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UNESCO’s executive board yesterday approved a resolution that Israel says denies the deep historic Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem — and that has angered Israel’s government and many
Russian and Syrian warplanes yesterday halted their airstrikes on Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo in preparation for a temporary pause in the military push that Moscow has announced for later
A small Spanish town is considering fining a medieval church 16,000 euros (USD17,500) because its bells are “too noisy.” The town hall of Mostoles, southwest of Madrid, said yesterday that following
CHINA-PHILIPPINES This week’s visit to China by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte points toward a restoration of trust between the sides following recent tensions over their South China Sea territorial dispute,
Swiss prosecutors have begun a preliminary investigation into Teodorin Obiang Nguema, the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, who is set to go on trial in neighboring France for
A Lithuanian court has called former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to testify in a mass trial related to the 1991 crackdown on the country’s independence movement. Gorbachev and Russian authorities haven’t
Authorities are investigating after a local Republican Party office in North Carolina was vandalized and set on fire in what a state GOP official called an act of “political terrorism.” A
Airstrikes on rebel-held areas in the northern province of Aleppo yesterday killed at least 36 people, including children, opposition activists said, as violence in Syria continued while a major operation
Authorities failed to adequately investigate complaints of violent crimes committed against asylum seekers held at Australia’s expense on the Pacific atoll nation of Nauru, Amnesty International said yesterday. The London-based human
While some voters may wish the presidential candidates would just go away, Dartmouth College has created an app for those who want to find them around every corner. Two professors at
The Communist leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker, has been forced to step down as leader of the country. After 18 years in power he will be replaced by Egon Krenz,
German authorities are telling electric automaker Tesla to stop using the term “autopilot” for its driver assistance system, saying it is misleading. The transport ministry confirmed in an email that a
UAE The Philippines ambassador to the United Arab Emirates says a wanted man named by President Rodrigo Duterte as a major drug kingpin has been arrested in the Arab country’s
With dreams of turning carbon dioxide into everything from concrete to fish food, teams from six countries have advanced beyond the first phase of a USD20 million XPRIZE contest to
Donald Trump continued to push back yesterday as polls show his support among women faltering after several allegations of sexual misconduct and the disclosure of a years-old videotape in which
Pope Francis canonized Argentina’s “gaucho priest” yesterday, bestowing sainthood on the poncho-wearing pastor with whom the first Argentine pope shares many similarities, from a taste for mate tea to a
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited victims of devastating Hurricane Matthew on Saturday, saying the destruction wrought by the storm was “heartbreaking,” and he renewed a pledge to help the nation
A powerful earthquake has rocked San Francisco killing nine people and injuring hundreds. The number of dead is expected to rise significantly. The two-tier Bay Bridge and Nimitz freeway both partially
Airline passengers who try to carry Samsung Electronics Co. Note 7 smartphones on flights will have them confiscated and may face fines under an emergency U.S. order that significantly expands
CHINA A gas explosion inside a coal mine in southwestern China has killed seven people and injured two more. Rescue crews at the Rongsheng mine in Guizhou province were able
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