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Published:Friday | April 25, 2014 | 12:00 AM

TOKYO (AP):Accusing Russia of failing to live up to its commitments, President Barack Obama warned Moscow yesterday that the United States (US) has another round of economic sanctions "teed up", even as he acknowledged those penalties may do little to...

Published:Friday | April 25, 2014 | 12:00 AM

KABUL (AP):The latest partial results in Afghanistan's presidential election show front-runner Abdullah still leading but far from the majority needed to avoid a runoff.Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign...

Published:Friday | April 25, 2014 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP)The United States government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health-warning labels.While the proposal being issued yesterday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will...

Published:Thursday | April 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):The Trinidad and Tobago government has called on parents to use "non-physical forms of discipline" when dealing with their children after a video went viral on social network...

Published:Thursday | April 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

DONETSK (AP): Russia's foreign minister yesterday promised a firm response if its citizens or interests come under attack in Ukraine, a vow that came after Ukraine announced a renewal of its "anti-terror" campaign ...

Published:Thursday | April 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP): The West should set aside its differences with Russia and China to focus on the growing threat from radical Islam, Tony Blair said yesterday, in a speech that included a call to support Egypt's military government against its Muslim Brotherhood opponents.

Published:Thursday | April 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

ANSAN (AP):The altar of the memorial is a wall of white and yellow flowers and greens, surrounding photos of 47 students and teachers whose bodies have been identified after being recovered from the ferry Sewol.

Published:Thursday | April 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

FRANCEPARIS (AP):A study by the United Nations education agency says cellphones are getting more and more people to read in countries where books are rare and illiteracy is high.Paris-based UNESCO says 774 million people worldwide cannot read, and most...

Published:Wednesday | April 23, 2014 | 12:00 AM

CHIBOK (AP):A week after Islamic extremists stormed a remote boarding school in northeast Nigeria, more than 200 girls and young women remain missing despite a "hot pursuit" by security forces and an independent search by desperate fathers who headed...

Published:Wednesday | April 23, 2014 | 12:00 AM

NASSAU (CMC):Police say they have intercepted a vessel carrying 132 Haitian migrants just off Ragged Island in The Bahamas.The authorities said with the assistance of local fishermen, they were able to apprehend the illegal migrants...

Published:Tuesday | April 22, 2014 | 4:57 PM

Ukraine's acting president has ordered the relaunch of military operations against pro-Russian militants in the east after two men were allegedly tortured to death.

Published:Tuesday | April 22, 2014 | 12:42 PM

The confirmed death toll from the South Korean ferry that capsized last week has reached 113, as divers recover more bodies from the sunken hull.

Published:Tuesday | April 22, 2014 | 12:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP): The FBI used millions of dollars, liquor and cigarettes seized in other cases and more than a dozen undercover operatives in an elaborate...

Published:Tuesday | April 22, 2014 | 12:00 AM

NORTH CAROLINA, CHARLOTTE, (AP):North Carolina's biggest city is looking at ways to boost growth by attracting new immigrants to the United States, a move some complain would welcome people living in the country illegally.The Charlotte Observer reports...

Published:Monday | April 21, 2014 | 12:25 PM

United States officials say a 16-year-old boy is "lucky to be alive" and unharmed after flying from California to Hawaii stowed away in a plane's wheel well, surviving cold temperatures at 38,000 feet

Published:Monday | April 21, 2014 | 9:32 AM

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has warned eligible nationals of Haiti who currently have Temporary Protected Status to re-register by May 2.

Published:Monday | April 21, 2014 | 9:32 AM

A year after a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line killed three people and wounded more than 260 others, thousands turned out today for the Boston Marathon.

Published:Monday | April 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

DONETSK, Ukraine:Within hours of an Easter morning shoot-out at a checkpoint manned by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine, Russia's foreign ministry issued a statement blaming militant Ukrainian nationalists and Russian state television stations...

Published:Monday | April 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Former - and potentially future - First Daughter Chelsea Clinton made the big revelation last Thursday: She's pregnant....

Published:Monday | April 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

American former boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, whose wrongful conviction for murder caused an international outcry, has died at the age of 76....

Published:Monday | April 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Marking Christianity's most hopeful day, Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday plea for peace and dialogue in Ukraine and Syria, for an end to terrorist attacks against Christians in Nigeria and for more attention...

Published:Monday | April 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The first funerals were held yesterday morning for six victims who died in the Sewol ferry sinking.The families of two teachers and four students from Danwon High School bid farewell to their loved ones at separate funerals held in Ansan, Gyeonggi...

Published:Monday | April 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could be completed within a week, Australian search officials have said.Search teams are currently focused on a tight 10 km (6.2...

Published:Monday | April 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Four French journalists kidnapped and held for 10 months in Syria returned home yesterday to joyful families, a presidential welcome and questions about how France managed to obtain their freedom from Islamic extremists.The four - Edouard Elias, Didier...

Published:Sunday | April 20, 2014 | 12:26 PM

Many people followed the captain's initial order to stay below deck, where it is feared they remain trapped. Fifty-eight bodies have been recovered, and about 240 people are still missing.

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