USA The 'clear and beautiful ocean' is focus of latest battle over Okinawa The region hosts about two-thirds of the dedicated U.S.-only bases in Japan despite accounting for less than 1 percent of the country's land area. 22/02/2019
USA Bishops offer 'financial gesture' to sex abuse victims in France Some priests have escaped punishment because the statute of limitations on sex crimes against minors had run out. 22/02/2019
USA U.S. to leave about 200 troops in Syria, White House says A "small peacekeeping group" will remain in Syria "for period of time," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said, confirming an NBC News report. 22/02/2019
USA 'El Chapo's' sons indicted on drug conspiracy charges Prosecutors allege the two brothers conspired to distribute in the U.S. cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana from Mexico and elsewhere in the world. 22/02/2019
USA Driver charged with murder of pregnant mother after clash over smoking The 35-year-old suspect was allegedly asked by a father not to blow smoke in his children's direction, and then plowed his car into the family. 21/02/2019
USA Peter Tork of the Monkees dies at 77 "There are no words right now...heart broken over the loss of my Monkee brother, Peter Tork," bandmate Micky Dolenz said. 21/02/2019
Venezuela Maduro says he will close Venezuela's border with Brazil Maduro will close Venezuela's border with Brazil, considering closing Colombian border 21/02/2019
USA Ohio man punches lawyer in court after receiving 47-year sentence "All I remember is waking up on the floor underneath the table," the lawyer said. 21/02/2019
USA Jussie Smollett blasted by Chicago police for exploiting city's racial divide for personal gain "'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career," said Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson. 21/02/2019
USA DC cancels comic book about Jesus Christ's second coming amid backlash The "Second Coming" was centered on Jesus teaming up with a superhero named Sun-Man. 21/02/2019
USA Authorities are warning parents about '48-Hour Challenge' "We don't know that anyone is doing it yet and but we saw it out there and we wanted to present it to parents," police in Indiana said. 21/02/2019
USA Pope at abuse summit: 'Listen to the cry of the young who want justice' Catholic officials in many parts of Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia still deny that clergy sex abuse exists or downplay the problem. 21/02/2019
USA Netanyahu cozies up to far-right parties; centrists respond with own alliance The Israeli PM's strongest challengers joined forces Thursday. The centrist candidates are aiming to end Netanyahu's decade in power. 21/02/2019
USA Europeans watch Brexit chaos in 'disbelief and bewilderment' "There is disbelief and bewilderment. It is impossible to comprehend how badly this has been handled." 21/02/2019
USA Fire in centuries-old shopping district kills 70 in Bangladesh "Many of the recovered bodies are beyond recognition," one official said. 21/02/2019
USA Chicago police: Jussie Smollett considered suspect in his report of hate crime attack Police said Smollett is now suspected of filing a false report. 21/02/2019
USA 'El Chapo' juror says panelists regularly broke judge's order "You know how we were told we can't look at the media during the trial? Well, we did," the juror said. 21/02/2019
USA 7 Syrian refugee children die in Canadian house fire The father was reported fighting for his life after apparently trying in vain to save his children, who ranged in age from about 3 months to the mid-teens. 20/02/2019
USA Nazi collaborators are still being paid pensions by Germany In the aftermath of World War II, around 80,000 Belgians were convicted of collaborating with the SS and of committing war crimes, according to lawmakers. 20/02/2019
USA How one of America's harshest isolation units was exposed from the inside A Georgia solitary confinement unit was filled with the "cacophony of prisoner screams and cries for help," a prisons expert said after visiting. 20/02/2019