Category: International News

Court deadlines set stage for more Russia probe details

WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller is set to reveal more details about his Russia investigation on Friday as he faces court deadlines in the cases of two men who worked closely with President Donald Trump. The special counsel and federal prosecutors in New York will have to file separate […]

Texas bids Bush farewell with sports stars, funeral train

HOUSTON — George H.W. Bush, who shaped history as America’s 41st president and patriarch of a family that occupied the White House for a dozen years, is going to his final rest Thursday in Texas. More than 11,000 people paid their respects to Bush as his casket lay […]

India urges training to replicate Lion Air crash for Boeing pilots

NEW DELHI – Pilots flying Boeing Co’s 737 MAX jets in India should be trained on a simulator that replicates the suspected scenario that led to the Lion Air crash, India’s aviation regulator said in a statement on Thursday. 737 MAX passenger jet flying to Jakarta from Bali […]

Analysis: Slow train to China – India’s trade ties with Beijing taking time to ripen

NEW DELHI – China and India may be talking about improving their trade relationship but there is little action to go with the words. According to Indian government officials and representatives of various Indian trade bodies, progress is very slow – and may even be getting slower after […]

Presidential funeral train will be first in nearly 50 years

AUSTIN, Texas — The locomotive was painted to resemble Air Force One, but George H.W. Bush joked that if it had been around during his presidency, he may have preferred to ride the rails rather than take to the skies. “I might have left Air Force One behind,” […]

Bush, president and patriarch, is home for Texas burial

HOUSTON — George H.W. Bush, who shaped history as 41st president and patriarch of a family that occupied the White House for a dozen years, is going to his final rest, in Texas. The country said goodbye to him Wednesday in a national funeral service that offered high […]

Indian court orders Briton held during copter bribery probe

NEW DELHI  — An Indian court on Wednesday ruled that officials may hold a British man while they investigate him for alleged bribery in a canceled $670 million helicopter deal between India and an Italian defense company. Judge Arvind Kumar allowed Briton Christian James Michel to meet briefly […]

Turkey prosecutor seeks arrest of two Saudi crown prince allies over Khashoggi murder

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded that arrest warrants be issued against two Saudi nationals close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Turkish source close to the investigation said Wednesday. Khashoggi, 59, was killed shortly after entering the Saudi consulate in […]

Briton says psychologically tortured in UAE detention

A British man convicted in the United Arab Emirates for spying said Wednesday he was psychologically tortured and that his captors asked him to turn double agent against the British government. Matthew Hedges, a university researcher, was detained at Dubai airport on May 5, held in solitary confinement […]

Leaders foreign and domestic prepare goodbyes to Bush

International dignitaries will join US leaders present and past on Wednesday in saying their final goodbyes to former president George H.W. Bush, whose life will be honored at a funeral service in Washington. The nation’s 41st president, who died Friday at age 94, has lain in state since […]

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