PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP):A government official says gunmen have attacked an anti-polio vaccination centre in a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, killing a medic on duty.
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP):United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday visited central Philippine villages that were decimated by Typhoon Haiyan, and promised to try to raise at least US$800 million in aid to help the region recover from...
JUBA (AP):Armed rebels were said to be in control of some of South Sudan's oil fields last Friday, raising questions of how long the country's oil will flow and whether Sudan could enter the conflict which showed no signs of ending.
LONDON (AP):Bagpipes played and wreaths were laid in Scotland's town of Lockerbie yesterday, as the families of those who died in the deadly airliner bombing over the town 25 years ago gathered to remember the victims.
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP):An overseas subsidiary of agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Company has agreed to pay US$17.8 million in fines after pleading guilty to bribing Ukrainian officials, the US Justice Department said last Friday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP):Astronauts ventured out yesterday on the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks to revive a crippled cooling line at the International Space Station.
BANGKOK (AP):Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party said yesterday that it would boycott February's general election, deepening a weeklong political crisis over protesters' efforts to oust the government and force political reforms.
ST LOUIS (AP):Holiday travellers in the Midwest and other parts of the United States are keeping a leery eye on a band of foul weather stretching across the nation's midsection that was threatening to mar one of the year's busiest travel...
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP):Trinidad's state-run oil company is investigating several oil spills that occurred near Venezuela's east coast and have sickened several people.
NEW JERSEY (AP):Legislation making college more affordable for thousands of foreign-born students living in New Jersey illegally is facing its final legislative hurdle.The state Assembly is expected to pass the...
WASHINGTON (AP):With immigration legislation stalled in Congress, Hispanics and Asian-Americans say getting relief from deportations is more important for many of the 11 million immigrants here illegally than creating a pathway to US citizenship...
Gov't calls for prison probe - ROSEAU (CMC):The Interdenominational Committee on Crime and Violence (IDCCV) wants a general review of the state prisons as well as the Education Act as a means of combating crime and violence in...
HONG KONG (AP): President Barack Obama's half-brother is publishing an autobiography that details the domestic abuse that served as the theme for his earlier semi-autobiographical novel, which...
WASHINGTON (AP): If President Barack Obama follows even half of the recommendations urged by his advisory panel, the National Security Agency (NSA) would significantly change the way it does business.The collection of United States phone records...
The media in South Africa are reporting that the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial who is accused of making up gestures, has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
MOGADISHU (AP):Suspected armed Islamic militants yesterday ambushed a convoy carrying doctors near the Somali capital, killing six people, three of them Syrian doctors who were in the country giving medical assistance...
CHICAGO, Illinios (AP):Many older adults with high blood pressure can be treated less aggressively, which could mean taking fewer pills to get it under control, according to new treatment guidelines from an expert panel.
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP):US health officials have issued a travel advisory for the Caribbean island of St Martin because of a mosquito-borne disease.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it's closely following reports of the chikungunya...
BISMARCK, ND (AP):Bismarck resident Jerry Roberts received an early Christmas present this year.A message recently came through his email from a woman asking if he was related to an Edna Jacob Roberts, which was strikingly familiar.
ADDIS ABABA (AP):An Ethiopian government official says at least 136,000 Ethiopians have been sent home from Saudi Arabia as part of its crackdown on migrant workers....
BUCHAREST (AP):A court has sentenced media tycoon and former politician Dan Diaconescu to three years in prison for blackmailing a mayor and a businessman....
ATHENS (AP):The Greek government says it will partially lift protection for distressed mortgages in the crisis-hit country to protect banks from a rising number of unpaid...
DUBAI (AP):Dozens of migrant workers hired to do construction work on a prominent skyscraper in Qatar are running low on food after working for almost a year without pay, a leading rights group said yesterday...
