ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines said Tuesday that his company will seek compensation from Boeing for the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner planes.
Tewolde Gebremariam told The Associated Press that his company will soon start discussions with Boeing over compensation.
A Boeing spokesman, Daniel Mosely, said the company has been in close communication with its customers regarding compensation since January, when...
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has withdrawn a subpoena for King Juan Carlos' daughter as a suspect in a corruption case following an appeal by prosecutors.
The Palma de Mallorca court announced Tuesday that it had accepted the appeal against 47-year-old Princess Cristina being called in for questioning in a case concerning the alleged embezzlement of public funds by her husband Inaki Urdangarin.
The prosecution argued there was insufficient evidence...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body has appointed three experts from Australia, Serbia and Indonesia to carry out an inquiry into North Korea for possible crimes against humanity.
The 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council said Tuesday it has appointed Australian retired judge Michael Donald Kirby and Sonja Biserko, founder and president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, to join Indonesian lawyer Marzuki Darusman on the three-member commission...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticizing the Interior Ministry.
Ali al-Elayan wrote on his Twitter account Tuesday that Al-Watan daily has stopped him from writing after publishing his last column, entitled "first message to Mohammed bin Nayef." Prince Mohammed bin Nayef is the Interior Minister.
In his message, he urged the minister to pay attention to the complaints...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticizing the Interior Ministry.
Ali al-Elayan wrote on his Twitter account Tuesday that Al-Watan daily has stopped him from writing after publishing his last column, entitled "first message to Mohammed bin Nayef." Prince Mohammed bin Nayef is the Interior Minister.
In his message, he urged the minister to pay attention to the complaints...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticizing the Interior Ministry.
Ali al-Elayan wrote on his Twitter account Tuesday that Al-Watan daily has stopped him from writing after publishing his last column, entitled "first message to Mohammed bin Nayef." Prince Mohammed bin Nayef is the Interior Minister.
In his message, he urged the minister to pay attention to the complaints...
SHANGHAI (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a Shanghai neighborhood where European Jews found refuge during World War II, saying Israel's strong military would ensure they would never again have to seek such protection from others.
Netanyahu's visit to China's eastern financial hub on Tuesday followed Israel's weekend airstrike on a Syrian military complex near Damascus. That killed at least 42 Syrian soldiers and destroyed an Iranian shipment of...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Two prominent Israeli groups say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stopped approving new construction in West Bank settlements in what could be an attempt to restart peace talks with the Palestinians.
Anti-settlement group Peace Now, which monitors new construction, says Netanyahu has not approved new building tenders in the settlements since winning a new term in January elections.
The group says previously approved settlement...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Two prominent Israeli groups say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stopped approving new construction in West Bank settlements in what could be an attempt to restart peace talks with the Palestinians.
Anti-settlement group Peace Now, which monitors new construction, says Netanyahu has not approved new building tenders in the settlements since winning a new term in January elections.
The group says previously approved settlement...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will visit one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, or slums, during his weeklong visit to Brazil for World Youth Day, his first foreign trip as pontiff.
The Vatican on Tuesday released Francis' itinerary for the July 22-29 trip to the world's largest Roman Catholic country. It includes a meeting with prisoners and a visit to a Rio hospital as well as events linked to the Catholic Church's youth festival.
The 76-year-old...
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