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Gay marriage a distant dream around the world

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
BANGKOK (AP) -- China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. In Egypt's conservative, Muslim-dominated society, laws prohibiting "shameless public acts" have been used to imprison gay men in recent years. Even some gay rights activists in the Philippines are opposed to same-sex marriage....

Yemen: Airstrike kills 5 al-Qaida militants

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- An airstrike killed five al-Qaida militants in the south of Yemen on Thursday, officials said, days after details emerged about a Saudi mole within the network who reportedly provided information allowing the CIA to target one of its key leaders....

Putin pulls out of US summit, meeting with Obama

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin will skip a planned visit to the United States this month for a key global summit and a much-anticipated meeting with President Barack Obama, the Kremlin confirmed Thursday, as he faced pressure from protests and opposition criticism at home....

UN observers enter mountainous enclave in Syria

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A team of United Nations observers entered the Syrian town of Haffa Thursday after government troops overran the area near the Mediterranean coast, seizing the territory back from rebels after battles that raged for eight days....

12 bodies found at Russian jet crash in Indonesia

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) -- Search teams who scaled a volcano's steep slopes found at least 12 bodies Friday near the wreckage of a Russian-made jetliner that crashed in Indonesia during a demonstration flight for potential buyers, an official said....

Stun gun plot on Dubai racing camel wins jail time

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A Dubai court has sentenced three men to jail terms for rigging a stun gun on a racing camel in an attempt to jolt the animal into running faster....

Pakistan says it test-fires short-range missile

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's military says it has successfully test-fired a short-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead....

Findings in NZ skydiving crash cite weight problem

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A skydiving plane that crashed near a New Zealand glacier in 2010, killing nine people, was overloaded because modifications for it to carry passengers were poorly managed, investigators concluded....

International adoptions plummet globally

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- The number of international adoptions has plummeted to its lowest point in 15 years, a steep decline attributed largely to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sputtering world economy and efforts by countries to place more children with domestic families....

International adoptions plummet globally

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- The number of international adoptions has plummeted to its lowest point in 15 years, a steep decline attributed largely to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sputtering world economy and efforts by countries to place more children with domestic families....

Wreckage of Russian jet found on Indonesian cliff

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
CIDAHU, Indonesia (AP) -- A helicopter spotted the shattered wreckage of a Russian-made passenger plane Thursday that crashed into a steep cliff on a long-dormant Indonesian volcano during a demonstration flight to potential buyers and journalists. There was no sign of survivors among the 47 people on board....

Obama gay marriage support seen as world precedent

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday that he supports gay marriage boosted the hopes of gay rights groups around the world that other leaders will follow his example, though opponents denounced his switch as a shameless appeal for votes....

Obama gay marriage support seen as world precedent

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday that he supports gay marriage boosted the hopes of gay rights groups around the world that other leaders will follow his example, though opponents denounced his switch as a shameless appeal for votes....

Rescue teams hunt for lost Russian passenger jet

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Search and rescue teams were scouring the slopes of a dormant volcano in western Indonesia early Thursday for signs of a new Russian-made passenger plane that dropped off the radar while on a demonstration flight. Fifty people were on board, including potential buyers, diplomats and journalists....

Saudis emerge as key US ally against terrorists

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A decade after hijackers mostly from Saudi Arabia attacked the United States with passenger jets, the Saudis have emerged as the principal ally of the U.S. against al-Qaida's spinoff group in Yemen and at least twice have disrupted plots to explode sophisticated bombs aboard airlines....

Saudis emerge as key US ally against terrorists

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A decade after hijackers mostly from Saudi Arabia attacked the United States with passenger jets, the Saudis have emerged as the principal ally of the U.S. against al-Qaida's spinoff group in Yemen and at least twice have disrupted plots to explode sophisticated bombs aboard airlines....

Saudis emerge as key US ally against terrorists

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A decade after hijackers mostly from Saudi Arabia attacked the United States with passenger jets, the Saudis have emerged as the principal ally of the U.S. against al-Qaida's spinoff group in Yemen and at least twice have disrupted plots to explode sophisticated bombs aboard airlines....

Al-Qaida Suicide Bomber was Double Agent

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
VOA News | A man sent by al-Qaida's branch in Yemen to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner worked for Saudi Arabia's intelligence service and the CIA.

UN chief urges return of Guinea-Bissau government

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:50
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday the United Nations wants an immediate restoration of the ousted government in Guinea-Bissau, which was overthrown by the military last month....
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