LONDON – The Guardian newspaper has appointed Katherine Viner, currently editor of Guardian U.S., its new editor-in-chief The newspaper named Viner Friday as the 12th editor in its 194-year history. The first woman to hold the post, she replaces Alan Rusbridger, who is stepping down after 20 years. Under Rusbridger, …
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SANAA, Yemen – A purported affiliate of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the mass killing of 29 soldiers last week in a southern city taken over the country’s local al-Qaida branch. They made the claim Monday on a Twitter account known to be associated with the militants, …
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WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s history institute has placed a paid advertisement in a popular daily in Russia to seek details of the deaths and burials of three leaders abducted in 1945 to Moscow where they died after a trial on fabricated charges. The Komsomolskaya Pravda, loyal to President Vladimir Putin, …
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ATHENS, Greece – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he disagrees with sanctions against Russia, and wants to boost trade ties with the country. In an interview with Russia’s Tass news agency published Tuesday before a visit to Moscow next week, Tsipras says he considers sanctions to be a “road …
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MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens honored the victims of the terrorist shootings in Paris by playing the French national anthem Saturday night before their game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The French flag was shown waving on the scoreboard at Bell Centre as the Canadiens played “La Marseillaise” before the American …
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GENEVA – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry voiced support Wednesday for a Russian effort to bring Syria’s warring factions together for talks to end the four-year conflict. Meeting in Geneva with the UN and Arab League envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, Kerry said he hoped the Russian initiative …
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YANGON, Myanmar – Trucks are on standby to try to rescue more than 1,000 civilians trapped in two villages in northern Myanmar where fierce fighting broke out between the Myanmar army and rebels. Gam Aung, a resident in Lone Khin, a town near the fighting in Kachin state, says many …
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PARIS – There will be no Charlie Hebdo at newsstands this week. The satirical French weekly decimated by a Jan. 7 newsroom massacre by two Muslim radical brothers printed about 7 million copies of its first post-attack issue. The website of the paper that has spoofed Islam’s prophet says the …
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VATICAN CITY – The monsignor who spearheaded the saint-making process for El Salvador’s slain Archbishop Oscar Romero says it was Pope Benedict XVI — not Pope Francis — who removed the final hurdle in the tortured, 35-year process. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia told reporters Wednesday that it was Benedict who “gave …
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An opposition congresswoman close to the prosecutor whose mysterious death has rocked Argentina says he told her the government was going to remove him from his post because of a case he was building against President Cristina Fernandez. Laura Alonso made the comments Friday after meeting …
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