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17 killed as 2 dragon boats capsize in southern China
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 6:48pm
Seventeen people were killed after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, authorities said Sunday.
Fire department says death toll in capsize of two dragon boats during practice run in southern China has risen to 17.
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 6:32pm
Fire department says death toll in capsize of two dragon boats during practice run in southern China has risen to 17.
An official says world's oldest person dies in Japan at age of 117
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 6:18pm
An official says world's oldest person dies in Japan at age of 117.
Chemical weapons inspectors collect samples from Syria site
Philip Issa, Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 5:05pm
Chemical weapons inspectors collected samples from Syria's Douma on Saturday, two weeks after a suspected gas attack there followed by retaliatory strikes by Western powers on the Syrian government's chemical facilities.
Armenia protests: 70 arrested, including 2 suspected bombers
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 3:13pm
Armenian authorities say more than 70 people have been arrested, including two people suspected of building bombs, as large protests against the new government entered their second week in the capital.
State media: Saudi security forces respond to small drone
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 2:54pm
Saudi state media is reporting that security forces responded to a small drone flying over a neighborhood in the kingdom's capital after online videos circulated purporting to show the area ringing with small-arms fire.
Cuba's Diaz-Canel receives Maduro in first act as president
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 2:45pm
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro Saturday in his first official act as the country's leader.
Hungary: Anti-government rally focuses on media freedom
Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 2:27pm
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Hungary for the second consecutive Saturday, this time against the media policies and campaign against civic groups pursued by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government.
Holocaust survivor warns Polish leaders over Nazi groups
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 2:19pm
A Holocaust survivor told people at a counter-rally held Saturday in a Polish city where far-right groups marched a week earlier that Poland's leaders tolerate organizations with Nazi-inspired ideologies.
Turkish opposition leader says Erdogan will lose at polls
Ayse Wieting and Zeynep Bilginsoy., Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 2:06pm
The leader of Turkey's main opposition party predicted Saturday that voters who backed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the past would "side with democracy" instead of a "dictatorship" during the next elections in June.
Israel's Lieberman blames Hamas over Gaza deaths
Fares Akram and Karin Laub, Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 12:32pm
Israel's defense minister said Saturday that Hamas leaders are the "only culprits" in continued bloodshed on the Gaza border, as the European Union and a top United Nations official made new demands to investigate shootings of unarmed Palestinians by Israeli soldiers, including the killing of a 14-year-old boy.
UN officials in Sweden for talks on North Korea, Syria
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 12:32pm
The U.N. secretary-general and ambassadors from countries on the Security Council assembled Saturday in Sweden for an informal meeting on weighty international issues, including developments on the Korean Peninsula and in Syria.
Spain: March demands closer prisons for Basque militants
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 11:56am
Several thousand protesters have marched in northern Spain to demand that imprisoned members of the militant Basque group ETA be moved to prisons closer to their homes.
Iran's president slams morality police's tactics with women
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 11:40am
Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's president has criticized the morality police's use of violence against women failing to observe the national Islamic dress code.
French nun known as allied troops 'White Angel' dies at 103
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 11:39am
The mayor of a city in France's Normandy region says a 103-year-old nun known as the "White Angel" to allied soldiers injured during a failed World War II raid has died.
Red Cross says shooting in Yemen kills staffer
Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 11:01am
Unidentified armed men shot dead a humanitarian aid worker in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz early Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
Hamas vows revenge for key member killed in Malaysia
Fares Akram, Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 10:58am
Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group said Saturday that a man who was gunned down in Malaysia was an important member of the organization, accusing Israel of being behind the brazen killing.
Russia reports 10 terror suspects killed in Caucasus region
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 10:45am
Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee says nine insurgents in the Caucasus region who allegedly were planning acts of terrorism during public holidays in May have been killed by police.
