MADRID – A Spanish mayor says a man has died after being charged down and gored by a bull that was being herded into a northern village as part of annual celebrations to honor its patron saint. Jesus Garcia Pastor said the 66-year-old man had wandered into an area of …
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GENEVA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was a “heinous crime which will be fully investigated.” Nemtsov was shot dead Friday night near the Kremlin. Western officials have called on Moscow to conduct a prompt and transparent probe of the killing. Lavrov …
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MONTREUX, Switzerland – Undeterred by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scathing speech against an Iran nuclear deal, U.S. and Iranian negotiators have resumed work on an agreement meant to crimp Iran’s atomic program in exchange for sanctions relief. With an end-of-month deadline looming to complete a framework accord, U.S. Secretary …
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UNITED NATIONS – Russia has blocked a Western-backed U.N. Security Council statement that would have condemned indiscriminate shelling in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol that killed about 30 civilians and injured more than 90. The blocked statement called for “an immediate de-escalation of violence,” implementation of a September cease-fire and …
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KAMPALA, Uganda – A dozen suspects have appeared in a Ugandan court to face charges, including murder and terrorism, amid what local officials say is the budding threat of Islamic here. Police spokesman Fred Enanga said Thursday the suspects were “using religion to recruit people” into an armed group. At …
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BEIJING – A Chinese court says two cult members have been put to death for killing a woman at a McDonald’s outlet. The Yantai Intermediate People’s Court in the eastern province of Shandong says Zhang Fan and her father, Zhang Lidong, were executed after the Supreme People’s Court approved the …
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MOSCOW – About 300 US Army paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine for training exercises with national guard units, a move criticized by the Kremlin and eastern Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatist rebels. The troops, from the Italy-based 173rd Airborne Brigade, are to spend several weeks training a total of about 900 Ukrainian …
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MOSCOW – Russian investigators opened a new corruption case Wednesday against subcontractors building a space center where workers have gone unpaid for months and have appealed directly to President Vladimir Putin for help. The Vostochny Cosmodrome, under construction in a remote area in the Far East, is a priority project …
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SEOUL, South Korea – Secretary of State John Kerry says he’s confident about the fight against the Islamic State group, despite the setbacks like the loss of Ramadi. Kerry, who is traveling through Korea, says that he’s long said the fight against the terrorist group would be a long one, …
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LONDON – Standard & Poor’s is warning that it may downgrade its credit rating on Britain sometime in the next two years following the government’s decision to hold a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union. In a statement, the agency said Friday that “economic policymaking could be …
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