Grim search for plane crash bodies as Trump doubles down
WASHINGTON - US investigators insisted Friday they will not bow to outside pressure as they search for bodies and the remaining black box after the fatal Washington air collision, as President Donald Trump doubled down on political point scoring.

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Three more Israeli hostages to be freed on Saturday
JERUSALEM - Hamas and Israel will conduct their next swap of the Gaza ceasefire on Saturday, with three Israelis including the father of the youngest hostages to be freed in return for 90 people held in Israeli jails.

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Green energy projects add to Sami climate woes
OSLO - Climate change and efforts to curb it by moving away from fossil fuels are both threatening the rights and livelihood of Sami indigenous people in the Arctic, Amnesty International said on Friday.

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Istanbul opposition mayor slams ‘judicial harassment&
ISTANBUL - Istanbul&s powerful opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, condemned on Friday what he described as &judicial harassment& targeting him, as thousands of supporters demanded justice outside the court.

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Norway seizes ship over suspected cable damage
OSLO - Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized a Norwegian-owned ship at Latvia&s request over its suspected involvement in damage done to a Baltic Sea cable.

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Survivors recall horror of 1982 Assad-era massacre
HAMA, Syria - Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan&s rule in Syria.

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