Europe offers UK a little more time for Brexit
BRUSSELS Worn down by three years of indecision in London, European Union leaders on Thursday grudgingly offered the U.K. more time to ease itself out of the bloc, delaying by several weeks but not eliminating the threat of a chaotic British exit.
Imam says New Zealand is broken-hearted but not broken
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand In a day without precedent, people across New Zealand observed the Muslim call to prayer Friday as the nation reflected on the moment one week ago when 50 people were slaughtered at two mosques.
Once sanctuaries, houses of worship struggle with security
DETROIT — A rabbi who packs a gun. A church installing security cameras. A police car protecting a mosque.
Trump: Let Mueller report come out, ‘let people see it’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he thinks special counsel Robert Mueller’s report should be released to the public, even as he disparaged its very existence as “ridiculous.”
Trump aims new blasts at McCain, claims credit for funeral
WASHINGTON — Casting aside rare censure from Republican lawmakers, President Donald Trump aimed new blasts of invective at the late John McCain Wednesday, even claiming credit for the senator’s moving Washington funeral and complaining he was never properly thanked.
UK’s May asks a wary EU to delay Brexit until June 30
LONDON — Exactly 1,000 days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and nine days before it is scheduled to walk out the door, Prime Minister Theresa May hit the pause button Wednesday, asking the bloc to postpone the U.K.’s departure until June 30.
Turkey’s Erdogan sparks spat with Australia, New Zealand
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s president sparked an acute diplomatic spat with far-off New Zealand and Australia, referring to a key World War I campaign and the more recent Christchurch mosque shooting as targeting Islam.
Nation and World briefs for March 21
A brief look at news from around the globe.
AP-NORC Poll: Most at least partly confident in Russia probe
WASHINGTON — As the special counsel investigation into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign winds down, a new poll finds most Americans are at least moderately confident that Robert Mueller’s probe has been fair and impartial.
Shifting hopes as Republicans, Democrats wait for Mueller
WASHINGTON — It’s a witch hunt, a vendetta, the worst presidential harassment in history.