The Kenyan government over the weekend said it will bar passengers traveling from three West African countries hit by the Ebola outbreak, closing a debate in East Africa’s economic powerhouse about whether
Germany’s foreign intelligence agency eavesdropped on calls made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his predecessor Hillary Clinton, German magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday. The respected news weekly reported that
Seven people were arrested early yesterday morning as police used smoke and tear gas against protesters who defied a curfew in a St. Louis suburb where a black teen walking
An estimated 400,000 youngsters turned up to hear big-name bands play in a field near the village of Bethel, New York state in what has become the largest rock concert
Agata Oleksiak, who uses the name Olek, said she intervened at the Cancun Underwater Museum this month to call attention to the dangers facing species such as the whale shark. But
The literary executor of George Orwell's estate is accusing Amazon.com of doublespeak. In a letter published this week in The New York Times, Bill Hamilton criticized Amazon for "turning the facts
CHINA Police wounded at least 10 Tibetans when they opened fire on a crowd protesting the arrest of a village leader, a Tibetan rights group said. Authorities used tear gas
A five-day extension of a Gaza truce appeared to be holding despite a rocky start yesterday, fanning cautious optimism of progress in the negotiations underway in Cairo between Israel and
Police used tear gas and smoke bombs to repel crowds who threw Molotov cocktails during another violent night in a St. Louis suburb in the wake of the shooting of
Far fewer refugees remain on Iraq’s Sinjar Mountain and a U.S.-led rescue mission is far less likely, U.S. officials said. A team of U.S. military personnel assessed the situation and reported that only
There is joy and celebration around the world and 15 August has been declared Victory in Japan day. The end of war will be marked by two-day holidays in the UK,
The former live-in caretaker of a Pittsburgh-area mansion has died, ending criminal charges that he drank more than USD102,000 worth of old whiskey that he was supposed to be guarding. A
Police in Colombia say assassins have killed a journalist just three weeks after his official security detail was pulled. Antioquia department police commander Col. Gustavo Chavarro says radio journalist Luis Carlos
The petition was addressed to the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Cheong U: “We demand that the government undertake open and extensive consultation as soon as possible on the
Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died yesterday when the small plane that was carrying him and several campaign officials plunged into a residential neighborhood in the port city of Santos,
CHINA An actor becomes the latest Chinese celebrity to face drug charges in a wave of detentions that an official says is one of China’s sternest crackdowns on illegal drug
Lauren Bacall was a movie star from almost her first moment on the silver screen. A fashion model and bit-part New York actress before moving to Hollywood at 19, Bacall achieved
Kurdish forces fought to retake positions overrun by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq last week as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki tried to cling to power with his international backing
Ukraine and Russia were locked in a stalemate as the column of about 280 Moscow-sent trucks headed for the border. Russia’s government said the vehicles loaded with 2,000 metric tons of
The strike at the Lenin shipyard is seen as part of a growing campaign to gain political freedoms and to improve economic conditions for Poland’s labour force. Numbering some 16,000, the
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