ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s defense minister says prosecutors are investigating possible ties between members of the military and a U.S.-based Muslim cleric. Ismet Yilmaz told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency Wednesday that following tips, military prosecutors have launched probes into more than a thousand personnel suspected of links to Fethullah Gulen’s …
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Procter & Gamble Co. says it is closing a manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico and laying off some 230 employees. A company statement Friday says the plant in the southern town of Cayey will close in the next nine to 12 months. Officials said the …
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland – A Belfast bakery has been found guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a cake bearing the slogan “Support Gay Marriage.” In Tuesday’s ruling, Belfast Judge Isobel Brownlie called the bakery’s cancellation of the order “direct discrimination for which there can be no justification.” The judge …
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SAO PAULO – Brazilian police say the decapitated body of a blogger known for denouncing corrupt politicians has been found in a rural zone in southeastern Minas Gerais state. Police say 67-year-old Evany Jose Metzker was reported missing five days before his body was found near the town of Padre …
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ROME – The Moroccan migrant accused of involvement in Tunisia’s Bardo Museum massacre has insisted on his innocence and refused to voluntarily be turned over to Tunisian authorities. Abdelmajid Touil, 22, had his first hearing Friday in Milan after police arrested him on a Tunisian arrest warrant, accusing him of …
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A crematorium worker in Brazil got a shocking surprise after finding a 90-year-old woman still alive inside a body bag after she was pronounced dead, according to reports. According to the Estadão, a Brazilian news source, the whole ordeal began on Saturday in the city of São José, just hours …
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One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it to produce a one-of-a-kind eclipse. The rare and fleeting spectacle, late Monday into early Tuesday, should be visible to millions of people along a narrow path stretching from …
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The American Battle Monuments Commission was established in 1923, following World War I. The Commission worked with family members to bury soldiers overseas in cemeteries constructed and maintained to honor those killed or missing in war. 100 years later, ABMC takes care of 26 cemeteries and 32 memorials around the …
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Same-sex couples can now be blessed by Catholic priests, following formal approval from Pope Francis. A new document explaining the change in Vatican policy was released Monday, saying that “people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to ‘an exhaustive moral analysis’ to receive it,” The Associated Press reported. …
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PANAMA CITY – Panamanian officials say former Vice President Felipe Virzi has been detained while prosecutors investigate him for alleged corruption in connection with a costly irrigation project that was never completed. The 71-year-old Virzi was one of two vice presidents during the 1994-99 government of President Ernesto Perez Balladares …
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