(Reuters) - A prominent California lawmaker was arrested on Wednesday in an FBI sweep that netted 26 people, a high-profile case that could affect statewide elections and brings to three the number of Democratic state senators who face criminal charges this year.
Senator Leland Yee, a former...
March 27, 2014 00:02 IST by Vladimir Radyuhin
President Vladimir Putin’s popularity at home has hit a near all-time record as the West appears to be losing the battle for the minds of Russians over the Ukraine crisis.
A whopping 80 percent of Russians approve of Mr. Putin’s work...
Most New York state voters expressed opposition to the New York Dream Act, which would have allowed undocumented immigrants to receive financial aid for higher education, according to a Siena College poll released Monday.
The measure was narrowly defeated a week ago in New York's State...
By Paul Richter, Sergei L. Loiko and Carol J. Williams
February 28, 2014, 6:29 p.m.
WASHINGTON — President Obama issued a blunt warning to Moscow on Friday that "there will be costs" if Russia sends its troops into Ukraine, saying he is deeply concerned about reports of Russian military...
The anti-government protesters who once threatened to shut down Thailand's capital said they will significantly scale back their presence in the streets, in what could be a prelude to eased tensions.
Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said in his nightly speech Friday that the protesters would...
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press | January 4, 2014 | Updated: January 4, 2014 4:21pm
BAGHDAD (AP) — The city center of Iraq’s Fallujah has fallen completely into the hands of fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Levant, police said Saturday, yet another victory...
By Sam Youngman
syoungman@herald-leader.comJanuary 4, 2014
By Saturday afternoon, more than 250,000 people had signed on to the class-action lawsuit U.S. Sen. Rand Paul plans to file against the Obama administration over the National Security Agency’s (NSA) collection of data through...
On Thursday, the California supreme court ruled that Sergio C Garcia, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, could receive an official license to practice law in the state. Garcia came to the US at age 17 and has been waiting for an informal immigration visa for nearly 20 years. Immigration law...
Dec. 21, 2013
By SUSANNA KIM
Drivers passing through a busy intersection in Tampa, Fla., this week may have caught sight of a man wearing a dunce cap and holding a sign that read, “I beat women. Honk if I’m a scumbag.”
A woman in Florida said she gave the man who attacked her last...
TEHRAN – The United Nations welcomes Iran’s participation in peace talks on Syria in Switzerland next month but negotiators have failed to reach an agreement on whether Iran should be invited, UN and Arab League envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said on Friday, Al Arabiya reported.
Brahimi...
By Anne Gearan and Joby Warrick, Saturday, November 23, 9:08 PM
GENEVA — Iran and six major powers agreed early Sunday on an historic deal that freezes key parts of Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for temporary relief on some economic sanctions, diplomats confirmed.
The deal was reached...
By Ben Perry4 hours ago
London (AFP) - A couple accused of keeping three women as slaves in a London house for 30 years are of Indian and Tanzanian origin and two of the victims were part of a political “collective”, police said on Saturday.
The two older victims involved in Britain’s most...
By Matt Spetalnick
WASHINGTON | Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:00am IST
Oct 23 (Reuters) - The Obama administration sought on Wednesday to limit any damage to the long-standing U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia in a rift over America’s role in the Middle East that has underscored growing strategic...
23 October 2013 Last updated at 18:24 ET
Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif and US President Barack Obama have discussed the US drone strikes in Pakistan, with Mr Sharif saying they must end.
The two leaders held wide-ranging talks at the White House on Wednesday, pledging to strengthen the...
7 October 2013 Last updated at 14:41 ET
In an interview with BBC Persian TV Mr Netanyahu said that if Iranians were free they would wear blue jeans, and listen to Western music.
Hundreds of Iranians both in Iran and abroad reacted on social media sites.
Many posts showed mainly young...
By Carol J. Williams
October 7, 2013, 12:20 p.m.
In one short year, Malala Yousafzai has transformed herself from obscure Taliban victim to an internationally celebrated model of courage in defense of human rights.
Founder of the nonprofit Malala Fund that advocates for girls’ education...
By David Zucchino This post has been updated, as indicated below.
September 16, 2013, 2:22 p.m.
DURHAM, N.C. — After wrecking his car early Saturday, Jonathan A. Ferrell knocked on a door in a neighborhood in Charlotte. He was apparently seeking help, according to Charlotte police.
But...
16 September 2013 Last updated at 07:03 ET
South Korean workers have returned to the Kaesong industrial park in North Korea, five months after work was halted amid high political tension.
Trucks and cars began crossing the border into North Korea at exactly 08:00 (23:00 GMT Sunday)...
Unknown killers shot the female sub-inspector in the latest attack targeting Afghan women in positions of authority.
Last Modified: 16 Sep 2013 19:11
A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan has died after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain in...
17 August 2013 Last updated at 19:05 ET
Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani has pledged to move away from sloganeering in foreign diplomacy.
During the inauguration of his new foreign minister, he said one of the reasons he was elected was to change his country’s foreign policy.
But he...
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