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Reporter sues Iranian government

Published:Tuesday | October 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The Washington Post reporter who was detained for more than 18 months in Iran after being accused of espionage has filed a federal lawsuit against the Iranian government.The lawsuit filed Monday by...

Duterte tells Obama 'you can go to hell'

Published:Tuesday | October 4, 2016 | 2:21 PM

MANILA (AP):Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte told President Barack Obama "you can go to hell" in a speech Tuesday that was his strongest tirade so far against the US over its criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign, adding that he may eventually...

Syrian government forces press attack on Aleppo

Published:Tuesday | October 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BEIRUT (AP):Syrian government forces pressed their assault on the eastern, rebel-held neighbourhoods of Aleppo on Tuesday, opposition activists said, while state media reported that rebel shelling of...

Police clash with university students demanding free education

Published:Tuesday | October 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP):South African students protesting for free education disrupted lectures at one of the country's leading universities yesterday, clashing with police who tried to...

12,800 police suspended; Kurdish TV raided

Published:Tuesday | October 4, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ANKARA (AP):Authorities on Tuesday suspended some 12,800 police officers from duty over their suspected links to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen as Turkey pressed ahead with its vast crackdown on a...

Peace deal defeat leaves supporters in limbo

Published:Monday | October 3, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BOGOTA (AP):A stunning referendum defeat for a peace deal with leftist rebels leaves Colombians with no Plan B to save an accord that sought to bring an end to a half century of hostilities.Instead of...

Unrest continues after 52 dead in stampede

Published:Monday | October 3, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ADDIS ABABA (AP):Violence flared again yesterday in Ethiopia's restive Oromia region, where 52 people were killed a day earlier in a stampede when police tried to disrupt an anti-government protest during a...

Putin suspends weapons-grade plutonium deal with US

Published:Monday | October 3, 2016 | 11:32 AM

MOSCOW (AP):President Vladimir Putin yesterday suspended a Russia-United States deal on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium, a move that comes amid escalating tensions over Syria between Moscow and Washington.Putin's decree released by the...

New Jersey Transit had over 150 accidents since 2011

Published:Sunday | October 2, 2016 | 12:00 AM

HOBOKEN, NJ (AP):New Jersey Transit trains have been involved in more than 150 accidents that caused in excess of US$4.8 million in damage to tracks or equipment since 2011.Federal Railroad...

Dozens killed during stampede at religious celebration

Published:Sunday | October 2, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BISHOFTU (AP):Several dozen people died in a stampede Sunday morning when a religious celebration in Ethiopia turned into an anti-government protest that led police to fire tear gas and rubber...

Britain to launch Brexit by April - May

Published:Sunday | October 2, 2016 | 9:51 AM

LONDON (AP):Britain will trigger the formal process for leaving the European Union (EU) before April, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday, putting to rest weeks of speculation on the timing of the move.May confirmed her plans in an interview...

Pope praises religious freedom in Azerbaijan

Published:Sunday | October 2, 2016 | 12:00 AM

BAKU (AP):Pope Francis praised Azerbaijan on Sunday as a model for a world divided by violent extremism, sidestepping criticism of the government for the sake of encouraging religious tolerance in an often...

Report: Massive losses at Trump companies may be reason for no tax payments

Published:Sunday | October 2, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's business losses in 1995 were so large that they could have allowed him to avoid paying federal income taxes for as many as 18 years, according to records obtained by The New York Times. In a story published...

Britain will launch Brexit by April, PM says

Published:Sunday | October 2, 2016 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) -- Britain will trigger the formal process for leaving the European Union before April, Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday, putting to rest weeks of speculation on the timing of the move. May confirmed her plans in an interview with...

Orthodox delegation stays away from pope's Mass

Published:Saturday | October 1, 2016 | 9:32 AM

GEORGIA, Tbilisi (AP):Pope Francis' efforts to improve relations with the Georgian Orthodox Church suffered a public setback yesterday after the patriarchate decided not to send an official delegation to his Mass and repeated that Orthodox faithful...

Alabama judge dumped for saying no to gay marriages

Published:Saturday | October 1, 2016 | 12:16 PM

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP):Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from the bench last Friday for defying the United States Supreme Court on gay marriage, more than a decade after he was ousted for disobeying a federal order to take down a 21/2-...

Gov't seeking assistance following passage of Tropical Storm Matthew

Published:Saturday | October 1, 2016 | 12:41 PM

CASTRIES:The St Lucia government says it is seeking assistance from regional and international organisations and governments for the agricultural sector, which was battered by Tropical Storm Matthew earlier this week."We are going to put all our...

Civil defence drills launched

Published:Wednesday | October 5, 2016 | 12:00 AM

The Russian Emergencies Ministry has launched a sweeping nationwide civil defence drill set to involve 40 million people.Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said the four-day exercise launched on Wednesday will help to...

First Zika pregnancy case

Published:Thursday | September 29, 2016 | 12:00 AM

GEORGE TOWN, (AP):The Cayman Islands is reporting its first case of a pregnant woman infected with Zika.The government says it has a total of 26 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne virus, including 17 contracted...

Matthew claims one in St Vincent

Published:Thursday | September 29, 2016 | 12:00 AM

ORANJESTAD (AP):Tropical Storm Matthew was nearing hurricane strength yesterday as it moved towards the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and CuraÁao in the southern Caribbean.The so-called "ABC islands" of the Dutch...

1 dead, 74 hospitalised in train crash

Published:Thursday | September 29, 2016 | 12:26 PM

HOBOKEN, NJ (AP):A New Jersey Transit spokeswoman says that more than 100 people were injured, some critically, when a commuter train overran the end of the tracks and ploughed into the Hoboken station.The train was coming from Spring Valley, New...

Israelis pay respects to Peres, Clinton arrives in Israel

Published:Thursday | September 29, 2016 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP):Former US President Bill Clinton joined thousands of Israeli mourners yesterday who paid their respects to the late Shimon Peres outside Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, as the country...

Two Pakistani soldiers killed after 'surgical strikes'

Published:Thursday | September 29, 2016 | 12:00 AM

NEW DELHI (AP):India said on Thursday that it carried out "surgical strikes" against militants across the highly militarised frontier that divides the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, in...

Train crashes into New Jersey station; 1 dead, more than 100 hurt

Published:Thursday | September 29, 2016 | 12:00 AM

HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP): A commuter train plowed into the bustling Hoboken rail station during the morning rush hour Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100 others, some critically, in a tangle of broken concrete, twisted metal...

Top US diplomat to visit

Published:Wednesday | September 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM

CARACAS (AP):President Nicolas Maduro says a top United States State Department official will soon visit Venezuela in a bid to ease tensions between the two nations.Maduro's announcement Tuesday night came a day after he met...

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