Demonstrators on Saturday threw rocks through windows at the offices of Alfa Bank and Sberbank and damaged furniture and equipment inside. Protesters also vandalized the offices of the holding company of Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov. Tens of thousands of people in the Ukrainian capital came to various observances of …
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Profit or patriotism? What’s driving fight between US, Apple
WASHINGTON (AP) – Battling in intense public broadsides, Apple Inc. and the government are making their cases before anyone steps into a courtroom over a judge’s order forcing Apple to help the FBI hack into an iPhone in a sensational terrorism case. Both sides are framing their statements in ways …
Read More »Cameron returns for more talks on EU future
BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on talks on a deal for Britain at the European Union summit (all times local): 11:25 a.m. British Prime Minister David Cameron has arrived for more EU talks saying he’ll do everything he can to secure a deal on the U.K.’s relationship with the bloc. …
Read More »Analysis: In a resilient North Korea, can sanctions work?
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) – As the U.S. Congress passed a new set of sanctions on North Korea this week, South Korea shut down the last symbol of inter-Korean economic cooperation and the United Nations Security Council discussed its own measures to punish the North for what it claimed was …
Read More »Syrian Kurds say Turkish shelling continues
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The Latest on the civil war in Syria (all times local): 12:45 p.m. An official with a predominantly Kurdish coalition in northern Syria says Turkish troops are bombing their positions in border areas and inflicting casualties among civilians. Ahmad al-Omar of the Syria Democratic Forces said …
Read More »In Jordan district packed with Syrians, anger festers
MAFRAQ, Jordan (AP) – In a Jordanian border district packed with Syrian war refugees, anger is festering: many complain the mass influx has pushed down wages and driven up food and housing prices. The resentment is still tempered by empathy for the Syrians, who share religious and cultural beliefs with …
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Cameron heads into EU summit with EU membership at stake
BRUSSELS (AP) – Prime Minister David Cameron went into Thursday’s European Union summit ready to be “battling for Britain” as he seeks a deal to fundamentally reform the EU to make sure a U.K. referendum on continued British membership can be won. “It is going to be hard,” Cameron said …
Read More »Arab Kurdish coalition condemns Turkey bombing
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The Latest on Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and aftermath of Ankara bombing (all times local): 3:55 p.m. A coalition of Arab and Kurdish groups in Syria has condemned the bombing in the Turkish capital of Ankara that killed 28 people and wounded …
Read More »Turkey blames Kurdish rebels, Syria for Ankara attack
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s leaders on Thursday blamed top enemies, including Kurdish militant groups in Turkey and in Syria as well as the Syrian government, for the suicide bombing in Ankara and vowed strong retaliation against the perpetrators, threatening to further complicate the Syria conflict. The rush hour car-bomb …
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