday, ending a three-hour standoff during which he fatally shot a woman inside, authorities said. The man, who was being chased by police after he was suspected of repeatedly shooting
NewsAFP NewsFrench drug smuggler to arrive home after 18 years in Indonesian custody
A Frenchman who served 18 years in custody for smuggling drugs into Bali was expected to arrive home Sunday after he was deported in a case that sparked outrage in France over Indonesia's tough narcotics laws. Police arrested Michael Blanc on the day after Christmas in 1999 at the tropical island
NewsAFP NewsAlgeria faces prospect of president seeking fifth term
With no clear successor to longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerians may well see their frail leader who rarely appears in public cling on for a fifth term in office. When Bouteflika came to power in 1999, he won the backing of his conflict-weary citizens who credited him with bringing about
NewsAFP NewsIn rural Zimbabwe, the novel taste of a peaceful election
From a ruling party rally in the east, to opposition door-to-door canvassing in the northwest, Zimbabweans have been experiencing the novelty of a relatively free and peaceful election campaign. Sitting on a wind-swept rocky slope in Nyahukwe, villagers listened to politicians from President Mnangagwa
NewsAFP NewsImran Khan, playboy Pakistan cricket hero turned reformist politician
Imran Khan was catapulted to global fame as a World Cup cricket champion, but the man known in the West as a celebrity playboy is now seeking to lead Pakistan as a populist, religiously devout, anti-corruption reformist. Khan has denied the claims and decried the venality of Pakistan's political
NewsAFP NewsMnuchin pushes for EU, China concessions amid trade stalemate
The United States and its European Union allies were locked in a trade stalemate on Saturday after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin refused to budge on demands for concessions. In his opening salvo at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, Mnuchin urged China and the EU to respect "free, fair
NewsAFP NewsTrump lashes ex-lawyer, says taping of client 'perhaps illegal'
US President Donald Trump lashed out at his former lawyer on Saturday, saying Michael Cohen may have acted illegally in secretly taping their discussion about a payment to hush up an alleged affair with a Playboy model. Trump's early-morning tweet was his first direct reaction to a New York Times
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1 Killed In Hostage Situation At Los Angeles Trader Joe’s
A woman was killed when a suspected gunman barricaded himself inside of a
