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Yemen drones hit Saudi oil sites, including key chokepoint

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept 14 (AP) — Drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and another major oilfield Saturday, sparking huge fires at a vulnerable chokepoint for global energy supplies. It remained unclear hours later whether anyone was injured at

Pope to visit Japan and Thailand in November: Vatican

VATICAN CITY, Sept 13, 2019 (AFP) – Pope Francis is to visit Thailand and Japan, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki, from

Tropical storm warning issued for Bahamas; 1,300 still missing

NASSAU (Reuters) – A tropical cyclone was forecast to move across the northwestern Bahamas in the coming days, potentially bringing

Brexit in chaos after court rules PM’s suspension of parliament…

LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of the British parliament was unlawful, a Scottish court ruled

Trump fires hawkish national security chief Bolton

WASHINGTON, Sept 11, 2019 (AFP) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the firing of hawkish national security advisor John

Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now ‘dead’

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (AP) — U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now “dead,” President Donald Trump declared Monday, two

Johnson suspends UK Parliament after latest Brexit defeat

LONDON, Sept 10 (AP) — The simmering showdown between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain’s Parliament over Brexit came to

Pope in Madagascar insists: ‘Poverty is not inevitable’

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Sept 9 (AP) — Pope Francis insisted Sunday that poverty isn’t inevitable and that the poor deserve the

Trump says he canceled secret Taliban meeting at Camp David

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan

Cracks in Saudi-UAE coalition risk new war in Yemen

BY MAGGIE MICHAEL ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Fighting between their allies in southern Yemen has opened a gaping wound in