The latest:  Iran confirms 13 more cases of COVID-19 and 2 more deaths, for a total of 18 cases and 4 deaths. South Korea declares health emergency in its 4th-largest city amid concern about new cases. Canadian charter flight with Diamond Princess passengers who were cleared after 2-week quarantine lands at CFB Trenton in Ontario. B.C.…

As she sat in an otherwise empty interrogation room face-to-face with a U.S. border agent, Shirin Fahimi found herself in a scenario she’d only ever seen in the movies. A long table separated her from the officer. On the ceiling were four monitors. Her heart was beating fast.  “Are you Muslim?” Fahimi recalled the agent asking…

Latino voters turned the course of the Democratic presidential primaries in 2016. They’re about to get their say in 2020. Starting this weekend in Nevada, followed just over a week later by the delegate-bountiful states of California and Texas, Hispanic voters will play a make-or-break role. Four years ago, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ momentum stalled in…

Syrian rebels and Turkish forces fought government troops in northwest Syria on Thursday as Russian warplanes struck back in a sharp escalation of an intense battle over the last rebel bastions of Syria.  The recent escalation in fighting has left one million civilians — mostly women and children — to desperately flee the relentless bombing and fighting. With nowhere to go,…

Calling the president’s frequent tweets about the case “entirely inappropriate,” a federal judge sentenced Donald Trump ally Roger Stone to over three years in prison on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson handed down a 40-month sentence after Stone was convicted in November on a seven-count indictment that accused him of lying to Congress, tampering…

The latest: Canadians who pass medical screening expected to disembark Diamond Princess today. 47 Canadians among the more than 630 people from the cruise ship to test positive for COVID-19. Local media report that 2 Japanese passengers who tested positive for coronavirus have died. Charter flight for eligible Canadians expected to leave Friday. Canadian passengers aboard…