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Minister who asked aide to buy sex toys under probe

Published:Sunday | October 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Britain's Cabinet Office will investigate whether an international trade minister breached conduct rules by asking his secretary to buy sex toys as widening allegations of sexual harassment roil Parliament.Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt...

Women rally against sexual abuse

Published:Sunday | October 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):French women yesterday protested against sexual abuse and harassment in 11 cities across the country under the #MeToo banner in the wake of mounting allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.Women...

Mass grave with 36 bodies found near Libya's Benghazi

Published:Sunday | October 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BENGHAZI (AP):Authorities in eastern Libya have found an open mass grave in a quarry containing 36 bodies, the largest such discovery since the country's civil war.Spokesman Awad Aladouli of the eastern...

Under US pressure, Israel delays move to expand Jerusalem

Published:Sunday | October 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP):Under pressure from the United States, Israel has delayed a bill that would connect a number of West Bank settlements to Jerusalem, officials said yesterday.The bill aims to...

Trump unleashes fresh criticism of Russia inquiry

Published:Sunday | October 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):United States President Donald Trump yesterday unleashed new criticism of the investigations into possible ties between his campaign associates and Russia.Trump - in a series of tweets...

Hundreds of thousands rally in Barcelona for Spanish unity

Published:Sunday | October 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Somalia fires police and intelligence chiefs after terrorists seize hotel, kill 23

Published:Sunday | October 29, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Thousands march in first gay parade

Published:Saturday | October 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Taipei (AP):A sea of rainbow flags and glitzy costumes filled downtown Taipei as tens of thousands marched in Asia's largest gay pride parade the first since Taiwan's top court ruled in favour of gay marriages.The island looks set to become the...

Ousted Catalan leader vows peaceful resistance

Published:Saturday | October 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BARCELONA (AP):Catalonia's ousted leader called for peaceful opposition to Spain's decision to take direct control of the region, saying yesterday that he and other regional officials fired by the central government would keep "working to build a...

18 dead, more than 30 wounded in Mogadishu hotel blast

Published:Saturday | October 28, 2017 | 2:34 PM

A suicide car bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia's capital yesterday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 30, and gunfire continued as security forces pursued the attackers inside the building.Two more blasts were heard,...

Tropical Storm Selma hits El Salvador, new storm eyes Cuba

Published:Saturday | October 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

SAN SALVADOR (AP):Tropical Storm Selma made landfall on the coast of El Salvador yesterday with strong winds, heavy rains, and dangerous ocean swells, while another system developing in the Caribbean was on a forecast path taking it towards Cuba and...

Vote dispute simmers, though opposition areas calmer

Published:Saturday | October 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NAIROBI (AP) :Kenya's second presidential election since August remained in limbo yesterday as the election commission said it was working on a "way forward" in opposition areas where voting has been postponed because of unrest.While most of the...

Portable X-ray scanner allowing Nebraska police to better spot drugs

Published:Saturday | October 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP):

Ousted Catalan president vows to fight Spain's takeover

Published:Saturday | October 28, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BARCELONA, Spain (AP): Catalonia's ousted separatist president on Saturday called on Catalans to peacefully oppose Spain's imposition of direct rule in the region, in a veiled refusal to accept his Cabinet's...

Australian court disqualifies deputy PM for dual citizenship

Published:Friday | October 27, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Australia's High Court has disqualified the deputy prime minister and four senators from sitting in Parliament in a ruling that could cost the government its slender one-seat majority in Parliament. The decision to disqualify Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce over a 116-year-old constitutional ban on dual citizens sitting in Parliament means a by-election will be held for his rural electoral district in December.

Secret files on assassination of US President JFK released

Published:Thursday | October 26, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, bending to CIA and FBI appeals, while the National Archives came out Thursday night with a hefty cache of others. "I have no choice," Trump said in a memo...

Kenya opposition leader urges boycott on eve of repeat vote

Published:Wednesday | October 25, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP):The leader of Kenya's main opposition party urged his supporters to boycott a rerun of the disputed presidential election scheduled for today amid rising political tensions and fears of violence in East Africa's economic power....

Former production assistant alleges Weinstein sexual assault

Published:Tuesday | October 24, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):A former Weinstein Co. production assistant has come forward alleging that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her after her repeated refusals.In a press conference yesterday in New York, held by attorney Gloria Allred, Mimi Haleyi...

Flake, vocal Trump critic, won't seek re-election

Published:Tuesday | October 24, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Republican Senator Jeff Flake said yesterday he would not seek re-election next year, delivering a forceful condemnation of the "flagrant disregard of truth and decency" and bemoaning...

Philippines declares end to five-month militant siege in Marawi

Published:Monday | October 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

End to five-month militant siege in MarawiCLARK, Philippines (AP):The Philippine government declared the end yesterday to the militant siege of a southern city that lasted five months, left more than 1,100 people dead and sparked fears of the...

Top US general: Families, Americans deserve answers on Niger

Published:Monday | October 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The American people and the fallen soldiers' families deserve answers about a deadly ambush in the African nation of Niger, the top US general said yesterday, without being able to provide many himself.Three weeks after the attack by...

Stephen Hawking's Ph.D thesis goes online, website crashes

Published:Monday | October 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Cambridge University has put Stephen Hawking's doctoral thesis online, triggering such interest that it crashed the university's website.Completed in 1966 when Hawking was 24, "...

New York attorney general launches probe of Weinstein Co

Published:Monday | October 23, 2017 | 12:00 AM

ALBANY, NY(AP):State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a civil rights investigation yesterdy into The Weinstein Co. following sexual harassment and assault allegations against its co-...

Las Vegas shooting doesn't alter opinions on guns

Published:Sunday | October 22, 2017 | 12:00 AM

ATLANTA (AP):The slaying of five dozen people in Las Vegas did little to change Americans' opinions about gun laws, a poll finds.The nation is closely divided on whether restricting firearms would reduce such mass shootings or homicides, though a...

Georgia town to honour graves of over 1,100 blacks

Published:Sunday | October 22, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Discriminated against in life, they were forgotten by their community in death, buried in unmarked graves in the back of the Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville, Georgia.The final resting places of...

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