TAMPA, Florida (AP):Thank goodness it's the slow season in Florida.At least that's what officials and representatives of the state's multibillion-dollar tourism industry are thinking in the wake of the news that 16 people have been infected with...
Celebrating how God's mercy has been experienced for 800 years in a tiny stone church in Assisi, Pope Francis, last Thursday, charged that people need to experience God's forgiveness and start learning how to forgive others."Too many people are...
JOHANNESBURG (AP):South Africa's ruling party has suffered its biggest election setback since taking power at the end of apartheid a generation ago, with local media reporting that the African National Congress has lost in the metropolitan area that...
PARIS (AP):A fast-moving fire that appeared to be accidental swept through a birthday party in a basement bar in northwest France, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others, authorities said yesterday.More than 80 fire fighters battled the...
MIAMI (AP):The United States Coast Guard says 97 Cuban migrants intercepted at sea have recently been returned to the island nation.The Coast Guard reported in a news release yesterday that the migrants were caught in the Florida Straits on seven...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP):Spectators leaving the opening ceremony of the Olympics were confronted by the body of a man shot dead near Maracana Stadium.Eyewitnesses said early yesterday that blood poured from the body onto the road as medics tended to the...
ISLAMABAD (AP):An American who was deported from Pakistan and blacklisted years ago has been arrested upon returning to the country, officials said yesterday.Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency officials arrested Mathew Craig Barrett from an...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP):An explosion in a Venezuela prison yard has killed five inmates and left 30 wounded.The public prosecutor's office says it appears that somebody threw two explosive devices Wednesday...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP):Afghan officials say five foreigners were wounded when the Taliban ambushed their convoy in the country's western Herat province.A provincial spokesman, Jilani Farhad, says the attack happened...
JOHANNESBURG (AP):South Africa's political opposition made gains in key metropolitan areas in municipal elections, though the ruling African National Congress (ANC) remained in the lead overall, according to early results released yesterday.The...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP):Abubakar Shekau said yesterday he is still the leader of Boko Haram, rejecting a successor announced hours earlier by the Islamic State group and exposing the biggest rift yet among...
NEW DELHI (AP):Two men who had not been heard from since last month's restaurant attack in Bangladesh were arrested on Thursday on allegations they were involved in the deadly siege carried...
CARACAS (AP):Venezuelan President Nicol·s Maduro has named as interior minister a general the United States indicted the day before on drug-trafficking charges.Maduro said on Tuesday that he was...
DUBAI (AP):An Emirates flight from India with 300 people on board crash-landed at Dubai's main airport yesterday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and halting all flights at the Middle East's busiest...
ALEXANDRIA, Va (AP):Prosecutors yesterday brought the first-ever terrorism charges against a law-enforcement officer in the United States, alleging that a patrol officer with the DC region's Metro Transit...
NEW DELHI (AP):Two buses plunged into a flooded river after an old bridge collapsed in western India, leaving at least 22 people missing and feared dead, an official said yesterday.Rescuers had not found the buses or any survivors hours after the...
MANAGUA (AP):Nicaraguan First Lady Rosario Murillo was named on Tuesday to be the running mate of her husband, Daniel Ortega, in his bid to win election to a third consecutive presidential term in November 6...
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes carried the Olympic torch on Wednesday after an evening of protests forced a change in the path of the torch relay in the neighboring cities of Sao Goncalo and Niteroi. Paes received the flame from former sailor...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): An Emirates flight from India with 300 people on board crash landed at Dubai's main airport Wednesday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and halting all traffic at the Middle East's busiest airport...
WASHINGTON, DC (AP):In a searing denouncement, United States President Barack Obama yesterday slammed Donald Trump as "unfit" and "woefully unprepared" to serve in the White House. He challenged Republican lawmakers to drop their support for their...
Man improperly touches woman aboard flightNEWARK, NJ (AP):Federal prosecutors say a man from India improperly touched a sleeping woman aboard a flight from Los Angeles to New Jersey.Veerabhadrarao Kunam is charged with abusive sexual contact. He...
Pilgrim diesof meningitis after Poland pilgrimageROME (AP):The Italian bishops' conference has said a young Italian pilgrim died of meningitis after attending the World Youth Day event in Poland and is urging anyone who used the same hospitality...
Court rules health service can fund drugLONDON (AP):Britain's state-funded health service is responsible for paying for an HIV-prevention drug that has been called a game changer in the fight against AIDS, a court ruled yesterday.The health service...
Opposition leader Sonia Gandhi falls illNEW DELHI (AP):Sonia Gandhi, leader of India's opposition Congress party, yesterday cut short a political rally in northern India due to a high fever, a party official said.Spokesman Randeep Surjewala said...
WASHINGTON (AP): In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump as "unfit" and "woefully unprepared" to serve in the White House on Tuesday. He challenged Republican lawmakers to drop their support for...
