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Bangladesh Opposition leaders executed for war crimes

Published:Sunday | November 22, 2015 | 12:00 AM

NEW DELHI (AP):Bangladesh executed two opposition leaders yesterday for war crimes during the country's 1971 independence war, despite concerns that the legal proceedings against them were flawed and threats of violence by their supporters. A...

Brussels stays on high alert over serious, imminent threat

Published:Sunday | November 22, 2015 | 12:00 AM

BRUSSELS (AP):With hundreds of troops patrolling Brussels for a second day and authorities hunting one or more suspected militants, the Belgian government chose yesterday to keep the capital on the highest state of alert into the start of the...

Landslide in Myanmar kills about 100; many others missing

Published:Sunday | November 22, 2015 | 6:23 PM

MYANMARYANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed about 100 people, most of them villagers digging for green stones in a mountain of displaced earth, a witness and a community leader said yesterday. Many other...

Iran sentences US journalist to prison

Published:Sunday | November 22, 2015 | 12:00 AM

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has sentenced detained Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian to an unspecified prison term following his conviction last month on charges that include espionage, Iranian state TV reported Sunday. Gholam Hossein Mohseni...

Western leaders vow to destroy IS as Brussels hunkers down

Published:Sunday | November 22, 2015 | 12:00 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) -- Western leaders stepped up the rhetoric against the Islamic State group on Sunday as residents of the Belgian capital awoke to largely empty streets on the second day under the highest threat level. With a menace of Paris-style...

Paris attacks rooted in Brussels bring question

Published:Saturday | November 21, 2015 | 12:00 AM

BRUSSELS (AP):The family homes of the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks and one of the suicide bombers stand only a few blocks apart in the Belgian capital's Molenbeek neighbourhood.After a string of attacks in recent years linked to its...

Three new Ebola cases reported

Published:Saturday | November 21, 2015 | 12:00 AM

MONROVIA (AP):Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in Liberia, a health official said last Friday, more than two months after the West African nation was declared Ebola-free for a second time. It is a setback for Liberia, one of the three...

Rivals condemn Trump for Muslim database comment

Published:Saturday | November 21, 2015 | 12:57 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's support for a government database to track Muslims in the United States is drawing sharp rebukes from his Republican president rivals as they try to distance themselves from a proposal that legal experts say is...

Runoff could bring big changes in economy

Published:Saturday | November 21, 2015 | 1:08 PM

ArgentinaCAPILLA DEL SENOR, (AP) -- In attempts to attract independent voters, the two candidates in today's runoff election have tailored their messages to the centre. But in essence they represent starkly different economic visions.Daniel Scioli,...

Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam dies at age 87

Published:Saturday | November 21, 2015 | 12:00 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP): Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, died Sunday. He was 87. The chief of Seoul...

Brussels on high terror alert

Published:Saturday | November 21, 2015 | 12:00 AM

The Belgian capital of Brussels is now on a high terror alert. Prime Minister Charles Michel says the move comes in response to information about the risk of an attack like the one in Paris last week. Michel says there are fears that several...

Mali, US, French forces react after extremists hit hotel taking more than 120 hostage

Published:Friday | November 20, 2015 | 12:00 AM

BAMAKO, Mali (AP): Islamic extremists armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital Friday morning, killing at least three people and taking numerous hostages, authorities said. Malian troops, backed by...

US regulator gives go-ahead to genetically modified fish for consumption

Published:Friday | November 20, 2015 | 11:11 AM

United States regulators have given the go-ahead to genetically modified salmon, making it the first such animal destined for human consumption. The Food and Drug Administration said it had given approval on the grounds that food from the fish is...

Many in Haiti suspect fraud in recent election, poll finds

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2015 | 9:55 AM

MIAMI, (AP):A poll by an independent research group has found deep public suspicion of the first round of the presidential election in Haiti, a finding that is likely to fuel calls by opposition parties for a recount of the disputed results.Teams of...

IS attacks claim more than 800 lives abroad this year

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2015 | 10:17 AM

BEIRUT, (AP):The Islamic State group (IS) has dramatically expanded its theatre of operations from its hub in Syria and Iraq, executing or inspiring a series of attacks across three continents, claiming more than 800 lives this year.The mayhem...

Iraqi, US officials: IS working to produce chemical weapons

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2015 | 10:29 AM

BAGHDAD, (AP):Iraqi and US intelligence officials say the Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and...

Officials: Suspected Paris mastermind, cousin died in raid

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2015 | 10:54 AM

PARIS, (AP):TheBelgian extremist suspected of masterminding the deadly attacks in Paris died a day ago, along with his female cousin, in a police raid on a suburban apartment building, French officials said, yestersday, adding that it was still not...

Paris mastermind tried to recruit women in Spain

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2015 | 11:05 AMAP

PARIS, (AP):Spain's interior minister says Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged mastermind of the Paris attacks, had used Internet social networks to try to recruit women from Spain to join the Islamic State group.Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz, speaking...

Suspected Paris attacks mastermind and female cousin died in raid, says officials

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2015 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP): The Belgian extremist suspected of masterminding the deadly attacks in Paris died a day ago along with his female cousin in a police raid on a suburban apartment building, French officials said today, adding it was still not clear...

2 dead, 7 arrested in raid targeting Paris attack mastermind.

Published:Wednesday | November 18, 2015 | 9:51 AMSAINT-DENIS (AP):

Amid gunfire and explosions, police raided a suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week's attacks was believed to be holed up yesterday. The siege ended with two deaths and seven arrests but no clear information on the...

Woman commits suicide with explosive vest in Paris police raids

Published:Wednesday | November 18, 2015 | 12:00 AM

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP): Gunfire and explosions shocked already-jittery residents of a Paris suburb awake Wednesday as police raided an apartment where they believed the suspected mastermind of last week's attacks was holed up. Two people...

Salvadoran teens reunite with parents under US program

Published:Tuesday | November 17, 2015 | 10:04 AM

BALTIMORE (AP):For years, Brian Mejia begged for his father's blessing to slip out of his village in El Salvador and make the perilous trek to the United States, away from the gang violence that drove his father across the border. For years, Gabriel...

Tensions flare between Costa Rica, Nicaragua over migrants

Published:Tuesday | November 17, 2015 | 10:06 AM

SAN JOSÈ (AP):More than 1,000 Cuban migrants heading north to the United States tried to cross the border from Costa Rica into Nicaragua, causing tensions to soar between the neighbours as security forces sought to turn them back.Following the thaw...

Putin: Russian ship to cooperate with France in Syria

Published:Tuesday | November 17, 2015 | 10:14 AM

MOSCOW (AP):Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday ordered the Russian missile cruiser Moskva, currently in the Mediterranean, to start cooperating with the French military on operations in Syria.Putin's statement came as Russia's defence...

Republican lawmakers take aim at Syrian refugee plan

Published:Tuesday | November 17, 2015 | 10:57 AMAP

UNITED STATESWASHINGTON, (AP):House Speaker Paul Ryan yesterday called for a pause in Syrian refugees coming to the US in the wake of the Paris attacks and said the House will vote on the issue this week."Our nation has always been welcoming but we...

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