April 12, 2017 FBI adds illegal immigrant eyed in gruesome killing to Most Wanted Fugitives list The FBI announced Wednesday it added an alleged gang member and illegal immigrant wanted in connection with a gruesome killing in New Jersey to its “10 Most Wanted” list.
April 12, 2017 Germany on Spicer: Nazi parallels lead to 'nothing good' German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman says that comparing Nazi war crimes to present-day situations "leads to nothing good" — a reaction to his U.S. counterpart's remarks about Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons.
April 12, 2017 Why it matters: Ahmadinejad filing for Iran's presidency Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has defied the advice of the Islamic Republic's supreme leader and registered to run again for the nation's presidency.
April 12, 2017 Al-Shabab vows 'doubled response' to US move in Somalia The Somalia-based al-Shabab claims that its escalation of deadly attacks is in "doubled response" to President Donald Trump's approval of expanded U.S. military efforts against it, an organization that monitors extremist groups says.
April 12, 2017 Philippine troops, suspected militants clash; 6 dead Philippine officials say at least six people have been killed in battle between government forces and suspected Abu Sayyaf militants on a central resort island, far from the extremists' southern jungle bases and in a region where the U.S. government has warned the gunmen may be conducting kidnappings.
April 12, 2017 Greenpeace protests outside G-7 Energy meeting Top energy officials from the Group of Seven industrial nations were gathering in the Italian capital amid growing concerns over the U.S. administration's moves to unravel policies aimed at stalling global warming.
April 12, 2017 North Korea decries US carrier dispatch as parliament meets North Korea's parliament convened Tuesday amid heightened tensions on the divided peninsula, with the United States and South Korea conducting their biggest-ever military exercises and the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier heading to the area in a show of American strength.
April 12, 2017 At long last, US Secretary of State Tillerson gets a deputy U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson finally has a deputy at the State Department.
April 12, 2017 Brazil's top court opens probes into 9 government ministers Brazil's Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it has opened corruption investigations into nine government ministers and dozens more top politicians in a sweeping decision that affects one third of embattled President Michel Temer's Cabinet and many of his top allies.
April 12, 2017 American woman enters guilty plea in Canada mall murder plot An American woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in a plot that envisioned the use of rifles and gas bombs to kill shoppers at a food court in a mall in Canada.
