September 28, 2018 Pope defrocks Chilean priest at center of abuse scandal Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his "supreme" authority to stiffen a sentence originally handed down by a Vatican court in 2011.
September 28, 2018 UN rights body renews experts' probe of Yemen crimes The U.N.'s top human rights body voted Friday to renew work by experts investigating alleged rights violations and crimes in war-torn Yemen, brushing aside the objections of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen's internationally recognized government itself.
September 28, 2018 Magazine of Jesuits urges withdrawal of Kavanaugh nomination The magazine of the Jesuit religious order in the United States has publicly withdrawn its endorsement of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court justice following testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by the Jesuit-educated Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her decades ago.
September 28, 2018 China, Russia take their turn at the UN The two countries that the United States has accused of interfering with its elections will take their turns at the podium Friday at the United Nations' annual gathering of world leaders.
September 28, 2018 Pakistan's Ahmadis fearful as leaders bow to extremists Pakistan's embattled Ahmadiyya minority enjoyed a brief moment of hope earlier this month when one of its own, a U.S.-based Princeton economist, was appointed to an economic advisory council.
September 28, 2018 Accuser denounces pope's silence over abuse cover-up claims The former Vatican ambassador who accused three popes and their advisers of covering up for a disgraced American ex-cardinal has denounced Pope Francis' refusal to directly respond to his claims and challenged the Vatican to say what it knows about the scandal.
September 27, 2018 Malaysia, Cambodia offer 2 Asian narratives of change at UN Two veteran Southeast Asian leaders appearing at the United Nations on Friday present a microcosm of a dynamic region enjoying rapid economic growth but struggling to fan away egregious human rights problems that follow it like a bad smell.
September 27, 2018 Mexico ex-governor pleads guilty to corruption, gets 9 years The former governor of Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz pleaded guilty to charges of organized crime and money laundering, and received a nine-year sentence, prosecutors said Thursday.
September 27, 2018 Small islands use big platform to warn of climate change On the map, their homes are tiny specks in a vast sea of blue, rarely in the headlines and far removed from the centers of power.
September 27, 2018 2 Mexican cops killed trying to detain 2012 NY slay suspect A suspect in the 2012 slaying of a youth soccer coach in New York City fatally shot two Mexican federal agents who were trying to detain him, setting off a search by police and troops that led to his capture a day later, officials said Thursday.