Guinea declared free of Ebola transmissions

Guinea has been declared free from transmission of Ebola, the World Health Organization said yesterday, marking a milestone for the West African country where the original Ebola chain of transmission

USA | CUBA: First of 17 detainees to be released from Gitmo next week

Another three detainees are slated to appear before a review board during January to determine if they can also be considered eligible for transfer to another country, the official added. Defense

This Day in History | 1971 Iranians deported from Iraq

It is unclear whether the figures from the Iranian Red Lion and Sun (Red Cross) Society also include previous deportations over the past weeks and months. An Iranian Government spokesman today

Offbeat | Player fired for posting ‘offensive’ tweets

The club says it “has decided to terminate the contract signed” with Sergi Guardiola, who had joined Barca B on Monday, “after confirming that he had posted offensive tweets against

The Buzz | Former El Salvador football player shot to death

Authorities in El Salvador say gunmen shot and killed former national football  team player Alfredo Alberto Pacheco at a gasoline station in a municipality west of the country’s capital. El Salvador’s

‘Star Wars’ makers have high hopes for China success

The latest Star Wars movie broke the USD1 billion mark before fans in China could see it, but producers anticipate “The Force Awakens” will play “very very well” in the

World Briefs

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

Iraq | Military making progress in fight for Ramadi

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 | President signs contested constitutional court law

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 factions meet as violence enters 9th month

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

TSA increases screening of airport and airline employees

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

80 killed in Boko Haram attacks

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

This Day in History | 1998 Six die as huge waves smash into yachts

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

Offbeat | World’s busiest airport welcomes 100 millionth passenger

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

The Buzz | Okinawa tries to stop move of US Marine air base

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 | Attorney general alleges bribes tied to Rio Olympics

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

World Briefs

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

Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation documents Guatemala genocide

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

Death toll at least 8 in Texas storms that spawned tornadoes

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

This Day in History | 2003 Britain gives go-ahead for ‘sky marshals’

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

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