Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered officials to create corridors to allow people in eastern Ukraine to escape areas that have seen months of fighting and safely move to other parts of the country. The president announced the move Tuesday, saying he wanted to “avoid new victims” as Ukrainian forces battle to regain control of […]
Fugitive self-proclaimed spy and NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden says he wants to return home to the United States.In his first interview on U.S. television, Snowden toldNBC-TV newsman Brian Williams Wednesday that he sees himself as a patriot, but that until he can return to the U.S. he plans to ask Russia to extend his […]
Afghan police fired shots into the air Tuesday to disperse villagers demanding aid at the site of a massive landslide in northeastern Afghanistan.Authorities say no one was injured when several people rushed toward a truck carrying emergency supplies to those affected by last week’s landslide.Hundreds of people in the village of Abi Barik in […]
Philippine officials say at least 15 people have been killed during fighting between government troops and Islamist militants in a remote southern region.The fighting began Tuesday and continued into early Wednesday in the town of Patikul on the island province of Sulu, a stronghold of Abu Sayyaf militants.The military says the fighting broke out […]