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Reports from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali say more than 50 people have been killed in two explosions. At least 10 foreigners died and more than 120 people were injured
CHINA coach Gao Hongbo resigned on yesterday after a 2-0 defeat in Uzbekistan almost certainly ended hopes of automatic qualification for the 2018 World Cup. Marat Bikmaev and Otabek Shukurov
South Sudan’s government vowed action after more than 127 civilians were killed on a southern highway over the weekend by armed groups seen as targeting members of the country’s largest
The U.N. health agency yesterday recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of sugary drinks like sodas, sport drinks and even 100-percent fruit juices as a way
One of India’s largest colleges is expanding into the U.S. with the purchase of one campus in New York and a proposal to buy two more, drawing opposition from state
President Juan Manuel Santos says he’ll donate almost USD1 million in Nobel Peace Prize money to the victims of Colombia’s half-century conflict. Santos made the announcement yesterday during a visit with his
Donald Trump says he’ll jail opponent Hillary Clinton if he wins the presidency. The Republican presidential nominee made the threat — an unprecedented break with U.S. political decorum — in the
A record 1,201 couples have renewed their wedding vows at a ceremony on the campus of Western Michigan University. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports (bit.ly/2dXf2Y5) a Guinness World Record official on site
USA His candidacy spiraling out of control, Donald Trump faced Hillary Clinton on the debate stage yesterday in the most critical moment of his political career. Questions about Trump’s preparation,
Carrying your wife over the threshold means good luck in your new marriage. Carrying your wife over the threshold of an obstacle course featuring log hurdles, sand traps and water hazards
Soon after he was elected leader of Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party in 1992, Antonio Guterres added a red rose motif to the clenched, raised fist which was the party’s traditional
Palestinian militants have hijacked an Italian cruise liner, the Achille Lauro, in the Mediterranean and threatened to blow it up. The gunmen are demanding the release of 50 Palestinian prisoners held
One of Italy’s most-wanted fugitive mob bosses was arrested after five years on the lam this week when police found him hiding in a home bunker built between the bathroom
A European Parliament member from Britain’s right-wing U.K. Independence Party — the front-runner to be UKIP’s next leader — was in serious condition in a hospital after an “altercation” yesterday
UNITED NATIONS Portugal’s Antonio Guterres, who was formally approved yesterday to be the next U.N. secretary-general, said he faces “huge challenges” and hopes to see unity and consensus during his
Ryan Grassley discovered a perplexing charge on a hospital bill for the recent birth of his son: Nearly USD40 for “skin to skin” contact after his wife gave birth via
Republican Mike Pence was calm and steady in the face of Democrat Tim Kaine’s fiery and frequent challenges. But when it came to defending Donald Trump, Pence dodged, sidestepped or
President Juan Manuel Santos is moving quickly on two fronts to save a peace deal narrowly rejected by Colombian voters, holding talks in Cuba with leftist rebels while inviting his
Fears are growing for the missing nuclear technician who disappeared in London after revealing details of Israel’s nuclear weapons programme. The American magazine, Newsweek, claimed earlier this week that Mordechai Vanunu
A curious Christmas tradition in the Catalonia region of Spain has caught Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with their pants down. A Catalan company that makes ceramic “Caganer” figurines for nativity
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