CHINA says it will impose new restrictions on media reports about domestic terrorism, as it continues to deride a French journalist being forced to leave the country after questioning Beijing's
Iraqi military forces yesterday retook a strategic government complex in the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants who have occupied the city since May, military officials said — a symbolic victory
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda yesterday approved controversial legislation that regulates the Constitutional Tribunal, the nation’s highest court, and appealed for “truth” in debates that are also heard abroad. Some European Union
Burundi’s political factions restarted talks in Uganda in a bid to end a crisis in the East African nation sparked by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s third term that’s left at least
The decision follows instances in the past two years in which employees used restricted entrances to smuggle guns and launder money. It’s also part of a larger push to increase
Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months yesterday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 50
British Olympic yachtsman Glyn Charles is missing presumed dead after his safety harness snapped in winds of up to 144km/h, with waves of 12m high reported by sailors in the
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport said it hit a major milestone Sunday. The airport that calls itself the world’s busiest announced on its social media sites said it served its 100
Local authorities on Okinawa sued Japan’s central government on Friday in an attempt to stop the relocation of a U.S. air base, deepening their decades-long row over the heavy American
Brazil’s attorney general is investigating allegations that bribes were paid to a powerful lawmaker to help secure contracts for the building of venues and other works for next year’s Olympics
JAPAN A court gave the go-ahead for the restart of two nuclear reactors after its operator said in an appeal that they were safe. The Fukui District Court in western
Juan Chen Chen lit up as he recalled a childhood spent romping in the Guatemalan countryside, playing soccer and spinning tops while his parents harvested maize and squash. But his voice
The Texas tornadoes that touched down after dark on Saturday followed days of tumultuous weather in the Southeast including unusual winter tornadoes that left 18 people dead there over the
Home Secretary David Blunkett and Transport Secretary Alistair Darling said the move was a “responsible and prudent step” in response to the heightened state of alert in the US and
U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi last week issued the ruling rejecting environmental groups’ claims that the extra fishing is illegal. The opinion came just in time for the year-end holidays when
In the early weeks of Angelica Pereira’s pregnancy, a mosquito bite began bothering her. At first it seemed a small thing. But the next day she awoke with a rash,
For 70 years since the Nazi defeat in World War II, copyright law has been used in Germany to prohibit the publication of “Mein Kampf” — the notorious anti-Semitic tome
France’s interior minister says the government will tighten security for churches around Christmas, amid continued concerns about potential extremist violence after deadly attacks last month. Bernard Cazeneuve announced that churches will
Peterson Air Force base is getting ready for its annual holiday mission — tracking Santa’s storybook sleigh ride around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command has been working for
SOUTH KOREA The Health Ministry declared yesterday a formal end to an outbreak of the MERS virus that killed 38 people and sickened dozens of others since May. The announcement
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