Holocaust | Netanyahu’s Nazi remark prompts Poland to nix Israel summit

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s off-hand comment about Poland and the Holocaust has overshadowed a summit of central European leaders this week in Israel and yesterday Poland

Venezuela crisis | US senator Rubio warns soldiers to let aid enter

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio visited a border staging point for U.S. aid to Venezuela yesterday and warned soldiers loyal to socialist President Nicolas Maduro that

This Day in History | 1997 China’s reformist Deng Xiaoping dies

China’s paramount leader Deng Xiaoping has died at the age of 92. He had been suffering from failing health for several years and was last seen in

Offbeat | Authorities remove cougar from tree outside California home

Firefighters have rescued a very big cat — a mountain lion — from a tree outside a home in the Southern California desert. The homeowner

The Buzz | Brex-split: seven lawmakers quit Labour over EU, anti-Semitism

Seven British lawmakers quit the main opposition Labour Party yesterday over its approach to issues including Brexit and anti-Semitism — the biggest shake-up in years for one of

Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers

The organizers of Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen abuse victims who have descended on Rome

World Briefs

CHINA The daughter of a Swedish publisher detained in China said two Chinese businessmen said her father could be released if she stopped talking to the media.

Interview | Maduro reveals secret meetings with US envoy

A month into Venezuela’s high-stakes political crisis, President Nicolas Maduro revealed in an Associated Press interview that his government has held secret talks with the Trump administration. He

Women recall the ‘hell’ of Soviet war in Afghanistan

Sitting in her living room, 65-year-old Tatyana Rybalchenko goes through a stack of black-and-white photos from more than 30 years ago. In one of them, she is

Switzerland | Actor Bruno Ganz, star of ‘Downfall,’ dies at 77

Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who played Adolf Hitler cooped up in his Berlin bunker in “Downfall” and an angel in Wim Wenders’ “Wings of Desire,” has died. He

This Day in History | 1996 Bomb blast destroys London bus

Three people are feared dead and eight have been hurt after a bomb exploded on a double decker bus in the heart of London’s West End. The

Offbeat | Beer from 1886 shipwreck may yield new brew

Ahoy, beer lovers: A bottle from a 133-year-old shipwreck may yield yeast for a new brew in upstate New York. Biotechnology students at the State University of

The Buzz | Lion Air jet overshoots runway upon landing in Indonesia

A Lion Air jet with 182 passengers and seven crew members overshot the runway while landing at Pontianak airport in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province on Saturday, the airline

Iran | Thousands attend funeral for slain Guard members

Dozens of comrades circled caskets on the back of trucks on Saturday as thousands of mourners attended a mass funeral for 27 elite Revolutionary Guard

World Briefs

INDONESIA Plantation companies fined for burning huge areas of land since 2009 have failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties meant to hold them accountable

Iraq | In heart of Baghdad, IS war museum honors fallen militiamen

A few steps from Baghdad’s cultural heart and its famous book market on al-Mutanabi Street lies the Iraqi capital’s latest tourist attraction: a war museum glorifying the sacrifices of

Poland | Pompeo says ‘confronting Iran’ key to Mideast peace

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday at a security conference in Warsaw that Iran is the top threat in the Middle East and confronting the

This Day in History | 1983: Hundreds die in Assam poll violence

Hundreds of people have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to the election. Villages have been set on fire and bridges and offices

Offbeat | A very prompt Marc Jacobs welcomes back a ‘90s supermodel

Marc Jacobs didn’t waste a second before starting his runway show yesterday . Literally. The designer, whose high-profile show traditionally closes out Fashion Week, was clearly determined

The Buzz | British IS schoolgirl ‘Wants to return home’ – report

One of three schoolgirls who left east London in 2015 to join the Islamic State group says she has no regrets, but wants to return to the UK.

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