Briefs | Aid group calls on Libya to end refugee detention

An international medical aid group has called on Libyan authorities to end arbitrary detention of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers, slamming conditions inside detention facilities in the North

US seizes control of Russian posts in San Fran, DC, NY

The United States seized control Saturday of three Russian diplomatic posts in the U.S. after confirming the Russians had complied with the Trump administration’s order to get

Kenya’s ruling to nullify vote could influence other nations

Few expected the landmark decision by Kenya’s top court to invalidate the August 8 election victory by President Uhuru Kenyatta and order a new vote, an extraordinary

Offbeat | Coal trains fewer as Appalachian railroads keep rolling

It’s the car coming back from a watery grave. A blue Peugeot 104 stolen in the heart of France’s Champagne country in 1979 is being reunited with

This Day in History | 1985 – Titanic wreck captured on film

The first pictures of the wreck of the Titanic have been released 73 years after the liner sank with the loss of 1,500 lives. The wreck

Nature | After generations, salmon back in Lake Champlain tributaries

For the first time in about 150 years, landlocked Atlantic salmon are once again swimming up some Lake Champlain tributaries in Vermont and New York to spawn

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KENYA Few expected the landmark decision by Kenya’s top court to invalidate the August 8 election victory by President Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) and order a new

Venezuela | New assembly demands probe and trial of ‘traitors’

The all-powerful constitutional assembly has passed a decree ordering authorities to investigate and try Venezuelans believed responsible for supporting new U.S. economic sanctions.

NATO wants more monitors at Russia war games

NATO said Wednesday it will send three experts to observe military exercises between Russia and Belarus next month but alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg wants the two countries

Lebanon-Syria | US airstrikes block evacuation of IS militants

U.S. airstrikes blocked the advance of an Islamic State convoy carrying militants toward Iraq on Wednesday, derailing a Hezbollah-negotiated deal that removed the extremists from the

Offbeat | 32,000 pounds of cooked chicken sausage being recalled

Federal officials say a Massachusetts company is recalling more than 32,000 pounds of cooked chicken sausage product due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The U.S. Department of

This Day in History | 1960 – Game on for British betting shops

The government has given the go-ahead for betting shops to open for business from 1 May next year. The move follows the introduction of the new

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MYANMAR Several hundred Buddhist nationalists, including monks, rallied in Myanmar’s largest city on Wednesday to urge stronger action against insurgents from the Muslim Rohingya minority for attacks on

Inoculations give endangered California frog a shot at life

Endangered California frogs are getting an immunity boost from scientists who are scooping them up from remote Sierra Nevada ponds and sending them to big city

UK | Princes William, Harry honor Diana’s charity work

Princes William and Harry yesterday visited a memorial garden dedicated to Princess Diana to pay tribute to their mother’s charity work on the eve of the 20

Scotland | Motorists, gawkers line up to see new bridge

Motorists and gawkers jammed onto Scotland’s new bridge over the Firth of Forth, anxious to see the new expanse on its first full day of operation.

USA – Hurricane Harvey |Floodwaters drop across much of Houston; death toll at 20

Harvey’s floodwaters began to drop across much of the Houston area and the sun peeked through thinning clouds yesterday in the biggest glimmer of hope in days for

Offbeat | Class ring lost on Cape Cod 47 years ago returned to owner

A college class ring lost in the surf at a Massachusetts beach nearly half a century ago is back on the finger of its owner. The Cape

This Day in History | 1997 – Princess Diana dies in Paris crash

Diana, Princess of Wales, has died after a car crash in Paris. She was taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning where surgeons tried for

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US-NORTH KOREAPresident Donald Trump said yesterday that “talking is not the answer” to North Korea, after it upped the stakes in its standoff with Washington by calling for

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