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Central American asylum seeking caravan reaches US border
Elliot Spagat, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 6:25pm
About 130 Central Americans, mostly women and children, have arrived at the U.S. border with Mexico in a "caravan" of asylum-seeking immigrants that has drawn the fury of President Donald Trump.
The Latest: Taxi driver in 'caravan' fears El Salvador gangs
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 6:11pm
The Latest on the arrival at the Mexico-U.S. border of busloads of Central American immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. (all times local):
Red Cross says it's flooded by missing requests for Syrians
Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 5:41pm
The International Committee of the Red Cross has been "flooded" with about 13,000 requests in the last six months from Syrians looking for missing family members, its president said Wednesday.
Spain: 2 linked with late Venezuelan president detained
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 5:40pm
Spanish authorities acknowledged on Wednesday that a married couple with links to Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez has been arrested in a case of suspected corruption in their home country.
The Latest: Red Cross flooded by missing requests in Syrian
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 4:05pm
The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):
Diplomats: Swiss envoy to Germany to be new UN Myanmar envoy
Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 3:49pm
U.N. diplomats say Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has selected Switzerland's Ambassador to Germany Christine Schraner Burgener to be the new U.N. special envoy for Myanmar.
Toronto van attack throws spotlight on anti-woman vitriol
Tammy Webber and Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 3:43pm
The deadly van rampage in Toronto is training attention on an online world of sexual loneliness, rage and misogyny after the suspect invoked an uprising by "involuntary celibates" and gave a shoutout to a California killer who seethed at women for rejecting him.
Turkish court finds newspaper staff guilty on terror charges
Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 3:37pm
A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted journalists and other senior staff members from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper on terror charges, in a case that has exacerbated concerns over press freedom.
School shooting in northern Mexico wounds 5 students
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 3:08pm
Gunmen in a car apparently tried to kidnap a high school student, then opened fire on the youth as he fled into the building, wounding five young people, authorities in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas said Wednesday.
Donors pledge $4.4 billion in Syria aid, short of UN needs
Lorne Cook, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 2:21pm
International donors on Wednesday pledged an estimated $4.4 billion in humanitarian aid for Syria and neighbors sheltering its refugees in 2018, falling significantly short of the more than $7 billion the United Nations is seeking.
Parents of sick toddler Alfie Evans lose UK court appeal
Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 2:13pm
Britain's Court of Appeal on Wednesday rejected a new bid by the parents of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans to take him to Italy and continue his life support against the wishes of his doctors and judges.
Hostility toward journalists rising worldwide, watchdog says
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 1:55pm
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders says hostility toward journalists is growing worldwide, often encouraged by political leaders — even in democratic countries.
Canada van victims include grandmother, avid volunteer
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 1:37pm
People who died when a van plowed down a Toronto sidewalk came from all walks of life, and from several countries. They included a grandmother who was an avid sports fan, and a woman who volunteered to build houses in the Dominican Republic.
Czech president suggests Israel embassy move to Jerusalem
Karel Janicek, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 1:13pm
The Czech Republic's president suggested Wednesday that his country was considering joining the U.S. in moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Germans don Jewish skullcaps to protest anti-Semitism
Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 1:13pm
Germans of various faiths donned Jewish skullcaps and took to the streets Wednesday in several cities to protest an anti-Semitic attack in Berlin and express fears about growing hatred of Jews in the country.
Dominican authorities seize nearly $1.5M in cash
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 1:01pm
Authorities in the Dominican Republic have confiscated nearly $1.5 million in cash found in commercial goods.
Tusk urges Russia ally Serbia to stay on EU membership path
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 12:51pm
A senior European Union official on Wednesday urged Serbia, a candidate for EU membership that is also Russia's key ally in Europe, to keep up its bid to join the bloc.
Thousands protest in Armenia's capital as talks falter
Yuras Karmanau and Avet Demourian, Associated Press | Posted Apr 25th - 12:51pm
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters surged into the central square of the Armenian capital again on Wednesday, calling for the leader of their protests to become prime minister as the country labored through a dramatic political crisis.
