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Published:Wednesday | March 26, 2014 | 10:49 AM

The jury returned a guilty verdict on three charges: conspiracy to kill Americans, conspiring to provide support to al-Qaida and providing support to al-Qaida.

Published:Wednesday | March 26, 2014 | 12:00 AM

THE HAGUE, (AP): The thrust of his diplomatic efforts still focused on Ukraine, President Barack Obama met yesterday with a close ally of Russian president, Vladimir Putin,...

Published:Wednesday | March 26, 2014 | 12:00 AM

THE HAGUE, (AP):President Barack Obama hailed a "fundamental shift" in international efforts to fight nuclear terrorism as 35 countries pledged yesterday to turn guidelines on nuclear security into...

Published:Wednesday | March 26, 2014 | 12:00 AM

KIEV, (AP): Lawmakers in Ukraine accepted the resignation of the defence minister yesterday as thousands of troops began withdrawing from the Crimean Peninsula, now controlled by Russia....

Published:Tuesday | March 25, 2014 | 3:09 PM

Angry relatives of passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have clashed with police outside Malaysia's embassy in the Chinese capital, Beijing.

Published:Tuesday | March 25, 2014 | 12:00 AM

DAVAO, (AP):A large stash of high-grade cocaine was uncovered in the Philippines when several hidden packets tumbled from the ceiling of a shipping container in a private wharf, officials said yesterday.The find made Saturday totaled more than 50...

Published:Tuesday | March 25, 2014 | 12:00 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, CMCPrime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has called on the minister of the People and Social Development Glenn Ramadharsingh to submit a report on his alleged disorderly conduct on board a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) domestic flight from...

Published:Tuesday | March 25, 2014 | 12:00 AM

BEIJING (AP): Relatives shrieked and sobbed uncontrollably.

Published:Monday | March 24, 2014 | 9:44 AM

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak says a new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane plunged into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean.

Published:Monday | March 24, 2014 | 8:58 AM

The 529 persons were convicted of murdering a policeman and attacking police, after only two sessions in one of the largest mass trials in the country in decades.

Published:Monday | March 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

ISTANBUL (AP):Turkish fighter jets shot down a Syrian warplane yesterday after it violated the country's airspace, Turkey's prime minister said, in a move likely to ramp up tensions between two countries already deeply at odds over Syria's civil war.A...

Published:Monday | March 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

ARLINGTON, Washington (AP): Eighteen people were unaccounted for a day after a terrifying wall of mud and debris destroyed as many as 30 homes in rural northwestern Washington state and killed at least three people, authorities said yesterday....

Published:Monday | March 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM

TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP):Although officials say all of the remaining oil has been taken out of the damaged barge...

Published:Sunday | March 23, 2014 | 5:41 PM

A Ukrainian air force commander is being held after his base in Crimea was stormed by pro-Russian forces, and the acting president called for his release today.

Published:Sunday | March 23, 2014 | 12:05 PM

Turkey, once an ally of Syria, has emerged as one of the strongest critics of Syrian President Bashar Assad and is now one of the main backers of the 3-year-old rebellion against him.

Published:Sunday | March 23, 2014 | 10:30 AM

Three neighbors say they heard a woman scream before and during the deadly gunshots coming from Pistorius' home in the early hours of Valentine's Day last year.

Published:Sunday | March 23, 2014 | 9:59 AM

The new information given to Malaysia's government and forwarded to searchers in Australia shows "potential objects" in the same part of the ocean where satellite images previously released.

Published:Sunday | March 23, 2014 | 12:00 AM

A defence lawyer in the trial in southern Egypt of more than 500 defendants accused of committing acts of violence, in reaction to the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, says the judge has declared he will issue a verdict after only two sessions.

Published:Sunday | March 23, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Michigan's ban on gay marriage, approved by voters in a landslide in 2004, was scratched from the state constitution by a federal judge who said the ballot box is no defence to a law that tramples the rights of same-sex couples.

Published:Sunday | March 23, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Pro-Russian forces yesterday stormed a Ukrainian air force base in Crimea, firing shots and smashing through concrete walls with armoured personnel carriers (APC). At least one person was wounded, the base commander said.

Published:Sunday | March 23, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Turkey's attempt to block access to Twitter appeared to backfire last Friday with many tech-savvy users circumventing the ban and suspicions growing that the prime minister was using court orders to suppress corruption allegations against him and his government.

Published:Sunday | March 23, 2014 | 12:00 AM

While possible clues about the fate of a Malaysia Airlines jet missing for more than two weeks keep coming from satellite images, it was as frustrating as ever yesterday to turn the hints from space into actual sightings.

Published:Saturday | March 22, 2014 | 3:18 PM

Malaysia's Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein made the announcement after he was handed a note during his daily press briefing.

Published:Friday | March 21, 2014 | 5:05 PM

The second day of an international search for a missing Malaysian airliner has ended without any sighting of debris in the southern Indian Ocean.

Published:Friday | March 21, 2014 | 1:05 PM

The European Union and Ukraine have signed an agreement forging closer economic ties, in a show of support following Russia's annexation of Crimea.

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