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Manager of Iranian newspaper detained in libel case

Published:Saturday | April 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TEHRAN, (AP):Iranian authorities have detained the head of a reformist newspaper over an article that alleged prostitution at a residential complex in the eastern city of Mashhad.The semi-official ISNA news agency reported yesterday that several...

Bill Cosby guilty - Convicted of drugging and molesting a woman

Published:Thursday | April 26, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP):Bill Cosby was convicted on Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-in-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on...

Unions sue board, claim it's unconstitutional

Published:Tuesday | April 24, 2018 | 12:00 AM

SAN JUAN (AP):Several unions in Puerto Rico and other groups yesterday sued the federal control board overseeing the US territory's finances and demanded that it be declared unconstitutional.The filing came just days after the board approved seven...

Trump, top Iran diplomat trade threats as decision nears

Published:Tuesday | April 24, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):President Donald Trump and Iran's top diplomat traded sharp warnings yesterday, with Trump threatening "bigger problems" than ever if Tehran restarts its nuclear programme. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif put the president on...

Georgia woman admits false threats against daycare centres

Published:Tuesday | April 24, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MACON, Georgia (AP):A Georgia woman has admitted making false threats to blow up daycare centres.US Attorney Charles Peeler in Macon said in a news release that 26-year-old Jasmine Bradley pleaded guilty Monday to conveying false information and...

Leader quits amid protests, saying 'I was wrong'

Published:Monday | April 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) Serzh Sargsyan, who ruled Armenia for 10 years, resigned yesterday as prime minister after thousands of people poured into the streets to protest his political maneuvering to cling to power in this former Soviet...

Prince charming - Kate gives birth to boy, home by suppertime

Published:Monday | April 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Third time's a charm. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth yesterday morning to a new prince who is fifth in line to the British throne - and she was home by suppertime.The duchess and husband Prince William drove to St Mary's Hospital in...

Van kills 10, injures 15 on Toronto street; driver in custody

Published:Monday | April 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TORONTO (AP):A rented van jumped on to a crowded Toronto sidewalk Monday, killing 10 people and injuring 15 before the driver fled and was quickly arrested in a confrontation with police, Canadian authorities said.Witnesses said the driver was...

Waffle House slaying suspect arrested after massive manhunt

Published:Monday | April 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP):The mentally unstable gunman suspected of opening fire at a Waffle House restaurant in the middle of the night was arrested not far from his apartment yesterday after hiding from police for more than a day following the...

Why French globalist Macron is befriending nationalist Trump

Published:Sunday | April 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP) -- Of everything Emmanuel Macron has accomplished in nearly a year as France's president, the most important may be his tough-love friendship with Donald Trump.From their first bone-squeezing handshake to Macron's recent claim that he...

Man fires 121 rounds into hunting cabin, later dies

Published:Sunday | April 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MEYERSDALE, Pennsylvania (AP):State police say a man believed to have fired scores of rounds into a Pennsylvania hunting cabin before fleeing has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Police in Somerset County say Donald Smodic, of...

Shooting suspect arrested last year near White House

Published:Sunday | April 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP):Authorities say the suspect in a deadly shooting at a restaurant in Nashville was arrested last year by the US Secret Service for being in a restricted area near the White House.Metro Nashville Police Department spokesman...

Russian lawyer questions why Mueller hasn't contacted her

Published:Sunday | April 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP):A Russian lawyer who discussed sanctions with Donald Trump Jr in New York during his father's 2016 campaign for the US presidency said Yesterday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has not contacted her yet.In an interview with The...

Hillary Clinton, not on ballot, is star of GOP midterm plan

Published:Sunday | April 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Almost 18 months have passed since Hillary Clinton lost the presidency. She holds no position of power in government. And she is not expected to run for office again.Yet Clinton is starring in the Republican Party's 2018 midterm...

Islamic State suicide bomber kills 57 in Afghan capital

Published:Sunday | April 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a voter registration center in the Afghan capital today, killing at least 57 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majro said another 119...

India approves death penalty for rape of young children

Published:Saturday | April 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW DELHI, India (AP):India's government yesterday approved the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under 12, responding to widespread outrage over the recent rape and killing of a young girl and other attacks on children.An order...

IMF says trade tensions, debt load threaten world economy

Published:Saturday | April 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) policy making committee said yesterday that a strong world economy is threatened by increasing tension over trade and countries' heavy debt burden.Longer-term prospects are clouded by sluggish...

Cuba's Diaz-Canel receives Maduro in first act as president

Published:Saturday | April 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA (AP):Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has received his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro in his first official act as the country's leader.Maduro is the first president to visit Diaz-Canel since last week when he was selected by outgoing...

'First lady of the greatest generation'

Published:Saturday | April 21, 2018 | 12:00 AM

HOUSTON (AP):Barbara Bush was the "first lady of the greatest generation".Historian Jon Meacham bestowed the title on Barbara Bush while speaking to former presidents, ambassadors, and hundreds of other mourners inside the nation's largest Episcopal...

Two black men arrested at Starbucks get an apology from police

Published:Thursday | April 19, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP):Rashon Nelson initially brushed it off when the Starbucks manager told him he couldn't use the restroom because he wasn't a paying customer.He thought nothing of it when he and his childhood friend and business partner, Donte...

Diaz-Canel replaces Raul Castro as Cuba's president

Published:Thursday | April 19, 2018 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA (AP):Raul Castro said yesterday that he expected 57-year-old Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez to serve two five-year terms as president and eventually take Castro's place as head of the Communist Party, potentially dominating Cuban politics...

Minnesota prosecutor won't file charges in Prince's death

Published:Thursday | April 19, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP):No criminal charges will be filed in Prince's death, and evidence shows that the musician thought he was taking a common painkiller instead of a counterfeit pill containing the fentanyl that killed him, a Minnesota prosecutor said...

16 nations agree to track Venezuela corruption

Published:Thursday | April 19, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP):Two senior US Treasury officials say finance ministers from several Latin American nations, as well as the US and Europe, have agreed to work jointly to locate and seize assets arising from corruption by Venezuelan government...

Senior official resigns over sexual harassment allegations

Published:Wednesday | April 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TOKYO (AP):A senior Japanese finance ministry official resigned yesterday over sexual misconduct allegations in the latest embarrassment for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's embattled government, already hit by cronyism and other scandals.Vice Finance...

Orthodox Christian Church defrocks priest

Published:Wednesday | April 18, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NICOSIA (AP):A senior cleric says Cyprus' Orthodox Christian Church has for the first time defrocked a priest for sexually abusing his step-daughter when she was a child.Kykkos Bishop Nikiforos said yesterday the Holy Synod's decision was unanimous....

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