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SAO PAULO (AP) -- A Brazilian court has dismissed the criminal case against U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte, who had been charged with filing a false robbery report during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkey's president addressed tens of thousands of people Saturday at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the country's crushed military coup, vowing to "rip the heads off" of terror groups and of the coup-plotters who tried to end his more than a decade-long rule....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is seeking to close a legal window opened for tens of thousands of refugees to enter the United States, appealing a federal judge's order directly to the Supreme Court....
HONOLULU (AP) -- A Hawaiian Airlines in-flight manager called his brother as smoke filled his 26th-floor apartment in Honolulu before he and his mother lost their lives in the blaze, the man's brother said....
(Vatican Radio) Protests are planned after Poland's Parliament rushed through a controversial law that will enable the government to appoint judges without consultation with judicial circles. Plans are also underway to allow the justice minister to get rid of all of the country's Supreme Court judges and appoint new ones, adding to international concerns about Poland's democratic credentials. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Under cover of darkness and without consultation beforehand the ruling Law and Justice party introduced controversial legislation that critics say will erode the independence of the judiciary. But as the governing party and its have a comfortable majority, the law was soon passed by parliament in the middle of the night. Under the legislation, the justice minister and parliamentarians will have the power to appoint judges without consulting judicial officials.The right-wing nationalist government claims the reforms are needed be...
LONDON (AP) -- As a kid, Garbine Muguruza sat in awe in front of the TV as the Williams sisters accumulated Grand Slam titles. They were her role models....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Waving large red Turkish flags, tens of thousands joined a national unity march in Istanbul on Saturday, converging at the iconic July 15 Martyrs' Bridge to mark the anniversary of the failed military coup attempt that 250 people died resisting....
HONOLULU (AP) -- Karen Hastings was in her 31st floor Honolulu apartment when she smelled smoke. She ran out to her balcony, looked down, and saw flames five floors below her....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has often said he doesn't want people "dying in the streets" for lack of health care....
Senior religious leaders drawn from different faiths in the country under the auspices of the Multi Sectoral Forum have made an appeal to government bodies to conduct the coming general election in a credible, peaceful, free and fair manner.In their statement issued at the end of the meeting held in Nairobi on 13th, July, 2017 the religious leaders stated that the primary factor that would cause conflict during and after the elections is credibility. “For this reason, we call upon all stakeholders to do all that is required of them for the elections to be credible,” read the statement.In ensuring credible election, the religious leaders listed some of the preventive measures against violence as commitment by all actors to resolve disputes through courts, severe and immediate punishment for incitement to violence and hate speech and intolerance to disparaging of the courts calling on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to ensure that all electoral...
