VOA News Police in Florence, Italy, are probing the apparent murder of a 35-year-old American expatriate who was found dead in her downtown apartment with bruises and scratches to her neck. The Italian news agency ANSA said police on Monday were awaiting the results of an autopsy on the body of Ashley Olsen and reviewing […]readmore
VOA News The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday that sanctions on Iran could be lifted “soon.” A multilateral agreement reached in July requires Tehran to complete multiple steps regarding its nuclear program before several international sanctions are removed. There is no fixed date for the milestone. The deal intended to […]readmore
VOA News A South Korean official said Monday Seoul and the United States are discussing other U.S. «strategic assets» that can be deployed on the Korean peninsula, a day after the U.S. flew a long-range B-52 bomber over South Korea in an apparent response to North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test. «The United States and […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier January 11, 2016 Mexico is starting the process to extradite the notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin «El Chapo» Guzman to the United States, where he faces an array of charges linked to the hundreds of tons of cocaine, heroin and other drugs he has shipped across the border. The Mexican government had in […]readmore
PARIS— As joggers sprinted down nearby Canal Saint Martin, targeted by Islamist assailants last year, Antoine Karegis and his family braved a brisk wind Sunday at the Place de la Republique to pay their respects for the nearly 150 victims of last year’s terrorist attacks around Paris. “It would have been difficult not to be […]readmore
VOA News A newly arrived Syrian refugee and a Muslim former U.S. soldier will be among the White House invitees sitting with first lady Michelle Obama in her box Tuesday at President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address. A first lady’s choice of guests to the closely watched address often underlines the president’s priorities, […]readmore
Associated Press BURNS, OREGON—The occupation of national wildlife area by a small, armed group upset over federal land policies stretched into its second week as the mother of the group’s leader asked supporters to send supplies – everything from warm blankets to coffee creamer. The group that seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon’s […]readmore
Reuters January 10, 2016 6:43 PM New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday denounced the rape of a woman by five men at a Brooklyn playground, pledging police would work to swiftly apprehend the suspects in «this vicious crime.» Police said on Saturday the men took turns raping the 18-year-old woman at the playground […]readmore
Associated Press CINCINNATI, OHIO—Having already earned a measure of «Fame» with the Cincinnati Zoo’s first animal birth of 2016, a newborn penguin chick has been named «Bowie.»The zoo says the baby known as a blue or fairy penguin hatched at 6 a.m. Friday, weighing less than 2 ounces. Friday was both David Bowie’s and Elvis […]readmore
U.S. actor Sean Penn met with legendary Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin «El Chapo» Guzman in Mexico, months before his capture, for an interview posted onRolling Stone magazine’s website late Saturday, a day after Guzman was captured by Mexican authorities. Guzman «proudly» volunteers to Penn «I supply more heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana than anybody else […]readmore