INCHING CLOSER

04/10/2016

Memphis, Tennessee — Draymond Green scored on a tip-in with 1 minute left, and the Warriors rallied from 10 points down early in the fourth quarter and beat the Memphis Grizzlies 100-99 on Saturday night to tie…

NKorea: Rocket engine test a success

04/09/2016

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea said yesterday it has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic rocket engine that will give it the ability to stage nuclear strikes on the United States. The engine’s ground test, if…

Greece resumes deportation of migrants

04/09/2016

LESBOS, Greece — Amid protests, Greece yesterday resumed deportations of refugees and migrants from its islands to Turkey after a four-day pause, sending back 45 people from Lesbos to a nearby port on the Turkish coast. Before…

EU threatens to sanction Panama, other nations

04/09/2016

British PM Cameron admits he profited from Panama fund Berlin — A European Union official threatened Thursday to sanction Panama and other nations if they don’t cooperate fully to fight money laundering and tax evasion, after a…

Thailand probes citizens linked to offshore firms

04/09/2016

BANGKOK — Authorities in Thailand are investigating 16 citizens with reported ties to offshore companies set up by a Panama-based law firm. The Anti-Money Laundering Office said Thai politicians and business figures were among those being investigated…

Vietnam urges China to move oil rig

04/09/2016

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam demanded yesterday that China remove an oil exploration rig from a sea area where the countries are still negotiating a delineation of control and stop complicating the situation with unilateral action. The oil…

IS grows in Libya, but local militias fight back

04/09/2016

WASHINGTON — The top US commander for Africa said the number of Islamic State group militants in Libya has doubled in the last year or so to about 6,000. Army Gen. David Rodriguez heads US Africa Command.…

California woman gives up home to care for thousands of cats

04/07/2016

PARLIER, California — It started with a few kittens. But nearly a quarter century later, a California woman has transformed her 4,000-square-foot (370-sq. meter) home into what’s believed to be the largest no-cage cat sanctuary and adoption…

Court orders detention of EgyptAir hijacker

03/30/2016

Larnaca, Cyprus — A Cyprus court yesterday ordered the detention for eight days of an Egyptian man who admitted to hijacking a domestic EgyptAir flight and diverting it to the east Mediterranean island nation by threatening to…

Suu Kyi ally sworn in as Myanmar’s new president

03/30/2016

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Htin Kyaw, a trusted friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, took over as Myanmar’s president on Wednesday, calling it a “historic moment” in the country’s long-drawn transition to democracy after decades of…

Dallas man set to die for killing 2 daughters

03/30/2016

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Attorneys are asking federal courts to halt the scheduled execution of a 60-year-old former Dallas accountant condemned for gunning down his young daughters while their mother helplessly listened on the phone. John Battaglia is…

Egypt plane drama: Hijacker arrested, passengers freed

03/30/2016

Larnaca, Cyprus  — An Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane during a routine domestic flight to Cairo and forced it to land on the island of Cyprus on Tuesday has surrendered and was taken into custody…

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