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A prosecutor has slapped a gag order on the case of a Jordanian writer who was arrested after posting a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam. Nahed Hattar was arrested this weekend
CHINA’s yuan declined the most in a week and sovereign bond yields were near a decade-low as weaker-than-expected data reignited concern over growth in Asia’s largest economy. The currency dropped
A Muslim advocacy group yesterday plans to announce a USD10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the gunman who killed a New York mosque leader and his associate
Emergency crews worked through the night to rescue scores of south Louisiana residents from homes and stranded cars as deadly flooding continued to inundate large swaths of the region yesterday,
At least 28 people have died and hundreds have been injured after a weekend of rioting in Los Angeles. Armed National Guards have been deployed on the streets of the Californian
The man who attacked passengers on a crowded Swiss train with a knife and burning liquid died of his wounds yesterday, as did one of his victims, a 34-year-old woman,
Pope Francis this summer is treating dozens of Rome’s homeless to a day at the beach and dinner in a pizzeria on the way back. The pontiff’s almsgiver, Polish monsignor Konrad
While fears of the Zika virus have kept some people away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, for residents of one Russian town the more mosquito bites the better. At
The head of the Hong Kong Jockey Club will give the keynote address when the club’s North American counterpart gathers for its annual thoroughbred racing conference in Saratoga Springs. The Manhattan-based Jockey Club says Hong Kong Jockey
CHINA A female Chinese swimmer tests positive for a banned substance at the Rio Olympics, China’s swimming association says, the first competitor in the sport to fail a test at
The 400-mile trek of a radio-collared moose named Alice is the inspiration for a proposed hiking trail from Ontario’s forested Algonquin Park to the heart of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. Planners
It is one of Rio's most renowned favelas, the Cidade de Deus made infamous in a film that helped cement a stereotype of the other side of the "Marvelous City"
Portugal’s public debt stood at 240.1 billion euros or 131.6 percent of gross domestic product at the end of June, the highest indebtedness ever, the Technical Budget Support Unit (UTAO)
Ukraine’s president ordered the army to be on combat alert yesterday on the country’s de-facto border with Crimea and on the front line in eastern Ukraine following Moscow’s accusations that
Germany’s interior minister yesterday unveiled proposals to boost security after recent attacks, including making it easier to deport foreigners deemed dangerous and stripping dual nationals who fight for extremist groups
Some of America’s greatest leaders in history have had mental health problems and it may have helped in times of crisis, psychiatrists and psychologists said. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F.
It wasn’t a record breaker, but it was still a helluva halibut. Petersburg radio station KFSK reports that fishermen Brian Mattson and Doug Corl hauled in the catch of a lifetime
Legislators in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are scheduled to consider a cybercrime bill today that would allow prison sentences of up to two years for online defamation. Local rights organizations
CHINA-US For the third year in a row, U.S. soybean production is expected to set a record, the best such string since 1979. Yet, with output dropping elsewhere, a flurry
Two rare one-cent coins from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint have sold for a pretty penny. The copper coins, both dating to 1792, went for a combined total of
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