BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces have gained full control over a contested area south of the country’s largest oil refinery today as part of ongoing operations to secure the rest of Salahuddin province following the recapturing of Tikrit, a senior Iraqi military official said. General Ayad al-Lahabi, a commander with the Salahuddin Command Center, […]

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge has postponed the sentencing hearing in the case of former doubles tennis champion, Bob Hewitt, who was convicted of rape. Last month, Judge Bert Bam also found that 75-yearold Hewitt guilty of sexual assault. The offenses were committed in the 1980s and 1990s, when Hewitt’s three […]

BEIJING (AP) — A report says China has begun work on a new airstrip on an artificially created island in a disputed section of the South China Sea. IHS Jane’s says satellite images of Fiery Cross Reef taken March 23 show a runway more than 1,640 feet long as well as paved sections of apron. […]

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police have raided a central university building in Athens that had been occupied by anarchist protesters for 19 days, arresting all 14 people inside and restoring the premises to academic authorities. A police statement says four other suspected participants in the protest were arrested outside the landmark Athens University headquarters […]