Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced his resignation on Thursday, paving the way for the country’s president to pursue a tighter trip on power. “I decided that for the unity of the (ruling party) a change of chairman would be…
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US election: Ted Cruz pulls out of Republican race
Ted Cruz has announced he is ending his campaign for the US Republican presidential nomination, after losing heavily to Donald Trump in the Indiana primary.Mr Trump, a New York businessman who is unpopular with many in his own party, is…
Trump repeats unsubstantiated claim Cruz dad has Oswald ties
New York (AP/UNB) – Republican front-runner Donald Trump rehashed unsubstantiated claims Tuesday that his rival Ted Cruz’s father has links to President John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. In a telephone interview broadcast by Fox News on Tuesday, Trump…
Promoting press freedom the ‘smart’ thing to do: Baroness Anelay
British Foreign Office Minister Baroness Anelay has said promoting freedom of the press and the right to access information is not just the right thing to do; it is also the smart thing to do.
3 detained after Dalit law student raped, murdered in India
Police detained three men for questioning Tuesday in the rape and murder of a law student whose body was found mutilated in southern India, officials said.
Train derails in Washington, DC; leaks hazardous chemical
Officials warned Washington D.C. area residents to brace for a potentially slow commute Monday after a CSX freight train derailed near a Metro stop, sending 15 cars off the tracks and spilling hazardous material. The train derailed about 6:40 a.m.…
1st cruise from a US port in decades leaves Miami for Cuba
Passengers set sail Sunday from Miami on an historic cruise to Cuba, the first in decades to depart from a U.S. seaport for the communist island nation. Carnival Corp.’s 704-passenger Adonia left port at 4:24 p.m., bound for Havana. Carnival’s…
Norway calls off helicopter rescue, says 13 dead
Norwegian rescue officials say the search operation after the helicopter crash near Bergen is over and all 13 people who were on board are presumed dead.
Syria conflict: UN envoy calls on US and Russia to save talks
The UN envoy to Syria has urged the US and Russia to urgently intervene “at the highest level” to salvage talks.Speaking after briefing the UN Security Council on the faltering peace process, Staffan de Mistura said that a truce agreed…
Military buildup, fightings mark end of Syrian cease-fire
Beirut (AP/UNB) – A military buildup in northern Syria, coupled with heavy fighting and mounting civilian casualties, spells the end of a cease-fire that for two months brought some relief to a war-weary country. The renewed violence is ushering in…
US deploying rocket launchers near Syria
Turkey’s foreign minister says the United States will deploy a rocket launcher system in southeastern Turkey across the border from Syria.
N Korea ready for another missile launch
North Korea appears to be preparing a test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday, after what the United States described as the “fiery, catastrophic” failure of the first attempt.On April 15, the North…
Saudi Arabia outlines reform move away from oil reliance
Riyadh (AP/UNB) – Saudi Arabia on Monday approved a long-awaited plan laying out reform priorities for the next decade and a half, setting in motion what is likely to be a period of significant economic change in the oil-rich kingdom.…
5.6-magnitude quake strikes Mexico
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has struck southwest of the Mexican town of Suchiate at a depth of 10 km, the US Geological Survey reported.
N. Korea appears to fire submarine-launched missile
North Korea on Saturday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile from a submarine off its northeast coast, South Korean defense officials said, Pyongyang’s latest effort to expand its military might in the face of pressure by its neighbors…
At least 25 killed as violence spikes in Syria
Syrian government strikes hit opposition-held areas near the capital and in the country’s largest city, Aleppo, killing at least 25 Saturday while rebels fired mortars into Damascus, in a rare occurrence since the teetering cease-fire took effect in late February.
175 states sign Paris deal to slow global warming
China and the United States, the world’s top producers of greenhouse gas emissions, pledged on Friday to formally adopt by the end of the year a Paris deal to slow global warming, raising the prospects of it being enforced much…
UK more effective at fighting terror inside EU, says Barack Obama
The UK’s ability to fight terrorism would be “more effective” if it sticks together with its European allies, US President Barack Obama has said. Writing in the Daily Telegraph Mr Obama also said being inside the EU magnifies Britain’s influence…
U.S.-Mexico 800 yards drug tunnel found
By Azadeh Ansari, CNN A drug-trafficking tunnel nearly half a mile long underneath the California-Mexico border was discovered by federal agents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Two tons of cocaine and seven tons of marijuana, worth nearly $22 million,…
Republicans may save America from Trump, but can they save themselves?
By Daniel Twining It was only weeks ago that Donald Trump appeared unstoppable in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in the United States. Although he had hardly won a majority of Republican voters in any state, his competitors…
WHO launches new strategy to end leprosy
World Health Organisation today launched a new global strategy for leprosy calling for stronger commitments and accelerated efforts to stop disease transmission and end associated discrimination and stigma, to achieve a world free of leprosy. “The new global strategy is…
Death toll reaches 48 from Japan earthquakes
Searchers found a man’s body Wednesday in a landslide-hit area in southern Japan, bringing the death toll to 48 from two powerful earthquakes last week. Three people remain missing. Kumamoto prefecture said that another 11 have died from illnesses believed…
Front-runners Trump and Clinton win NY primary
New York, Apr 20 (AP) – Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to victory with ease in Tuesday’s New York primary, with Trump bouncing back from a difficult stretch in the Republican contest and Clinton pushing closer to locking…
Iran’s parliament approves $97 billion budget
Iran’s parliament approved a $97 billion budget for the current year, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
Ecuador says death toll from quake jumps to 413
Portoviejo, Apr 19 (AP) – Ecuador’s government says the death toll from the weekend’s powerful earthquake has climbed to 413. The increase came in the government’s latest bulletin on casualties from the powerful 7.8-magnitude quake that hit the country’s Pacific…
Brazil president says she won’t quit after impeachment vote
Brasilia, Apr 19 (AP) – President Dilma Rousseff said Monday she is “indignant” over a congressional vote to open impeachment proceedings against her and vowed to fight what she called the injustice. She again categorically ruled out resigning. In her…
World stocks, crude slide after oil output accord collapses
World stock benchmarks sank and crude oil prices slumped Monday after an effort by major oil producing nations to agree on production cuts failed over the weekend. European stocks fell in early trading, with France’s CAC 40 dropping 0.8 percent…
Brazil lower house okays impeaching Dilma
Brasilia — Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted late Sunday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, delivering a major blow to a long-embattled leader who repeatedly argued that the push against her was a “coup.” Rousseff is accused of using accounting…
Saudis threaten US with economic retaliation if 9/11 bill passed
Saudi Arabia has warned US officials that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars of American assets if a new bill is passed that could allow the Saudi government to be held accountable for the 9/11 terror attacks.…
Ted Cruz takes anti-Trump campaign to Wyoming
Cheyenne, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took his delegate-by-delegate strategy aimed at thwarting a Donald Trump presidential nomination on Saturday to the least populous U.S. state on Saturday, while the billionaire front-runner focused on running up the vote in Tuesday’s primary…