6-year-old boy rescued from rubble of Indonesia quake amid hope of more survivors
CIANJUR, Indonesia — On the fourth day of an increasingly urgent search, Indonesian rescuers narrowed their work Thursday to a landslide where dozens are believed...
Author : The Associated Press
L.A. officer who fired in store, fatally striking teen in dressing room, violated policy, board rules
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles police officer violated policy when he fired a rifle at a suspect inside a clothing store last year, killing...
Giant panda gifted by China dies in Taiwan zoo
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Tuan Tuan, one of two giant pandas gifted to Taiwan from China, died Saturday after a brief illness, the Taipei Zoo said.No...
19 people lashed in northeastern Afghanistan, official says
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nineteen people in northeastern Afghanistan were lashed for adultery, theft and running away from home, a Supreme Court official said Sunday. The...
Climate compensation fund approved, other issues up in air
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — For the first time the nations of the world decided to help pay for the damage that climate change has done...
Court clears way for Alabama to execute man in murder-for-hire slaying of preacher’s wife
ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama’s execution of a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife was called off Thursday just before the...
U.S. moves to shield Saudi crown prince in killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration declared Thursday that the high office held by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince should shield him from lawsuits for his role in the killing...
Afghan Taliban say group will stick to strict Islamic law
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban will stick to their strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia, a spokesman said Thursday, underscoring the group’s intention to...
Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down
DALLAS — The Uvalde officer who was leading the city’s police department during the hesitant law enforcement response to an elementary school shooting that killed...
Myanmar releasing 4 foreign prisoners in amnesty, state media say
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-controlled government announced Thursday it was releasing and deporting an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American as...