Nobel laureate Gbowee: Security Council must reform itself

Nobel peace laureate Leemah Gbowee told the Security Council yesterday (Macau time) that people across the world are living in fear and she urged the U.N.’s most powerful body to

USA | Obama aims to influence debate in State of the Union speech

  President Barack Obama planned to use his second-to-last State of the Union address to Congress to maintain his influence in American politics as the unofficial campaign to choose his successor has already

Yemen coup | Shiite rebels shell president’s home, take over palace

  Yemen’s powerful Shiite Houthi rebels shelled the residence of the country’s embattled president yesterday and simultaneously swept into the presidential palace in the capital, Sana’a, as a top military commander warned

RELIGION AND CONTRACEPTION | Pope: Catholics don’t have to breed ‘like rabbits’ 

  Pope Francis is firmly upholding church teaching banning contraception, but said Monday that Catholics don’t have to breed “like rabbits” and should instead practice “responsible parenting.” Speaking to reporters en route home

IMF cuts growth forecasts, citing sluggish EU, Japan, BRICS

  The International Monetary Fund lowered its forecasts for global growth over the next two years, warning yesterday that weakness in most major economies will trump gains from lower oil prices.

This Day in History: 1992 UN threatens Libya with sanctions

The United Nations has ordered Libya to surrender intelligence agents accused of the Lockerbie and French airliner bombings. The 15-nation Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution urging Libya ‘’immediately to provide

Offbeat | London: Dad gets ‘no-show’ bill after son, 5, misses birthday party

It was not what Derek Nash expected to find in his 5-year-­old’s school bag: A bill demanding a “no-show fee” for another child’s birthday party. Nash said the bill from another

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CHINA has requested that the Myanmar government protect the safety and legitimate rights of Chinese nationals who were arrested over illegal logging, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. A total

Argentina | Special prosecutor found fatally shot at his home 

  A special prosecutor who had accused Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez of ordering impunity for Iranian suspects in the South American country’s worst terrorist attack was found shot dead, authorities said

INEQUALITY | Oxfam: Richest 1 percent sees share of global wealth jump

The European Union foreign policy chief says the bloc is launching an appeal against last month’s EU court ruling that ordered the Palestinian group Hamas removed from its terror list

Yemen | President negotiates ceasefire to end Sana’a fighting

Yemen’s President Abdurabuh Mansur Hadi has negotiated a cease-fire to end fighting in the capital, Sana’a, as rebel Shiite Houthis battled soldiers near Yemen’s presidential palace and elsewhere across the

This Day in History: 1961 John F Kennedy sworn in as US president

The Democrat John F Kennedy has been sworn in as the youngest ever elected president of the United States. The 43-year-old Roman Catholic was inaugurated as the 35th president on a

Offbeat | Iran: Surprised subway riders brush shoulders with president

Rush-hour passengers in the busy subway of Iran’s capital have brushed shoulders with a surprising commuter — President Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani, along Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and others in his

THE BUZZ: Notes, photos of Jacqueline Onassis auctioned for $28,400

A few dozen pieces of personal correspondence by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, along with photographs of the former first lady in Palm Beach, sold at a Florida auction Saturday for a

Wind-starved ocean racers crawl toward Malacca Strait

  Offshore sailors’ biggest enemy — the lack of wind — stalled Volvo Ocean Race boats as they approached one of the most challenging parts of the nine-month event yesterday. The six-strong

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N KOREA-USA U.S. academics and former senior officials meet with North Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator in Singapore to get a feel for each other’s positions amid a yearslong standoff over

PALESTINE | International court opens probe into Israeli war crimes

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court launched a preliminary probe Friday that could clear the way for a full-­scale investigation into possible war crimes in Palestinian territories — plunging

Charlie Hebdo | Protests leave at least 10 dead in Niger 

  At least 10 people have been killed in violent protests in the West African nation of Niger over the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s depiction of the Prophet Muhammad, the country’s president

Oracle’s Ellison to underwrite California wildlife center

One of the world’s richest men, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, is using some of his wealth to establish a wildlife breeding and rehabilitation center in Northern California that will focus

Obama proposes tax increases on wealthy to aid middle class

President Barack Obama is proposing new taxes on the wealthiest Americans that would limit their profits from investments and make it harder for them to pass assets to heirs. Obama, who

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