Articles by Associated Press
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Airstrikes hit Yemen airports as Saudis ponder cease-fire
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 7:05 pmHeavy Saudi-led airstrikes targeted several airports Monday across Yemen even as the kingdom’s foreign minister said officials were considering a cease-fire to allow aid into the Arab world’s poorest country, while Senegal announced it would be contributing troops to back the Saudi-led coalition.
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Former CIA leader defends drone strikes, torture
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 7:05 pmPresident Barack Obama ordered a barrage of CIA drone strikes in Yemen in 2013 that killed the al-Qaida operatives behind the most serious plotting against American interests in years, a former CIA leader says in a new memoir that broadly defends the targeted killing of terrorists.
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State: No evidence of conflict in Clinton Foundation gifts
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 7:05 pmThe State Department said Monday it has no evidence that any actions taken by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton when she was secretary of state were influenced by donations to the Clinton Foundation or former President Bill Clinton’s speaking fees.
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Senegal pledges 2,100 troops to aid effort in Yemen
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 7:05 pmSenegal is sending 2,100 troops to help back the military intervention led by Saudi Arabia that is underway in Yemen, becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to contribute soldiers to the effort, the country’s foreign minister said Monday.
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UN confirms Ban will visit Moscow for WW2 Victory Day
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 7:05 pmU.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will go to Moscow to attend Victory Day events this weekend, the world body announced Monday, amid criticism that Russia should not be rewarded after annexing Crimea from Ukraine.
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Melissa Rivers lauds and laughs in ‘The Book of Joan’
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 7:05 pmher exhaustive work ethic (working six days a week on several shows, books, a jewelry line and her standup act) … her indulgence in expensive things (designer handbags and shoes, first-class travel, a personal driver) … and her preoccupation with looks that led to countless cosmetic procedures (“she changed noses the way Taylor Swift changes boyfriends”).
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AP Interview: Qatar minister vows to improve migrants’ lives
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 7:05 pmQatar’s inability to ensure decent housing for its bulging migrant labor population was “a mistake” the government is working to fix as it prepares to host the 2022 World Cup, the country’s top labor official said Monday, vowing his country would improve conditions for its vast foreign labor force.
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Protests highlight troubles of Ethiopian Jews in Israel
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 7:05 pmWhen Israel secretly airlifted waves of Ethiopian Jews in the 1980s and 1990s, saving them from war and famine in the Horn of Africa, it was celebrated as a triumphant show of unity for the Jewish people.
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Russia’s new Armata tank makes debut in parade rehearsal
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 6:05 pmRussia’s new Armata tank appeared in public for the first time Monday, rumbling down a broad Moscow avenue on its way to Red Square for the final rehearsal of the Victory Day parade.
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FBI searches Phoenix home in Texas prophet contest shooting
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 6:05 pmFederal agents searched an apartment in Phoenix in an investigation into a shooting outside a suburban Dallas venue hosting a provocative contest for Prophet Muhammad cartoons, the FBI confirmed Monday.
