LUCKNOW, (AP):Parents of at least 35 children who have died in a state-run hospital in northern India over the past three days have alleged that the fatalities were due to the lack of a sufficient oxygen supply in the children's ward.District...
CARACAS (AP):The government of Colombia has rejected United States President Donald Trump's suggestion of a possible "military option" to resolve the deepening crisis in Venezuela.The Colombian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it condemns "...
BANGKOK (AP):A 91-year-old woman in Thailand has earned a college degree after spending more than 10 years studying for it and has received her diploma from the country's king.Public television broadcaster Thai PBS says Kimlan Jinakul was granted...
LONDON (AP):British police searching for a jogger who knocked a woman into the path of a London bus arrested a man yesterday.London's Metropolitan Police Force said the 50-year-old was...
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders on Tuesday held "varied and robust views" on the ongoing political situation in Venezuela during a three-hour meeting.No official statement has...
NAIROBI (AP):Kenya's election took an ominous turn yesterday as violent protests erupted in the capital and elsewhere after opposition leader Raila Odinga alleged fraud, saying hackers used the...
CAIRO (AP):Egypt yesterday curtailed access to ration cards used by three-quarters of the country's 93 million people to buy subsidised food items the latest in the government's ambitious...
HAGATNA (AP):Residents of the tiny Pacific island of Guam say they're afraid of being caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the US and North Korea after Pyongyang announced it was examining plans for attacking the strategically...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP):The government-backed assembly that is recasting Venezuela's political system appears to be literally taking the place of the opposition-controlled congress.Delegates to the constitutional assembly yesterday were filing into...
JOHANNESBURG (AP):South Africa's parliament voted yesterday on a motion of no confidence in embattled President Jacob Zuma that could force him to resign after months of growing anger over alleged corruption.Zuma...
GATUNDU, Kenya (AP):Stooped but determined, a 102-year-old woman, believed to be one of Kenya's oldest citizens, cast her ballot in national elections yesterday."I have come here to vote because...
BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey (AP):Vice-president Mike Pence has pushed back against a news report suggesting he is laying groundwork for a possible presidential bid in 2020 if President Donald Trump does not run.In a statement released by the White House...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP):An apparent tornado near midtown Tulsa early Sunday injured more than a dozen people, knocked out power to thousands of customers, heavily damaged businesses and blew debris...
A US Supreme Court decision triggering new sentences for inmates serving mandatory life without parole for crimes committed as juveniles has had a far greater effect.The ruling is prompting...
Military troops quickly put down an attack at an army base in Venezuela on Sunday, clashing with a group that said it was out to "re-establish the constitutional order", but was dismissed by officials...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A global pressure campaign on North Korea propelled by sharp new U.N. sanctions received a welcome boost Sunday from China, the North's economic lifeline, as Beijing called on its neighbour to halt its missile and...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Ruling party chief Diosdado Cabello said Venezuelan troops quashed a "terrorist" attack at a military base Sunday, shortly after a small group of men dressed in fatigues released a video declaring themselves in...
LAIKIPIA, Kenya (AP) -- Burned-out homes in this dry landscape have become a symbol of the tensions around Tuesday's presidential election as Kenyans prepare for the possibility of yet more deadly violence. For more than a year now, farms and...
CARACAS, (AP): A newly installed constitutional assembly ousted Venezuela's defiant chief prosecutor yesterday, a sign that President Nicolas Maduro's embattled government intends to move swiftly against critics and...
SYDNEY (AP):Search and rescue operations were under way for three United States Marines who were missing after their Osprey aircraft crashed into the sea off the east coast of Australia yesterday while trying to land.Twenty-three of 26 personnel...
NAIROBI (AP):A United States-based campaign data company confirmed yesterday that its CEO was detained in Kenya and faced deportation after working on the opposition's campaign ahead of Tuesday's tightly contested presidential election.The detention...
ISTANBUL (AP):Turkey's president has announced clothing to be worn by defendants appearing in court for alleged involvement in last year's failed coup and terrorism.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said there would be two types of brown...
SAO PAULO (AP):The South American trade bloc Mercosur has suspended Venezuela for failing to follow democratic norms amid a deepening political crisis in the country.Venezuela was previously suspended in December for failing to uphold commitments it...
LONDON (AP):For more than 65 years, he has been the unwavering presence alongside Britain's longest-serving monarch, the consummate consort and royal representative.Yesterday, Prince Philip, 96, made his 22,219th and final solo public engagement,...
CARACAS (AP):The number of Venezuelans who participated in the election for an all-powerful constituent assembly was inflated by at least one million votes in an official count, the head of a voting...
