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Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars
BY DAMIAN DOVARGANES and JORDI LEBRIJA AP Tropical Storm Hilary inundated streets across Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninsula with deadly floodwaters Sunday ...Suspected Palestinian gunman kills an Israeli, wounds another in latest attack in occupied West Bank
ISABEL DEBRE AP A suspected Palestinian attacker killed an Israeli woman and seriously wounded a man in the south of the occupied ...West African bloc says ‘we are going into Niger’ if all else fails
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Boureima Balima Reuters The West African bloc ECOWAS stands ready to intervene militarily in Niger should diplomatic ...Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings
Sweden raised its terrorist alert to the second highest level on Thursday, saying it had thwarted attacks after Koran burnings and other acts against ...Ukraine port ship reaches Istanbul despite Russian blockade
A civilian cargo ship sailing from Ukraine reached Istanbul on Thursday in defiance of a Moscow blockade that sent tensions soaring after ...Armenia and Azerbaijan clash over plight of 120,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh facing food crisis
BY EDITH M. LEDERER AP Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council Wednesday over the plight ...Peru allows abortion of 11-year-old rape victim after UN pressure
By Carlos Valdez and Anthony Marina Reuters An 11-year-old rape victim was allowed an abortion in Peru over the weekend after being ...More than 60 migrants feared dead at sea off Cape Verde coast
More than 60 people are believed to have died after a migrant boat from Senegal was found off West Africa’s Cape Verde ...Deadly clashes between rival militias in Libya leave 27 dead
Two powerful armed factions battled in Libya’s capital on Tuesday in the city’s worst violence this year, but the deadly clashes calmed after one ...Poland holds huge military parade as war rages in neighbouring Ukraine
Poland’s biggest military parade since the Cold War took place in Warsaw, as the NATO-member country flexed its military muscle in what ...