Published:Wednesday | December 23, 2015 | 12:00 AM
British Prime Minister David Cameron will look into claims that United States (US) officials prevented a British Muslim family of 11 from flying to Disneyland for a planned holiday.The issue is sensitive because US Republican presidential contender...
Published:Wednesday | December 23, 2015 | 12:00 AM
JERUSALEM (AP):Two Palestinian assailants yesterday carried out a stabbing attack outside Jerusalem's Old City, killing one Israeli, before they were shot and killed, Israeli police said. A second Israeli died after apparently being shot mistakenly...
MADRID, AP:With wide smiles, elated lottery winners popped corks on bottles of sparkling wine yesterday in the southern beach city of Roquetas de Mar, where tickets bearing the top-prize number in Spain's Christmas lottery were sold.The winning...
PARIS (AP):France's interior minister said the government will tighten security for churches around Christmas, amid continued concerns about potential extremist violence after deadly attacks last month.Bernard Cazeneuve announced yesterday that...
GENEVA, AP:More than one million people driven out of their countries by war, poverty, and persecution entered Europe in this record-breaking year, migration experts disclosed yesterday, a symbolic milestone capping a mass movement of people that...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP):Haitian President Michel Martelly is defending the much-criticised elections in his divided country and has asserted that the opposition has spread unsubstantiated allegations about widespread electoral fraud, purely to...
LONDON (AP):British Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants front-line combat roles opened up to female soldiers by the end of 2016.Cameron disclosed yesterday that he and Defence Secretary Michael Fallon "are united in wanting to see all roles...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC):The release of the final legislative election results has sparked violence in sections of the capital.On the weekend, street protests erupted when the results were announced. This led to several government buildings being set...
MADRID (AP):Spaniards angry with 21 per cent unemployment and seemingly endless corruption cases voted yesterday in an historic election that is expected to end the nation's two-party political system because of strong support for two upstart...
WASHINGTON (AP):More Americans favour than oppose a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who are living in the United States illegally, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows.While most Republicans oppose such a path to citizenship, it doesn't seem...
NEW DELHI, AP:A man convicted as a juvenile in the fatal 2012 gang rape of a young woman aboard a moving bus in India's capital ended his three-year term in a reform home yesterday, as angry protesters demanded that he remain in detention.The man...
Jamaican swim star Alia Atkinson continues to make waves as she was among 78 of the world's best swimmers at a launch for sponsor's Speedo in New York last Tuesday.A strong medal favourite heading into the Rio Olympics next year, Alia was a hit.- AP
WARSAW (AP):Thousands of people took part in demonstrations across Poland yesterday to protest moves by the new right wing government to neutralise the Constitutional Tribunal as a check on its power, something government opponents are calling a...
SANAA (AP):Fierce fighting in northern Yemen near the Saudi border has killed more than 75 troops over the past three days, Yemeni security sources and witnesses said yesterday, casting a cloud over already tenuous peace talks in Switzerland.The...
NEW YORK (AP):Mitsubishi Motors is recalling roughly 25,000 Mirages with model years 2014 and 2015 on concerns that certain wires could corrode and cause issues to the vehicle's airbag systems.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP):Several government buildings have been set ablaze in Haiti and one protester has been killed in demonstrations ignited by the release of final legislative election results.Violent protests are engulfing several towns around the...
ATHENS (AP):Anyone hoping that Greece might finally have a quiet year was quickly disappointed in 2015.Brinkmanship with European bailout lenders brought the country a half-step from financial collapse and a Eurozone exit in the first half of the...
The United Nations says the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide will far surpass a record 60 million this year. The report by the United Nations refugee agency says one in every 122 humans today is someone who has been forced to flee...
LONDON, AP:Some members of the Muslim Brotherhood have supported violence and involvement with the group can be an indicator of extremism, but it should not be banned in Britain, the government said yesterday.Last year, Prime Minister David Cameron...
MOSCOW, AP:Russia is ready to improve ties with the United States and work with whomever is elected its next president, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday. He said his talks with US Secretary John Kerry earlier this week showed that Washington...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, AP:Haiti's prime minister said a special commission should be created to review contested elections before a December 27 presidential and legislative runoff can be held.Evans Paul said the commission should have three days to produce...
PARIS (AP): International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has been ordered to stand trial in France over her role in a 2008 arbitration ruling that handed €400 million (US$434 million) to French businessman Bernard Tapie. Lagarde,...
Published:Wednesday | December 16, 2015 | 12:00 AM
PYONGYANG (AP):North Korea's Supreme Court sentenced a Canadian pastor to life in prison with hard labour yesterday for what it called crimes against the state.Hyeon Soo Lim, who pastors the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, was given the...
Published:Wednesday | December 16, 2015 | 12:00 AM
GUATEMALA CITY (AP):Miguel Angel Galvez is the judge who jailed a president in this Central American country where the legal system has long been seen as for sale to the rich and powerful.At the end of a year of unprecedented graft investigations that landed both...
Published:Wednesday | December 16, 2015 | 12:00 AM
SAN JOSE (CMC):A new study by experts of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has found that Latin America and Caribbean countries (LAC) will continue to be severely affected by the El Niño phenomenon that has been...
