SANAA, Yemen – Security officials say gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead the head of security in Yemen’s port city of Aden. The officials say Col. Abdelhakim al-Sanidi was killed Sunday while driving on a busy street in al-Mansoura neighborhood. Last week, high-ranking police officials in Aden said hundreds of …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run news agency says police are searching the premises of a business and media group known to be close to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric whom the government accuses of trying to destabilize it. The Anadolu Agency said police on Tuesday were searching 23 companies in Ankara …
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SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean prosecutors have asked for a 15-year prison term for the man they say slashed the U.S. ambassador during a breakfast forum in March. The Seoul Central District Court says prosecutors made the request Thursday at the end of the trial of Kim Ki-jong. The …
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TORONTO – The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an attempt by oil giant Chevron to block Ecuadorian villagers from using an Ontario court to collect billions in damages over rainforest pollution. The 7-0 ruling Friday allows the case to proceed in Canada. Lawyers have fought for years in several …
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VIENNA – The head of the U.N. atomic energy agency says satellite imagery of North Korea’s main nuclear site indicates that the country is expanding its atomic program. Yukiya Amano spoke Monday at the opening of a 35-nation board meeting of his International Atomic Energy Agency. Most of the focus …
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TORONTO – Some 300 prominent Canadians have sent a letter Canada’s prime minister urging him to take action to get Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy freed from an Egyptian prison and returned to Canada. Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour and author Michael …
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CHISINAU, Moldova – Protesters have met with Moldova’s prime minister to discuss their demands after an anti-government demonstration went into its fifth day. A few hundred protesters have been camped out in a pedestrian main square since tens of thousands rallied against the government on Sept. 6, demanding a probe …
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Ernie Els might’ve been the second happiest golfer at Augusta National Sunday night. While he didn’t win the Masters, he watched good friend Adam Scott slip on the champion’s green jacket. Els has turned his attention to the strong field for the RBC Heritage, which …
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ASHBURN, Va. – Jay Gruden got the full Washington Redskins circus distraction experience all in one day. A protest against the name, a bus wreck on the way to the stadium, Robert Griffin III’s return from an injury, a media report the coach called “amateurish,” and a defense that allowed …
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CINCINNATI – The rest of the Cincinnati Bengals were starting practice on the rain-softened grass fields Monday afternoon. Receiver Marvin Jones was headed in the opposite direction, walking down the paved path toward the trainer’s room, slowed by a protective white boot on his left foot. The defending AFC North …
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