TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday refused to rule out eventual military action against North Korea and declared that the United States “will not stand” for Pyongyang menacing America or its allies. In his first stop of an extended trip in Asia, Trump stood with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a news … Continue reading
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Media: S. Korean lawmaker says North Korea hacked war plans
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean lawmaker says North Korean hackers may have stolen highly classified military documents that include U.S.-South Korean wartime “decapitation strike” plans against the North Korean leadership, according to South Korean media reports. The United States, meanwhile, staged another show of force meant to deter any North Korean aggression … Continue reading
Aleppo to the Ivy League: Syrian doctor preps for end of war
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Khaled Almilaji coordinated a campaign that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian children and risked his life to provide medical care during the country’s civil war. Now he’s in the Ivy League, learning about how to rebuild Syria’s health system when the war finally ends. He is one of three Syrian scholars studying … Continue reading
UN refugee agency puts focus on educating kids fleeing war
GENEVA (AP) — Food, water and shelter are obvious basic needs for people fleeing war. But with refugees now spending roughly 20 years in exile on average, the U.N. refugee agency is calling on the world to do more to ensure refugee children have access to education as a fundamental right. Over 3.7 million school-age … Continue reading
General says number of US troops in Libya sufficient for now
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps general nominated to lead U.S. forces in Africa said Tuesday, June 21, the United States has a small number of troops on the ground in Libya and no more are needed “at the moment.” In testimony Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser … Continue reading
The Latest: Orlando gunman to 911: ‘I did the shootings
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. (all times local): 10:50 a.m. Newly released transcripts show Orlando gunman Omar Mateen spoke in Arabic to a 911 dispatcher and told a crisis negotiator that the U.S. needed to stop bombing Iraq and Syria. The FBI released partial transcripts Monday,June 20,2016 … Continue reading
Boko Haram still a threat months after ‘technical victory’
MAROUA, Cameroon (AP) — Here on the front line against Boko Haram, no one boasts of having “technically” won the war. More than four months after Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari made such a claim, the extremists still crisscross international borders, avoiding direct confrontations with U.S.-backed African forces while refocusing on soft targets like marketplaces and … Continue reading
Panel: UN should compensate Kosovo Roma over lead poisoning
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A U.N. human rights tribunal in Kosovo said Friday, Apr. 8, the world body should apologize and compensate the Roma community for the health impact of being housed on lead-poisoned sites after the war in 1999. The Human Rights Advisory Panel said the U.N. Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) should “publicly acknowledge … Continue reading
Security beefed up across world after Brussels attacks
MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Europe and across the world tightened security at airports, railway stations, government buildings and other key sites after deadly attacks Tuesday, Mar. 22, on the Brussels airport and its subway system. With Brussels on lockdown and the French prime minister saying that Europe is “at war,” European leaders held … Continue reading
Blast at Japan’s controversial war shrine injures no one
TOKYO (AP) — An explosion Monday damaged a public restroom at a controversial shrine in Tokyo that honors Japanese war dead, with police suspecting foul play. No one was injured. The Yasukuni shrine, which honors 2.5 million Japanese war dead, including executed war criminals, has been the target of criticism from China and South Korea, … Continue reading
Global push for end to Syria war seen as most serious yet
BEIRUT (AP) — The international community is mounting its most serious effort yet to end the nearly 5-year-old Syrian war, rallying around a second round of talks in Vienna this weekend amid the emergence of a Russian proposal that calls for early elections. But the global push for peace so far excludes any of the … Continue reading
New arrivals adjusting to life in Europe
HEIDENAU, Germany (AP) — From the bright lights of Berlin to a grim former Nazi military barracks near the Czech border, the Syrian refugee family’s new life in Germany has been a roller-coaster of euphoria and despair. Last week, fate reserved yet another nasty surprise for the Habashieh family, as they were shuttled from a … Continue reading
1st of Tanzanian albino kids with missing limbs goes home
NEW YORK (AP) — Kabula Nkarango Masanja returned home to Tanzania with a new American prosthetic arm replacing the limb that was chopped off with a machete by followers of African witchcraft. She’s one of Tanzania’s children with albinism, a condition that leaves people with little or no pigment in their skin, hair or eyes. … Continue reading
Druze anger sparks deadly attack on Israeli ambulance
NABI SHUAIB SHRINE, Israel (AP) — An unprecedented attack by a mob of Israeli Druze villagers who snatched a wounded Syrian rebel from an Israeli ambulance in the Golan Heights and beat him to death reflects the spiraling anger among the Jewish state’s Druze minority, which has been pushing for the government to do more … Continue reading
Islamic State group blows up 2 mausoleums in Syria’s Palmyra
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants have destroyed two historic mausoleums in Palmyra, Syria’s top antiquities official said Wednesday, raising fears that the extremists could next target the town’s famed Roman ruins. Maamoun Abdulkarim, the head of the government’s Antiquities and Museums Department, told The Associated Press that the extremists destroyed the grave of Mohammad … Continue reading
Israel, Hamas in unspoken alliance against Gaza extremists
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Nearly a year after a devastating war, Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers appear to have formed an unspoken alliance in a common battle against the shared threat of jihadis aligned with the Islamic State group. While Israel and Hamas remain arch-enemies, both have an interest in preserving an uneasy … Continue reading
Thousands of Syrians flee into Turkey amid intense fighting
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Thousands of Syrians cut through a border fence and crossed over into Turkey on Sunday, fleeing intense fighting in northern Syria between Kurdish fighters and jihadis. The flow of refugees came as Syrian Kurdish fighters closed in on the outskirts of a strategic Islamic State-held town on the Turkish border, Kurdish … Continue reading
Activists: Syrian air raids kill 49 in northwestern village
BEIRUT (AP) — Government airstrikes on a northwestern Syrian village Monday killed at least 49 people and left survivors screaming in anguish as they pulled bodies from the rubble, according to activists and videos of the chaotic aftermath. The Local Coordination Committees said two air raids on the village of Janoudiyeh in Idlib province killed … Continue reading
Libya talks endangered as Islamic State group advances
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — U.N.-brokered negotiations aimed at stemming Libya’s collapse into a failed state threatened to fall apart after the country’s internationally recognized parliament on Tuesday dropped out of the talks in protest over a plan that would mean sharing power with its rivals. The wrangling over the U.N. draft plan came as militants … Continue reading
IS reduces water supply to government areas in Iraq’s Anbar
BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State militants have reduced the amount of water flowing to government-held areas in Iraq’s western Anbar province, an official said Thursday, the latest in the vicious war as Iraqi forces struggle to claw back ground held by the extremists in the Sunni heartland. It’s not the first time that water has … Continue reading
Vietnam War veteran gets dying wish to visit Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — When a Vietnam veteran briefly stopped in Hawaii on his way home from war, he vowed to return one day to honor the people who perished during the attack on Pearl Harbor. With just less than two months to live, Joseph Hooker realized his longtime dream on Wednesday, March 25. … Continue reading
CBS News releases video referenced in O’Reilly dispute
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News on Monday released video from four stories it aired about the Falklands War in 1982, all part of a dispute involving Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly and his subsequent statements about covering the war. None of the stories mentions O’Reilly, then a young CBS reporter, or makes … Continue reading
Virginia War Memorial has teamed up with bestselling author David L. Robbins to host ‘The Mighty Pen Project’
RICHMOND, Va – Jon Hatfield, Executive Director at Virginia War Memorial, and bestselling author and Richmond native David L. Robbins are teaming up to host ‘The Mighty Pen Project,’ an opportunity for military veterans to share their stories. ‘The Mighty Pen Project’ is a ten-week seminar open to those who served in the military and … Continue reading
Prosecutor calls for renewed effort to arrest warlord Kony
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court urged renewed efforts Wednesday to arrest notorious militia leader Joseph Kony, after one of his top commanders was taken into custody to face charges of leading a reign of terror in central Africa. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement the victims of … Continue reading