| Officer acquitted on all charges in Freddie Gray case Posted: 23 May 2016 09:02 AM PDT  A Baltimore officer was acquitted Monday of assault and other charges in the arrest of Freddie Gray, dealing prosecutors a significant blow in their attempt to hold police accountable for the young black ...
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| Baltimore police officer acquitted in Freddie Gray death Posted: 23 May 2016 08:26 AM PDT  By Donna Owens BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Baltimore police officer Edward Nero was acquitted on Monday of all charges in the 2015 death of black detainee Freddie Gray, an incident that triggered rioting and protests and fueled the Black Lives Matter movement. Judge Barry Williams, who heard the case in a bench trial, handed down the verdict in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Nero was the second officer to be tried in Gray's April 2015 death.
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| IS blasts in Syria regime heartland kill more than 120 Posted: 23 May 2016 05:29 AM PDT  More than 120 people were killed Monday in a wave of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria, the deadliest attacks yet in the regime's coastal heartland. Seven near-simultaneous explosions targeted bus stations, hospitals and other civilian sites in the seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus, which until now had been relatively insulated from Syria's five-year civil war. The unprecedented attacks on strongholds of President Bashar al-Assad's regime came as IS faces increasing pressure in both Syria and Iraq, where Baghdad's forces on Monday launched a major offensive to retake the jihadist-held city of Fallujah.
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| Monitor: Blasts kill more than 100 in Syrian government coastal heartland Posted: 23 May 2016 03:12 AM PDT  Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks in the Mediterranean cites that have up to now escaped the worst of the conflict.
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| Mission not quite accomplished: Obama’s antiterrorism legacy Posted: 23 May 2016 02:21 AM PDT  Three years ago today, Barack Obama gave a major counterterrorism address at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. It was what his aides call a "framing" speech, an effort to knit together an overarching approach to the fight against radical terrorists. Predictably, Obama touted his administration's key successes. Osama bin Laden was dead, the core al-Qaida organization in Pakistan was "on a path to defeat," and there had been no "large-scale" terror attacks on U.S. soil since he had taken office.
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| Indian climber 3rd to die on Mount Everest in recent days Posted: 23 May 2016 01:27 AM PDT  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An Indian climber who had fallen sick and was being helped down Mount Everest has died, becoming the third to die in recent days while attempting to scale the world's tallest peak, an expedition organizer said Monday.
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| Obama lifts decades-old arms ban in his 1st visit to Vietnam Posted: 23 May 2016 01:09 AM PDT  U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday lifted a half-century-old ban on selling arms to Vietnam during his first visit to the communist country, looking to bolster a government seen as a crucial, though ...
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| Obama confirms leader dead as Taliban meet on his successor Posted: 23 May 2016 12:52 AM PDT  By Matt Spetalnick and James Mackenzie HANOI/KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed on Monday that the leader of the Afghan Taliban had been killed in an American air strike, an attack likely to trigger another leadership tussle in a militant movement already riven by internal divisions. Obama, who started a three-day visit to Vietnam on Monday, reiterated support for the government in Kabul and Afghan security forces, and called on the Taliban to join peace talks. The president authorized the drone strike that killed Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a remote region just within the Pakistan side of the border with Afghanistan on Saturday, and Afghan authorities have said the mission was successful.
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| Germany's Bayer offers $62 billion for Monsanto Posted: 22 May 2016 11:40 PM PDT  The move which would create the world's biggest supplier of seeds, pesticides and genetically modified crops.
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| Obama confirms Afghan Taliban leader's death, says chance for peace Posted: 22 May 2016 11:06 PM PDT  The death of Mullah Akhtar Mansour could encourage the Taliban to join "a reconciliation process that leads to lasting peace and stability."
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| 17 girls dead in fire at school dormitory in Thailand Posted: 22 May 2016 08:32 PM PDT  At least 17 young girls died after a fire swept through the dormitory of a school for children of hill tribes in northern Thailand, officials said Monday, adding several others were either missing or injured. Seventeen girls were killed and two are still missing, with five injured," Colonel Prayad Singsin of the police in Chiang Rai told AFP. A Chiang Rai provincial official confirmed the death toll, adding that the privately-run school is home to girls aged between six and 13 years old, drawn mainly from the deprived local hill tribes.
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| Iraq announces start of operation to retake Fallujah Posted: 22 May 2016 05:19 PM PDT  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday announced the start of a military operation to retake the city of Fallujah from the Islamic State group. The fight to recapture the jihadist bastion, which has been out of government control for nearly two and a half years, will be one of the toughest in Iraq's war against IS. "We are beginning the operation to liberate Fallujah," Abadi said in a statement.
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| Police officer fatally shot in traffic stop; suspect on run Posted: 22 May 2016 03:31 PM PDT  AUBURN, Mass. (AP) — A manhunt was underway Sunday for a suspect who shot and killed a police officer during a traffic stop in central Massachusetts, authorities said.
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| Egypt sends submarine to hunt for crashed jet's black boxes Posted: 22 May 2016 01:47 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt sent a submarine Sunday to join the hunt for the flight recorders from the EgyptAir jetliner that crashed in the Mediterranean and killed all 66 people aboard, while hundreds of Coptic Christian mourners filled a church in Cairo to pray for their relatives among the dead.
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| Search on for clues in EgyptAir crash Posted: 22 May 2016 01:13 PM PDT  Egypt enlisted a submersible Sunday to search the Mediterranean seabed for the black boxes of EgyptAir MS804, hoping the recorders would determine whether the plane crash was an accident or attack. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said it was too early to tell what caused the Airbus A320 to plunge into the sea with 66 people on board last Thursday.
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