UK halts fracking ahead of election; some want permanent ban
GREGORY KATZ
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — The British government announced Saturday that it will no longer allow fracking because of new scientific analysis that...
Iraqis defy crackdown to hold biggest protests yet
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and JOSEPH KRAUSS
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of Iraqis massed in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Friday in the biggest...
Failed mission raises doubts about Mexican security strategy
CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A sloppy operation that failed to nab JoaquÃn "El Chapo" Guzmán's son - followed by days of...
Berlin Wall’s fall stokes memories of lost hopes in Russia
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — When the Berlin Wall fell, the Soviet Union stepped back, letting East Germany's communist government collapse and then...
AP Exclusive: Peruvian loggers charged in Amazon deaths
FRANKLIN BRICEÑO
Associated Press
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Authorities in Peru have charged five men in the timber industry with the 2014 murders of four...
Survivors say burning train took 20 minutes to stop, 74 dead
ASIM TANVEER
Associated Press
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province on Thursday killing 74 people...
Fire burns down structures at historic Japanese castle
MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — A fire early Thursday burned down structures at Shuri Castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying...
Dutch inventor unveils device to scoop plastic out of rivers
MIKE CORDER
Associated Press
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch inventor Boyan Slat is widening his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean...
Chileans reject president’s concessions, plan new protests
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and EVA VERGARA
Associated Press
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Thousands of Chileans filled a plaza in the center of the capital Tuesday in...
Masked gunmen attack protesters in Iraq holy city; 18 killed
BAGHDAD (AP) — Masked gunmen opened fire at Iraqi protesters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding...