TEHRAN, Iran (AP):South Korea's president arrived in Tehran yesterday for the first summit between the two countries since they established diplomatic ties in 1962.President Park Geun-hye's office said, ahead of the three-day visit, that she would...
WASHINGTON (AP):President Barack Obama's elder daughter, 17- year-old Malia, will take a year off after graduating high school in June before attending Harvard University in 2017, the president and his wife said yesterday in a long-awaited...
VATICAN, ROME (AP):Pope Francis called for "severe punishment" for paedophiles yesterday after new details emerged in Italy of the 2014 death of a six-year-old girl who is alleged to have been thrown from an eighth-storey balcony by her abuser."This...
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two car bombs in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Sunday killed 31 people and wounded dozens, the latest in a series of large attacks claimed by the Islamic State group as the country grapples with a worsening political crisis...
BAGHDAD (AP):Anti-government protesters tore down walls and poured into the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone yesterday, where they stormed parliament in a major escalation of a political crisis that has simmered for months.Supporters of...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP):Kenya's president yesterday set fire to 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than one ton of rhino horn, believed to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed, in a dramatic statement by this East African country against the trade...
JOHANNESBURG (AP):The roars of lions filled the cargo section of Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport yesterday evening as 33 lions rescued from South American circuses landed in South Africa where they will be released into a bush...
BEIRUT (AP):A wave of airstrikes and shelling killed more than 60 people in less than 24 hours in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, monitors and activists said yesterday. The contested city is now one of the main battlegrounds of Syria's devastating civil war...
CANBERRA (AP):Australia's prime minister said yesterday that a review of national gun laws would not weaken strict regulations that had kept Australians safer since 35 people were shot dead by a mass murderer 20 years ago.Malcolm Turnbull was in the...
MARSEILLE (AP):French protesters were back on the streets yesterday, over proposed reforms to the country's labour rules, resulting in cancellations and delays at two airports serving Paris.French television showed clashes in Marseille and elsewhere...
LONDON (AP):A British court has ruled that Britons who have lived abroad for more than 15 years do not have the right to vote in the June 23 referendum on Britain's continued membership in the European Union.The legal challenge had been brought by...
NEW YORK (AP):Charges are expected against more than 100 members and associates of two rivalNew York City street gangs following raids in the city's Bronx borough yesterday.Federal and New York law enforcers, some using helicopters and armoured...
WASHINGTON (AP):With five convincing victories in hand, Donald Trump strength-ened his grip on the Republican primary race and pushed tantalisingly close to a general election showdown with Hillary Clinton. The Democratic front-runner is now 90 per...
SAN JUAN (AP):The US secretary of health and human services is in Puerto Rico to oversee the US territory's response to a Zika outbreak.Sylvia Burwell arrived on Tuesday and met with the island's governor and health-care officials as part of a two-...
BERLIN (AP):Hundreds of flights have been cancelled in Germany after government workers started short-term strikes affecting eight cities' airports ahead of a new round of wage negotiations.Nearly 400 flights at Frankfurt airport alone were...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Venezuelan cities cleaned up from a night of looting and fiery protests Wednesday as government offices closed their doors for the rest of the week in the face of a worsening energy crisis that is causing daily blackouts....
ATHENS, Greece (AP): If they had a home, refugees would belong to the world's 24th most populous nation, just behind Italy. Yesterday, they were honoured as members of the Olympic family. The Olympic flame, on a 106-day journey from the game...
BUDAPEST (AP):Hundreds of taxi drivers drove slowly on Budapest's main thoroughfares yesterday morning to protest ride-hailing apps like Uber and what they say is a growing market for unlicensed passenger transport.Taxi drivers also parked in a long...
LONDON (AP):Thousands of junior doctors posted picket lines outside hospitals around England on Tuesday in the first all-out strike in the history of Britain's National Health Service.The two-day strike marks the first time that vital NHS emergency...
UNITED NATIONS (CMC):The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said he is "deeply concerned" that the agreed date for holding elections in Haiti was not met over the weekend and that no alternate electoral calendar was announced.There had...
INDIANA (AP):A Gary man has been released after serving more than two decades in prison for a gang rape in which he was recently cleared.Darryl Pinkins was released on Monday from the Lake County jail after prosecutors filed a petition that vacated...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Saudi Arabia has plans to issue select visas to welcome tens of thousands of tourists a year as part of a sweeping national reform plan aimed at showcasing the country's rich heritage, including pre-Islamic...
LEVEQUE, (AP): The three friends had spent the day stocking up on food in the Haitian capital when they left for their village, setting off on the 20-mile trip home by foot because the minibuses known as tap-taps weren't running after a bridge...
FLORIDA, (AP):The world of undocumented immigrants includes maids and farmworkers, several families under one roof and people living in the shadows.But it's also the world of a North Miami couple that owns a successful remodeling business, an...
KENYANAIROBI, (AP):Kenyan opposition leaders have been tear-gassed as they led hundreds of supporters to the electoral commission offices to demand that it is disbanded for being biased.Nairobi police chief Japheth Koome disclosed yesterday that the...
