Dutch Journalist Shot Dead in Libya
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — A sniper fatally shot a Dutch photojournalist on Sunday in the Libyan city of Sirte, the Islamic State's last bastion in the chaos-wracked North African country.
Abu Sayyaf Free 3 Hostages in Southern Philippines
JAKARTA — Three Indonesian hostages have been released in the southern Philippines after being held by their Abu Sayyaf captors for more than three months, Indonesia's foreign minister said Sunday.
Vitit Muntarbhorn Appointed First UN Expert on LGBT Violence and Discrimination
UNITED NATIONS — The Human Rights Council has appointed international human rights expert Vitit Muntarbhorn as the first U.N. independent expert charged with investigating...
Report: Trump Losses May Mean He Didn’t Pay Taxes for Years
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's business losses in 1995 were so large that they could have allowed him to avoid paying federal income taxes for as many as 18 years, according to records obtained by The New York Times.
Twitter, ‘Lies’ and Videotape: Trump Shames Beauty Queen in Pre-Dawn Tweets
RAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Plunging deeper into campaign controversy, Donald Trump publicly shamed a former beauty queen on Friday for her "disgusting" sexual past and then — in one of presidential history's more bizarre moments — encouraged Americans to watch a "sex tape" he said would support his case.
Prosecutors Want Crackdown on Websites Selling Illegal Sex
HONOLULU — Prosecutors from around the world say the fight against sex trafficking is moving online as traffickers use popular websites to advertise sexual services.
Catch Cackling Cock, City tells Citizen
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — A Pittsburgh man has 30 days to figure out how to catch a noisy rooster or the city will penalize him.
US-Philippines Alliance Ironclad, Defense Chief Says
HANOI — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has described the U.S.-Philippines alliance as ironclad, one day after the Philippine president said joint military exercises with the U.S. would end.
Train Plows Into New Jersey Station; 100-Plus Hurt
HOBOKEN, New Jersey — A commuter train plowed into the bustling Hoboken rail station during the morning rush hour Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100 others, some critically, in a tangle of broken concrete, twisted metal and dangling cables, authorities said.
Indonesia Extradites Alleged People Smuggler to Australia
CANBERRA, Australia — An Iranian national extradited from Indonesia was to appear in a Sydney court on Thursday charged with people smuggling offenses, the government said.
