BEIJING – Police in eastern China say two men have been arrested and explosives and other weapons seized in a series of raids on what they described as a terrorist ring. The police department in the city of Wenzhou says on its microblog that officers made a series of coordinated …
Read More »Left-winger Corbyn gets union backing, made bookies' favorite in race to lead UK Labour Party
LONDON – One of Britain’s biggest unions has backed left-wing contender Jeremy Corbyn to lead Britain’s opposition Labour Party, and a major bookmaker has made the former outsider odds-on favorite to win the contest. General secretary Dave Prentis of Unison, which represents more than 1 million public-sector workers, said the …
Read More »Maldives court sentences sacked defense minister to 11 years in prison for possessing firearm
MALE, Maldives – A court in Maldives has sentenced a former defense minister to 11 years in prison for importing and possessing a firearm. A criminal court in Male, the capital island of this Indian Ocean archipelago state, has passed the sentence against Mohamed Nazim Thursday night. The same court …
Read More »UN mission says Libya talks will resume in Morocco this week
CAIRO – The United Nations mission in Libya says talks between the country’s rival factions will resume this week in Morocco. The U.N. and its envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, have been trying to help resolve the crisis in the North African country, now bitterly divided between two rival governments …
Read More »Crude bomb explodes in courthouse in eastern India, killing 2 and injuring 12
PATNA, India – A crude bomb exploded Friday in a courthouse in eastern India, killing two people and injuring 12 others, police said. Senior police officer Gupteshwar Pandey said one of the dead was the woman who allegedly carried the bomb in a bag into the court in Arrah, a …
Read More »Officials say 5 foreigners killed in attack on luxury hotel in Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya – Officials say five foreigners, an American, a French national and three citizens of former Soviet republics, died when gunman stormed a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital. Essam al-Naas, a spokesman for a Tripoli security agency, said the attack Tuesday claimed the lives of five foreigners and …
Read More »Report: 6 dead after boat carrying illegal migrants sinks off Moroccan shore
RABAT, Morocco – Morocco’s state news agency says at least six people died when a boat carrying illegal migrants sank off the Mediterranean shore near the Spanish enclave of Melillla. According to authorities in the Nador province quoted by the MAP news agency, the boat was carrying 20 people when …
Read More »Former ally of deposed Ukrainian President Yanukovych shot to death in his home
MOSCOW – A former ally of deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been found shot to death in his home in Kiev. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said Oleg Kalashnikov, a former member of the Ukrainian parliament, was found dead Wednesday evening. It said the he had died of gunshot wounds …
Read More »UN urges $30 million for Palestinian refugees in Syrian camp taken by Islamic State militants
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council is calling for $30 million in emergency aid to help Palestinian refugees in the embattled Yarmouk camp in the Syrian capital. The council called for unhindered humanitarian access and protection of civilians inside the U.N. camp, now mainly controlled by Islamic State militants …
Read More »Mexican court orders school to compensate child bullied by classmates urged on by teacher
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Supreme Court has for the first time ordered a school to compensate a child for bullying by classmates, ruling that a teacher encouraged the harassment. The private school and the teacher have been ordered to pay 550,000 pesos ($36,500) to the family of the 7-year-old for …
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