| world news Jan 17, 5:35 pm (ET) |
| Belgium: No sign Greek arrests are linked with Belgian probe photo ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Belgian authorities said Saturday that information sent to them from Athens so far has not indicated the people detained by police in Greece were involved in a Belgian jihadi cell. A Greek police official earlier said four terrorism suspects had been arrested separately... |
| In new blow, Syrian opposition shuns Russia peace initiative photo BEIRUT (AP) — A Russian initiative to host peace talks this month between the Syrian government and its opponents appears to be unraveling as prominent Syrian opposition figures shun the prospective negotiations amid deep distrust of Moscow and concerns the talks hold no chance of success.... | |
| AP PHOTOS: Post-typhoon, can the pope repair broken ties? photo TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — After Pope Francis' visit to the central Philippine city of Tacloban on Saturday, a group of Filipinos took shelter from the rain under a tarpaulin roof stretched out from a rebuilt wooden shack. A recurring theme emerged when they were asked about what the pope's... | |
| Yemen arrests 2 Frenchmen over suspected al-Qaida links photo SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni authorities have arrested two French citizens suspected of being members of al-Qaida, the country's national security chief said Saturday, without mentioning whether they were involved in this month's attack by gunmen on a French newspaper. Gen. Ali Hassan al-Ahmadi... | |
| Latest Charlie Hebdo cover continues to roil Muslim world photo CAIRO (AP) — The famed French weekly Charlie Hebdo has continued to draw a somewhat contradictory reaction across the Muslim world. Many Muslims have expressed disgust at the deadly assault on the magazine's Paris office by Islamic extremists who killed 12 people. However many also remain... | |
| Afghan officials say 5 arrested for Pakistan school massacre photo KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan security services have arrested five men in connection with the massacre at a Pakistan military school last month that killed 150 people, most of them children, officials said Saturday. The men, all non-Afghans, helped support the Dec. 16 assault by the... | |
| Venezuela president receives parade amid looming crisis photo CARACS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro was greeted by the Venezuelan equivalent of a ticker tape parade Saturday as he returned to an increasingly stricken economy from a two-week fundraising trip. Crowds of government supporters danced to live salsa, clutched brightly colored... | |
| Smoky load in truck triggers alarm in Channel Tunnel photo LONDON (AP) — A smoky load being transported through the Channel Tunnel triggered an alarm Saturday, suspending all passenger and freight rail services between Britain and France, Eurotunnel said. No injuries were reported. John Keefe, the spokesman for tunnel operator Eurotunnel, said C02... | |
| Pope braves approaching storm to comfort typhoon victims photo TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Pope Francis braved an approaching tropical storm Saturday to travel to the far eastern Philippines to comfort survivors of the deadly Typhoon Haiyan. He was so emotionally undone by their loss that he barely found the words to offer solace, and then had to cut... | |
| POPE WATCH: Pope Francis has a brief reunion with a friend photo Pope Francis on Saturday visited the Philippine city devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, continuing a two-country Asia tour that also took him to Sri Lanka. Here are some glimpses of his trip as it unfolds: ___ STOPPING FOR A FRIEND One of the events that got cut from Pope Francis' schedule in... | |
| War crimes court opens probe into Palestinian territories photo THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court launched a preliminary probe Friday that could clear the way for a full-scale investigation into possible war crimes in Palestinian territories — plunging the court into the most politically charged... |
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