Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM
NEW DELHI (AP):The arrest and strip-search of an Indian diplomat in New York City escalated into a major diplomatic furor yesterday as India's national security adviser called the woman's treatment "despicable and barbaric"...
Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM
VATICAN CITY (AP):Four homeless people have helped Pope Francis celebrate his 77th birthday at the Vatican.They live nearby and were invited to attend the morning Mass which Pope Francis celebrates daily at the Vatican hotel where he lives.
Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM
HOUSTON (AP):Many immigrant fam-ilies hesitate to apply for government-subsidised health insurance under President Barack Obama's health care law, worried that providing personal information could draw ...
Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP):National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wrote in a lengthy "open letter to the people of Brazil" that he's been inspired by the global debate ignited by his release of thousands of National Security Agency (NSA) documents...
Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM
JERUSALEM (AP): Chanting slogans and calling for freedom, some 200 African migrants and Israeli activists ended a two-day march with a rally yesterday denouncing Israel's policy of detaining those illegally in the country....
WASHINGTON (AP): The Obamas got into the holiday spirit Sunday evening with a little help from Hugh Jackman, Sheryl Crow and Janelle Monae. President Barack Obama and his family attended the 32nd annual Christmas in Washington concert ...
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her coalition People's Partnership government is committed to the fight against crime as Trinidad and Tobago recorded yet more murders, pushing the toll so far this year to 376."Murder is...
LYON (CMC):The international police organisation, INTERPOL, is seeking public assistance in tracking down international fugitives linked to organised crime networks and wanted for offences including murder and drug...
HARARE (AP): Angry Zimbabwean depositors ran amok at a downtown bank, breaking down a door and smashing windows after money ran out to pay withdrawals as cash shortages worsen in the troubled economy.Witnesses yesterday said scores of depositors turned...
The US National Security Agency (NSA) says it’s considering offering an amnesty to fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden if he agrees to stop leaking secret documents.
Final exams at the Harvard University's campus near Boston were cancelled today after the school's police department received an unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed in the ...
SEOUL (AP):The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been named to an ad hoc state committee, the country's official media reported, an indication that the execution of her husband and the country's...
Colorado: Colorado's governor asked the nation Sunday for prayers for the 17-year-old girl who was critically wounded by a classmate at her suburban Denver high school....
LONDON: Known on the one hand for his starring role in "Lawrence of Arabia", leading tribesmen in daring attacks across the desert wastes, and on the other for his headlong charges into drunken debauchery....
BEIJING (AP):China's first moon rover has touched the lunar surface and left deep traces on its loose soil, state media reported yesterday, several hours after the country successfully carried out the world's first soft landing of a space probe...
WASHINGTON:Americans who already have health insurance are blaming President Barack Obama's health care overhaul for their rising premiums and deductibles, and, overall, three in four say the rollout of coverage for the uninsured has gone poorly....
QUNU, South Africa (AP): Anti-apartheid HERO Nelson Mandela was buried in his home village yesterday after a funeral that mixed ancient tribal rituals with a display of the might of the new, integrated South Africa....
KIEV (AP):About 200,000 anti-government protesters converged on the central square of Ukraine's capital yesterday in a dramatic show of morale after nearly four weeks of daily protests, but the rally was shadowed by suggestions that their goal of closer...
Syrian government aircraft dropped barrel bombs on the contested northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, including 14 children, activists said.
Several thousand guests, some singing and dancing, gathered in a huge tent at the family compound of the anti-apartheid leader, who died Dec. 5 at the age of 95 after a long illness.
The top United States (US) State Department official for Africa is urging Somalia's government to do more to protect its most vulnerable people, especially women, and to respect the rule of law.
The stunning execution of Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle strips China of its most important link to North Korea's leadership and deepens concerns over how the unruly neighbour will proceed on Beijing's key issues of nuclear disarmament and economic reform.
Preparations for Nelson Mandela's burial today were marred by a public spat between the South African government and retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the most prominent survivors in the long anti-apartheid struggle.
