Tag: War and unrest
‘We need help’: Haiti’s interim leader requests US troops
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s interim government said it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the...
Pope tells South Sudan leaders to make sacrifices for peace
ROME — Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury marked the 10th anniversary of the independence of South Sudan on Friday by urging its...
Taliban say they now control 85% of Afghanistan’s territory
MOSCOW — The Taliban claimed on Friday that they now control 85% of Afghanistan's territory amid a surge in wins on the ground and...
Thailand sets curfew for capital to combat coronavirus surge
BANGKOK — Officials in Thailand on Friday announced a seven-hour curfew and other restrictions for the capital and nine other provinces to try to...
Ethiopia says all aid flights to Tigray must be searched
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government on Friday said all flights carrying aid to its embattled Tigray region must go through its capital for inspection...
Head of radical Palestinian group laid to rest in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria — Hundreds of people attended on Friday the funeral of Ahmed Jibril, the leader of a breakaway Palestinian faction whose group carried...
Guantanamo prosecutor retires as 9/11 trial remains elusive
WASHINGTON — The Army general who spent the past decade leading an oft-stalled effort to prosecute five men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention...
Local ADs sense return to normalcy in 2021-22
By all accounts, David Edens’ professional timing couldn’t have been worse.
Edens took over as the Whiteland High School athletic director last summer, a time...
2 US men, ex-Colombia soldiers held in Haiti assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Seventeen suspects have been detained so far in the stunning assassination of Haiti's president, and Haitian authorities say two are believed...
Albania leader blames nationalism for EU expansion deadlock
ATHENS, Greece — Albania's prime minister says he thinks a resurgence of nationalism in Europe is holding back plans to expand the European Union...