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VASTERFARNEBO, Sweden (AP) -- Love, not war, sent an Afghan family fleeing from Iran during last summer's chaotic mass migration to Europe. Luck reunited them a year later, after a dark night in a Turkish forest separated 14-year-old Mahdi Azizi from his parents and sisters....
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) -- It was a very busy, very lucrative weekend for Hillary Clinton in the summer playground of the East Coast's moneyed elite....
(Vatican Radio) The Philippines' president has threatened to pull his country out of the United Nations after U.N. officials expressed alarm at apparent killings by police and vigilantes. There's concern, too, from Catholic bishops in the Philippines.Listen to the report by Alastair Wanklyn: Deadly shootings have soared, with police and alleged vigilantes targeting apparent drug dealers.The president has said he approves of executing wrongdoers, saying "If you destroy the youth of this country, I will kill you."Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's apparent incitement to killing may be a crime under international law, according to the United Nations rapporteur on summary executions. The U.N. said last week more than 850 people have been killed since Duterte won election in May.On Sunday, Duterte struck back, accusing the U.N. of empty talk on halting hunger, wars and terrorism. He said he might as well pull the Philippines out of the U....
(Vatican Radio) The Rio Olympics have seen a trio of superstars achieve the zenith of sporting brilliance. James Blears reports that all of this done under the imposing statue of Christ the Redeemer, in a fortnight which will forever be remembered in sporting history.Listen to the report by James Blears: So many tremendous performances in the Rio Olympics, but two competitors just seem to stand head and shoulders above the rest, creating waves and bolts of lightning.Usain Bolt doing the treble in his third successive Olympics. 100 metres and 200 metres golds topped off with gold in the 4 by 100 metres relay. He achieved this last one just three days after his 30th birthday. His tally of nine golds in three Olympics now equals that of Carl Lewis and Finland`s Paavo Nurmi. As "Bolt of lightning" himself said in a matter of fact way: "There you go...I`m the greatest," But hinting at his retirement he wistfully reflect...
More than 1,000 residents of a northwest Indiana public housing complex have been in a state of panic and uncertainty since authorities informed them last month that their homes must be destroyed because of serious lead contamination....
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's brief but show-stopping gig at the Olympic closing ceremony as the Nintendo game character Super Mario offered a tantalizing glimpse at Tokyo's plans for the 2020 games....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korea's threat of nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an invasion rehearsal....
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's defense minister is chastising Russia, saying Moscow's announcement on using Iranian bases for attacks on Syrian militants was "kind of show off and ungentlemanly."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After two weeks of sunshine and 10 rounds of golf, President Barack Obama is preparing for the busy fall awaiting him....
The oldest millennials (AP) -- nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into New York City's Twin Towers - are old enough to remember the relative economic prosperity of the 1990s, and when a different Clinton was running for president. The nation's youngest adults - now nearing 20 themselves - find it hard to recall a reality without terrorism and economic worry....
