SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. officials in Puerto Rico have seized a load of fish bladders taken from an endangered species and stuffed inside packages that were shipped from Venezuela and destined for Hong Kong. Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection have seized 1,328 pounds (over 600 kilograms) …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish news reports say that for the second straight night, Turkish jets have struck Islamic State group targets across the border in Syria. The fighter jets also hit camps of Kurdish PKK militants in northern Iraq. It’s the first time Turkey has struck Kurds in northern Iraq …
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TRIPOLI, Libya – Human Rights Watch says Libyan prison authorities should investigate the alleged abuse of a son of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi and other inmates in a Tripoli prison. In a statement late Monday, the U.S.-based group said a video made available by news website Clearnews apparently showed guards …
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JUBA, South Sudan – Two newspapers in South Sudan say the government has stopped their operations in an apparent crackdown on the independent media. Nhial Bol, editor of the Citizen newspaper, said agents from the National Security Services on Monday ordered him to stop printing because of recently published articles …
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NEW DELHI – Police say 10 people were killed when a building wall collapsed while under construction in northern India. Police officer Sandeep Sharma says another seven workers were injured at the site near Narnaul, a town in Haryana state. The town is 135 kilometers (85 miles) southwest of the …
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HONIARA, Solomon Islands – A magnitude-6.9 earthquake has struck near the Pacific’s Solomon Islands, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake struck Monday afternoon about 214 kilometers (132 miles) west of the capital, Honiara. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center …
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MEXICO CITY – Federal prosecutors in Mexico have asked a judge to issue arrest warrants for 22 employees of a day care center where a 2009 fire killed 49 babies and toddlers and injured 70 other children. The prosecutors’ office said Wednesday that the judge has until Aug. 18 to …
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodian authorities have arrested an opposition senator two days after Prime Minister Hun Sen accused him of treason for comments posted on Facebook. Saturday’s arrest ended a two-day manhunt for Hong Sok Hour, who criticized a 36-year-old border agreement with Vietnam that remains politically sensitive. The …
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CAIRO – Libya’s foreign minister says the internationally-recognized government will draw on Arab support to urge the U.N. to lift an arms embargo in place since 2011. Mohammed al-Dairi said in a Wednesday press conference in Cairo that Libya will use the Arab League’s call a day earlier for the …
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NEW DELHI – India and Pakistan are blaming each other for the cancellation of talks between their national security advisers, with the rivals squabbling over the meeting’s agenda. The meeting scheduled for Monday in New Delhi would have resumed dialogue between the nuclear-armed neighbors a year after India canceled talks …
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