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NEW YORK (AP) -- The girlfriend of a parolee who fatally ambushed a New York City police officer reported that he was acting "paranoid and erratic" about two hours before the slaying....
LOGANVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Four young children and their father were found slain in a home outside Atlanta early Thursday, and police say the mother - now charged with their deaths- was the one who called 911 to report the killings....
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Qatar is showing no signs that it is about to bend to the demands of the four Arab countries lined up against it....
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Gov. Paul LePage lashed out at the media for reporting he planned to leave the state during a budget impasse, and he suggested he sometimes concocts stories to mislead reporters....
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- The Latest on the G-20 summit in Hamburg (all times local):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A pre-emptive military strike may be among the "pretty severe things" President Donald Trump says he is considering for North Korea, but it's a step so fraught with risk that it ranks as among the unlikeliest options....
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Hours before a crucial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump stopped short Thursday of condemning Moscow for meddling in the U.S. presidential election - and refused to say if he would raise the issue when the leaders go behind closed doors....
A leading international rights group has accused Bangladesh’s security forces of gross human rights abuse, saying since 2013 hundreds of people, including many from the, have disappeared, have been killed or are held in secret detention. In a report released on Thursday, Human Rights Watch asked the Bangladesh government to “immediately stop this widespread practice of enforced disappearances, order prompt, impartial, and independent investigations into these allegations, provide answers to families, and prosecute security forces responsible for such egregious rights violations.”The 82-page report, “‘We Don’t Have Him’: Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh,” found that at least 90 people were victims of enforced disappearance in 2016 alone. While most were produced in court after weeks or months of secret detention, the New York-based rights watchdog documented 21 cases of detainees who were later k...
Zambia’s Bishop of Mansa, Patrick Chisanga, OFM Conv., says the role of women in the accomplishment of the divine will for the Salvation of Humankind cannot be overemphasised.Writing in the Mansa Diocesan newsletter, the Bishop calls upon women to be primary missionaries.“Ba Minshioni ba lelo nifwe,” the Bishop said in the local Bemba language meaning: “We are the Missionaries of Today.” Bishop Chisanga paid special tribute to ‘our mothers’ for their unique calling of being real primary missionaries.The Mansa Diocese prelate explained that the women reach out with the first touch of God’s love and nurturance upon humankind's entry into this world.He has since appealed to women in the Diocese of Mansa not to neglect the honour God has bestowed upon them as they emulate the Blessed Mother of the Saviour and the first women disciples.“You (women) are naturally the first Catechisers who communicate faith and morals to us from t...
Bring Christian values to politics; don’t lose your saltiness, Zimbabwe’s Archbishop of Harare, Robert Ndlovu says.As Zimbabwe approaches general elections scheduled for 2018, the Archbishop of Harare, Robert Ndlovu has challenged Catholics to be active in politics and to bring the mind of Christ to the process.Recently addressing congregants at St Canisius Parish, Marlborough in Harare during his pastoral visit, the prelate said Catholics should set precedence in being peace ambassadors and avoid all shameful acts.“As Christians we shouldn’t be seen, talking or conducting acts that put the Church or the name of God into disrepute,” he said He said Christians, led by the Holy Spirit, should promote the act of love on the political scene since Christians sit together and eat from the same plate.Archbishop Ndlovu encouraged parishioners that being active in politics is everyone’s right and duty. He went on to say that lay Catholics can active...
