Politics

  AMMAN / AP British Prime Minister Theresa May has begun a visit to Jordan where she is to announce plans to send more British military trainers to help the kingdom’s air force in the fight against IS group extremists. Jordan’s royal court said on Monday that May and Jordan’s King Abdullah II toured a military facility, inspecting a rapid ...

  LONDON / AP Authorities in London charged five people on Monday over an unprovoked attack on a 17-year-old Iranian-Kurdish asylum-seeker as police sought to piece together the act of mob violence that police say involved as many as 30 people. London’s Metropolitan Police said all five suspects were charged with violent disorder, with one also charged with racially aggravated ...

  Bloomberg Serbians voted on Sunday in an election that looks set to hand Premier Aleksandar Vucic the presidency, a move that may let him strengthen his grip on power and give Russia a chance to deepen its influence in southeastern Europe. Vucic, who served as war-time ruler Slobodan Milosevic’s information minister in the 1990s, is poised to shift from ...

  WASHINGTON / AP The US ambassador to the United Nations says there’s no question Russia was involved in the US presidential election and that the actions of the Kremlin will be addressed after the investigations are completed. “We don’t want any country involved in our elections, ever,” Nikki Haley said in an interview aired Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” ...

  LONDON / AP UK police questioned six people Sunday in a vicious attack on a teenage asylum-seeker in the London borough of Croydon. Authorities have arrested four men and two women, all in their 20s, on charges of attempted murder in the attack that left a 17-year old Kurdish-Iranian hospitalized with a fractured skull and a blood clot on ...

  KANDAHAR / AP At least nine civilian have been killed after an Afghanistan army commando unit detonated a cache of ordinance found in southern Helmand province. Omar Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor in Helmand, said on Sunday that soldiers conducted an operation in which they found explosive and ammunition caches and detonated them. Rasoul Zazia, spokesman for the ...

  WASHINGTON / AP Their reputations at risk, a coterie of President Donald Trump’s associates caught up in the swirling debate about Trump and Russia are turning to a similar if unusual playbook: volunteering to testify to Congress, before even being asked. They are eager to come forward despite not having been compelled by subpoena to appear before the two ...

  Colombia / AP An avalanche of water from an overflowing river swept through a city in Colombia while people slept, the wave quickly destroying homes and killing at least 24 unsuspecting residents, authorities said on Saturday. The incident triggered by intense rains happened around midnight in Mocoa, a city of about 350,000 located near Colombia’s border with Ecuador, tucked ...

  LONDON / AP Demonstrators from far-right groups clashed with anti-fascist protesters in central London on Saturday, as British police imposed restrictions to try to keep the opposing groups apart. Authorities arrested 14 people for various offenses. Protesters gathered at Trafalgar Square and spilled on to nearby roads. London’s Metropolitan Police imposed conditions on the march and rally on Saturday ...

  Denmark / AP Norway’s foreign minister says a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “is under pressure” as he left Oslo for a visit to the Middle East. Borge Brende says “only a two-state solution can lead to lasting peace between the parties.” He says “a sustainable Palestinian economy and well-functioning institutions are essential preconditions for the two-state solution.” ...