LISBON, Portugal – The Portuguese government is studying improved offers from two bidders for the heavily-indebted national airline TAP Portugal. Transport Secretary Sergio Monteiro said late Friday he hoped the two consortiums had “significantly improved their proposals.” Portugal announced last month it will consider bids for 61 percent of the …
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MADRID – Spain’s air traffic controllers have staged the second set of partial strikes but there are no immediate reports of major flight delays or cancelations. A spokesman for Spain’s air navigation company, Enaire, said 1,217 flights were to take place during the strike periods between 10 a.m. and noon …
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LONDON – Standard & Poor’s is warning that it may downgrade its credit rating on Britain sometime in the next two years following the government’s decision to hold a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union. In a statement, the agency said Friday that “economic policymaking could be …
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NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan authorities say they are trying to establish whether one of the bodies of two white men, among the suspected extremists killed in an attempted attack on an army camp in Lamu County over the weekend, is that of Briton Thomas Evans. Military spokesman Col. David Obonyo …
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Two migrants who were on a people-smuggling boat at the center of claims Australia’s navy paid the crew to turn back to Indonesia say they saw the money handed over. The allegation of payments to people smugglers has strained relations between Indonesia and Australia, which has a …
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CAIRO, Egypt — The Egyptian Army today called up thousands of military reservists as soldiers cleared Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the extraordinary revolution that has transformed Egypt and the political map of the Middle East. The call-up appeared to be related to the army’s continuing need to maintain stability …
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TOKYO – Foreign ministers from Japan and South Korea held a rare meeting Sunday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of their countries normalizing relations marred by Japan’s colonization and World War II conquest. Yet, the ties between the most important U.S. allies in Asia are so low that …
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LOS CABOS, Mexico – Prosecutors have unearthed the bodies of two men and three women from clandestine burial pits in the resort city of La Paz, Mexico. The prosecutors’ office for Baja California Sur state said in a statement late Monday the bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags and …
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AMMAN, Jordan – More than 200 groups helping 3.9 million Syrian war refugees are calling on international donors to send promised aid, saying they are fast running out of funds to deliver basic services. The groups said Thursday that just $1 billion out of $4.5 billion pledged for 2015 has …
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BAGHDAD – Iraqi authorities say bombs targeting public places have killed 10 people in the capital, Baghdad. Police officials say a car bomb went off about noon Saturday near shops selling car parts in southeastern Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 13 others. Another bomb blast at an outdoor market …
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