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Conservatives back tougher rules on dual citizens

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP):Members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party voted yesterday to scrap rules that allow the children of immigrants to be dual citizens, a move opposed by party leaders and rejected by...

Plane crashes after take-off with 48 people aboard

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP):A plane belonging to Pakistan's national carrier crashed yesterday with 48 people on board, apparently killing all of them, police and an airline spokesman said.According to senior...

Danish officer shot in head dies; suspect jailed

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2016 | 12:00 AM

COPENHAGEN (AP):A 43-year-old dog squad officer who was shot in the head at close range outside a suburban Copenhagen police station has died, Danish authorities said yesterday.Kim Christiansen, head of the...

Priests abused at least 22 children

Published:Tuesday | December 6, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP):At least 22 children were sexually abused by two priests at a school for youths with hearing disabilities in Argentina, an investigating prosecutor said Monday.Police arrested 82-year-...

Thousands mourn beloved leader in south India

Published:Tuesday | December 6, 2016 | 10:44 AM

CHENNAI, India (AP):Hundreds of thousands of people thronged the southern Indian city of Chennai yesterday to honour their late beloved leader, Jayaram Jayalalithaa, a former film actress and popular politician.Jayalalithaa, chief minister of Tamil...

China sends another 120 army peacekeepers to South Sudan

Published:Tuesday | December 6, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BEIJING (AP) The first 120 troops of a 700-member Chinese UN peacekeeping force have departed for South Sudan, deepening China's commitment to the troubled East African nation, where two of...

NYC mayor seeks US$35 million for Trump-related security costs

Published:Monday | December 5, 2016 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP:New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is asking the federal government for US$35 million to cover costs related to security for President-elect Donald Trump.De Blasio said...

Court sentences tycoon to two years in prison

Published:Monday | December 5, 2016 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP):An Israeli court has sentenced one of the country's most prominent businessmen to two years in prison for securities fraud.The Tel Aviv District Court yesterday sentenced former IDB Holding Corp controlling shareholder Nochi Dankner...

President Mattarella : Democracy is solid

Published:Monday | December 5, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Italy's president is urging calm in the political crisis triggered by Premier Matteo Renzi's resignation after a resounding defeat on a referendum about reforms.President Sergio Mattarella said the high...

More patrols at German-Austrian border to check for migrants

Published:Monday | December 5, 2016 | 12:00 AM

 BERLIN (AP):German authorities said that 100 Bavarian police officers will reinforce federal police patrolling the country's frontier with Austria, paving the way for more thorough border...

US President-elect Trump selects former rival Ben Carson for Cabinet position

Published:Monday | December 5, 2016 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP): President-elect Donald Trump, moving closer to filling his Cabinet, chose former campaign rival Ben Carson on Monday to be secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Trump's decision, announced by his...

Mutilated body of man, 68, found in Bronx apartment

Published:Sunday | December 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Police say a 68-year-old man has been found dead with his penis severed in a Bronx bathroom and that a 32-year-old homeless man has been arrested in connection with his death.Officers...

Cuban exiles see only a glimmer of hope in Castro's funeral

Published:Sunday | December 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):In the heart of Miami's Little Havana, Cuban exile Armando Garcia said Sunday's funeral of Fidel Castro granted neither simple closure nor optimism for immediate change, but was a glimmer of hope for democracy in Cuba.Garcia, 76, a...

Woman charged after video showing cat thrown from 3rd floor

Published:Sunday | December 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

NEW JERSEY (AP):A New Jersey woman has been charged with animal cruelty after someone posted a video of her throwing a cat out of a third-storey window on social media.Newark Public Safety...

Man used car to pull ATM off gas station wall

Published:Sunday | December 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):He apparently really needed the cash.The New York Post reports that a man used his car to pull an outdoor ATM off the wall at a Queens gas station, then put it in the car and drove off....

Death toll hits 30 in inferno at art studio 'horror house'

Published:Sunday | December 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The death toll from a fire that tore through a warehouse hosting a late-night dance party jumped to 30 on Sunday as firefighters painstakingly combed through rubble for others believed to still be missing. Only a fraction of...

Trump expands list of candidates to head State Dep't

Published:Sunday | December 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is expanding his pool of candidates for secretary of state, leaving unclear whether former CIA Director David Petraeus' guilty plea for leaking classified information disqualifies him to serve as...

Trump's call inspires hope in Taiwan, concern in Beijing

Published:Sunday | December 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- With a 10-minute phone call and two tweets, Donald Trump inspired banner headlines and renewed hopes across Taiwan for a stronger partnership with the United States, while also inflaming the complex relationships between the...

Putin hopes to fix ties with US, pool anti-terror efforts

Published:Thursday | December 1, 2016 | 10:21 AM

MOSCOW (AP):In a conciliatory state-of-the-nation address, Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday voiced hope for mending a rift with the US and pooling efforts in fighting terrorism.The speech reflected Moscow's hope that President-elect Donald...

Death toll rises to eight in cave-in at Polish copper mine

Published:Thursday | December 1, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WARSAW (AP):The director of a Polish copper mine said on Wednesday that rescue teams have recovered the bodies of the last three workers who were missing inside the mine after it caved in.The...

Trump says he is leaving businesses to avoid conflicts

Published:Wednesday | November 30, 2016 | 12:00 AM

President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday that he is leaving his business empire to focus on being the nation's 45th president, declaring that he can successfully avoid conflicts of interest between governing and profiting in the private sector."I...

Indian authorities release prominent Kashmir rights activist

Published:Wednesday | November 30, 2016 | 12:00 AM

SRINAGAR (AP):Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir released a prominent human-rights activist from prison yesterday after a court in the disputed region ruled that his detention under a...

Nepal proposes constitution amendment to meet ethnic demands

Published:Wednesday | November 30, 2016 | 12:00 AM

KATHMANDU (AP):Nepal's government proposed amending its new constitution to carve out a new state to meet the demands of an ethnic group whose protests for bigger federal state last...

'No fuel' – Pilot of plane carrying Brazilian soccer team told Colombia controllers before crash

Published:Wednesday | November 30, 2016 | 12:00 AM

 MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP): The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel before crashing into the Andes, according to a leaked recording of the final minutes of the doomed...

Turkey's Erdogan urges all Muslims to protect Jerusalem

Published:Tuesday | November 29, 2016 | 9:10 AM

ISTANBUL (AP):Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged Muslims to defend the Palestinian cause, striking a tough stance on Israel despite improved ties between the two nations.The president of majority Muslim Turkey said Tuesday "it is the...

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