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Tunisians call on leaders to remember 2011 revolution goals

Published:Sunday | January 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP):More than 2,000 Tunisians rallied yesterday for the North African nation's leaders to do away with punishing price hikes that triggered days of unrest and to respect the goals of the revolution that drove out the country's...

Iran oil tanker explodes, sinks off China with no survivors

Published:Sunday | January 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM

TEHRAN, Iran (AP):A burning Iranian oil tanker exploded and sank yesterday after more than a week listing off the coast of China, as an Iranian official acknowledged there was "no hope" of missing sailors surviving the disaster.The collision and...

Hawaii officials mistakenly warn of inbound missile

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

HONOLULU (AP): A push alert that warned of a ballistic missile heading straight for Hawaii and sent residents into a full-blown panic yesterday was issued by mistake, state emergency officials said.The emergency alert, which was sent to cell...

Guatemala arrests lawmaker in 2015 killing of two journalists

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

GUATEMALA CITY (AP): A ruling-party lawmaker accused of orchestrating the murder of two journalists in 2015 was arrested in south western Guatemala yesterday.Public Ministry spokeswoman Yecenia Enriquez said Julio Antonio Juarez Ramirez was...

Four more arrested in connection with fish market child labour

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP): Four women charged in connection with a religious organisation that police say forced children to work in North Carolina fish markets for little or no money have turned themselves in.The four turned themselves in last...

Hawaii officials mistakenly warn of inbound missile heading straight for area

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

HONOLULU (AP): A push alert that warned of a ballistic missile heading straight for Hawaii and sent residents into a full-blown panic Saturday was issued by mistake, state emergency officials said. The emergency alert, which was sent to cellphones...

Haiti shocked by Trump's 'racist' immigration comment

Published:Friday | January 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP): Haiti says it is "deeply shocked and outraged" by President Donald Trump's reported vulgar remark on immigration, calling it "racist". The Haitian government says in a statement that "these insulting...

Govt launches trade complaint against US over duties

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP):Canada has launched an attack on US trade practices with an international complaint over Washington's use of punitive duties.The complaint ramps up tensions amid talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade agreement....

West Bank on clampdown after Israeli man killed

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP):The Israeli military set up roadblocks, cordoned off Palestinian villages and deployed reinforcements to the West Bank on Wednesday, a day after an Israeli settler was killed in a drive-by shooting by suspected Palestinian gunmen....

Ship seized for allegedly taking explosives to Libya

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ATHENS (AP):Greek authorities say they have impounded a Tanzanian-flagged freighter and arrested its crew for allegedly carrying explosives to Libya in breach of an international ban.The Merchant Marine Ministry says the Andromeda was stopped off...

Trump open to US-North Korea talks 'under right circumstances'

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump threw his weight behind the Olympics-inspired diplomatic opening with North Korea, telling South Korea's leader yesterday that the US was open to talks with Kim Jong Un's government under the right...

Govt withdraws negotiator in setback for peace talks

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BOGOTA (AP):Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said new rebel attacks yesterday have prompted him to recall his chief negotiator to peace talks with the country's last remaining insurgent group in a setback for efforts to end a half-century of...

Death toll hits 15 in California mudslides; 24 missing

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MONTECITO, California (AP):Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones yesterday as rescue crews searched for two dozen people missing after mudslides in Southern California destroyed an estimated 100 houses, swept away cars and left at least...

Thieves raid jewelry boutique at Paris' famed Ritz Hotel

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):Armed thieves entered the luxury Ritz Hotel in Paris and stole valuable jewels and other goods from a hotel boutique yesterday, officials said, carrying out an unusually brazen heist in one of the world's most prestigious neighborhoods....

Death toll reaches 15 in California mudslides; search continues

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MONTECITO, California (AP): The death toll from the mudslides that struck Southern California climbed to 15 on Wednesday as rescue crews searched for anyone trapped, injured or dead in the onslaught that smashed homes and swept away cars. The...

Avalanches, heavy snowfall wreak havoc in northern Italy

Published:Tuesday | January 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ROME (AP):Avalanches and heavy snowfall are wreaking havoc in parts of northern Italy, with one avalanche ploughing into a condominium, others forcing roads to close, and one reportedly busting through windows in the converted Olympic Village near...

Trade ban extended with three Caribbean islands

Published:Tuesday | January 9, 2018 | 12:00 AM

CARACAS (AP):Venezuela has extended its ban on air and maritime ties with three nearby Dutch Caribbean islands, citing out-of-control smuggling, officials said yesterday.Venezuela is pressing for high-level talks with leaders of Aruba, CuraÁao, and...

Smuggling boat sinks in Mediterranean, 64 feared dead

Published:Monday | January 8, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Rome:As many as 64 African migrants, including a mother whose surviving three-year-old child desperately clung to her as she drowned, are feared dead after a traffickers' overcrowded rubber dinghy from Libya started sinking in the Mediterranean Sea...

US ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants

Published:Monday | January 8, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The Trump administration said yesterday it is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, an action that could force nearly 200,000 to leave the United States by September 2019 or face deportation.El Salvador is the fourth...

Agency says it will hold 'parties accountable' for JFK flood

Published:Monday | January 8, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said yesterday it will investigate the water pipe break that added to the weather-related delays at Kennedy Airport and will "hold all responsible parties accountable".The agency said there were still...

Couple who met on dating site convicted of UK bomb plot

Published:Monday | January 8, 2018 | 12:00 AM

London:A man and woman who met on a Muslim dating website were convicted yesterday of plotting a bomb attack in Britain.Prosecutors say Munir Mohammed, an asylum-seeker from Sudan, and London pharmacist Rowaida El-Hassan met on SingleMuslim.com and...

Romney treated for prostate cancer

Published:Monday | January 8, 2018 | 12:00 AM

UNITED STATES NEW YORK (AP):Former 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney was treated for prostate cancerlast year.That's according to a Romney aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the aide was not authorized to discuss a sensitive...

Vermont considers third gender option on driver's licenses

Published:Monday | January 8, 2018 | 12:00 AM

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP):State residents who don't identify as male or female may soon be able to choose another gender on their driver's licenses.Vermont Public Radio reports the Department of Motor Vehicles' new computer system will allow a third...

March election outcome all but certain

Published:Monday | January 8, 2018 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP):Egypt will hold its presidential election over three days in March, officials said yesterday, with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi virtually guaranteed to run for and win a second four-year term amid a heavy clampdown on dissent.El-Sissi...

Smith's Senate odyssey begins with sprint toward November

Published:Sunday | January 7, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Just days after being sworn into the US Senate, Tina Smith is on a crash course to find her way in the chamber and find time for a 10-month campaign sprint towards a special election to keep her new job.The Minnesota Democrat's first weekend back...

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