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Afghan official: 38 killed by avalanches after heavy snow

  KABUL / AP At least 38 people have been killed over the course of three days in Afghanistan by avalanches caused by heavy snow, officials said on Sunday. Omer Mohammadi, spokesman for the Afghan state minister for disaster management and humanitarian affairs, said that more than 20 others have been injured. Mohammadi said that 22 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces ...

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Visa holders take flights to US amid reprieve

  CHICAGO / AP Visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries who were turned away from the United States due to President Donald Trump’s travel ban are rushing to try again, hoping to make it through a narrow window opened by legal challenges. The federal appeals court in San Francisco denied Trump’s effort to immediately reinstate the ban early Sunday. For ...

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‘Brexit, Trump give French reason to vote’

  LYON / AP Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and the election of U.S. President Donald Trump have given the French a “reason to vote” because it can result in real change, the top lieutenant of far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen declared on Sunday ahead of her long-awaited speech. Le Pen supporters were pouring into the ...

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