TANJUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Scientists say the powerful Indonesian earthquake that killed nearly 400 people lifted the island it struck by as much as 25 centimetres (10 inches). The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said on Saturday that 387...
BENI, Congo (AP) — Highlighting the dangers in containing an Ebola outbreak in a war zone, suspected rebels killed seven people in northeastern Congo and sent residents fleeing, an official said. Global health officials have warned that...
TEL AVIV (AP):Members of Israel's Arab minority led a mass protest in central Tel Aviv last night against a contentious new law that critics say marginalises the state's non-Jewish citizens.The rally marked further fallout from the explosive Nation-...
ROME (AP):Pope Francis has told Italian Catholic youths in Rome to pursue their dreams despite job-market worries.Tens of thousands of young people filled Rome's ancient Circus Maximus yesterday evening to hear Francis advise them to ignore adults...
TEHRAN, (AP):Iran's supreme leader has approved a request by the judiciary to set up special courts to punish corrupt officials.The official IRNA news agency yesterday reported Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying punishments should be "carried out...
NEW ORLEANS (AP):A man has been beaten to death in New Orleans after stealing another man's wallet, and the wallet's owner now faces a manslaughter charge.The New Orleans Advocate reports that 31-year-old Simon Morris was arrested in the death of a...
LAKE ELSINORE,California (AP):Firefighters made significant progress trying to tamp down a wildfire that threatened homes and has been raging for days south of Los Angeles, officials said.Aircraft have been making flight after flight, dumping water...
OLYMPIA, Washington (AP):Investigators worked into the night yesterday as they sought to find out how an airline employee stole an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane, took off from Sea-Tac International Airport and crashed into a small island in the...
ISTANBUL (AP):Turkey's president yesterday blamed the country's economic downturn on the United States and other nations that he claims are waging "war" against his country.Speaking in the northeastern province of Rize, President Recep Tayyip...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP):The leaders of Germany and Spain yesterday promoted a shared approach to immigration into the European Union amid growing populist opposition in other EU nations to taking in more asylum seekers.German Chancellor Angela Merkel...
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (AP) — Four people, including two police officers, were shot to death in an apartment complex in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton on Friday, and a suspect was taken into custody, authorities said. It was a...
The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily. A memo shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday and dated July 20 spells out orders to high-ranking Army...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate on Thursday rejected a bill to legalise elective abortion, a defeat for a grassroots movement that came closer than ever to achieving the decriminalisation of the procedure in the...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 19-year-old Oklahoma man convicted of stabbing his parents and three siblings to death was sentenced Thursday to five life terms in prison to run consecutively, meaning that even with the possibility of parole he likely...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with growing competition and threats from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday said it will create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military service by 2020. Vice President Mike Pence told a Pentagon...
NEW YORK (AP) — First lady Melania Trump’s parents have been sworn in as U.S. citizens. A lawyer for Viktor and Amalija Knavs says the Slovenian couple took the citizenship oath on Thursday in New York City. They had been living in the...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico is now estimating that Hurricane Maria killed more than 1,400 people, far more than the official death toll of 64, in a report to Congress seeking billions to help the island recover from the...
TANJUNG, Indonesia (AP) — The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as the official death toll from the most powerful of the quakes topped 300. The strong aftershock, measured at...
BANGSAL, Indonesia (AP) — Aid began reaching isolated areas of the Indonesian island struggling after a powerful earthquake that killed more than 130 people as rescuers intensified efforts Wednesday to find those buried in the rubble. The...
VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) — A man shot a patient to death in her bed at a suburban New York hospital Wednesday and then killed himself, police said. Police were trying to determine the connection between the two, who were found in a fourth-floor...
CHICAGO (AP) — Children’s advocates want the American Psychological Association to condemn the technology industry’s practice of using persuasive psychological techniques to keep kids glued to their screens. The advocates, citing...
Dental health experts worry that more people are using toothpaste that skips the most important ingredient — fluoride — and leaves them at a greater risk of cavities. Most toothpastes already contain fluoride. While health authorities...
Firefighters struggled against rugged terrain, high winds, and an August heat wave Tuesday to slow the spread of the biggest wildfire ever recorded in California, an inferno that exploded to more than 450 square miles in just 11 days. The blaze,...
SANTA ANA, California (AP):On a Sunday breezy morning, Floria Hakimi smiled as her photo was snapped on the steps leading up to a small plane that was supposed to usher her to a workshop for real estate agents in Southern California."Flying out to...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP):Pro-government factions mobilised thousands of Venezuelans dressed in red - the color of the ruling socialist party - on to the streets of the capital on Monday in a bid to show the country remains united around President...
