CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The names of Confederate generals still adorn street signs in Charleston's public housing projects, and a heroic waterfront statue dedicated to the Confederate Defenders of Charleston still faces Fort Sumter, where the...
A gunman opened fire in a crowded gay dance club in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday morning, leaving at least 50 people dead and 53 injured in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Authorities identified the attacker as Omar Mateen, of Port St....
LAGOS, (AP):Nigeria is firing dozens of senior officers accused of corruption and the theft of billions of dollars meant to buy arms to fight the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency, the army and an officer privy to the list said yesterday.The officer...
Orlando Police Chief John Mina says the suspect who shot and killed a singer who rose to fame on 'The Voice' television show had on him two handguns, two loaded magazines, and a hunting knife when he confronted Christina Grimmie at an Orlando...
TEHUACAN, (AP):The prime suspect in the brutal slaying of 11 family members is a man who allegedly sought revenge after one of the victims reported that he raped her and he was jailed, a Mexican law enforcement official said yesterday.The official...
MEXICO CITY (AP):Authorities in Guatemala say police have arrested two former cabinet ministers in connection with the alleged misuse of public funds.The former officials served under ex-president Otto Perez Molina and allegedly bought him a...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP):A Dutch woman who told Qatari police that she had been drugged and raped in March has been in government detention ever since on unclear charges, a lawyer said yesterday.The Dutch Embassy in Qatar confirmed that the...
LONDON (AP):Sweden's foreign minister says a British exit from the European Union could badly damage the 28-nation bloc.Margot Wallstrom told the BBC in an interview broadcast yesterday that a vote to leave the European Union in the June 23...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP): Muhammad Ali made his final journey through his hometown today – past the little pink house where he grew up and the museum that bears his name – as thousands of mourners along the route pumped their fists and...
HAVANA (AP): Six airlines won permission today to resume scheduled commercial air service from the US to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades, another milestone in President Barack Obama's campaign to normalise relations between...
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC):An emotional Allen Michael Chastanet was sworn in on Tuesday as the sixth prime minister of St Lucia since the island attained political independence from Britain in 1979, vowing to unite the country following Monday's...
ANgela Merkel is only the fourth woman to ever be named Person of the Year, after Time opened up the contest to women in 1936. She is the first woman to be awarded the title by herself since 1986.A group of women - Cynthia Cooper of Worldcom, Coleen...
ISTANBUL (AP):A car bomb struck a police vehicle in Istanbul during rush hour on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 others in what marks the fourth bombing to hit the Turkish city this year.There was no immediate responsibility claim but...
Hillary Clinton became the first woman to capture the presidential nomination of one of the country's major political parties on Monday night, according to an Associated Press survey of Democratic superdelegates, securing enough of them to overcome...
BEIRUT — Thirteen year-old Ali Rajab is on his feet an average of 12 hours a day, cleaning, filling perfume bottles and helping sell mobile phones at the shop in Beirut where he works. Still, he prefers it to his previous, more physically...
KABUL (AP):The brilliant blue stone, lapis lazuli, prized for millennia, is almost uniquely found in Afghanistan, a key part of the extensive mineral wealth that is seen as the best hope for funding development of one of the world's poorest nations....
LONDON (AP):British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday accused "leave" campaigners in the country's European Union debate of peddling "fantasy politics" and endangering the economy, as the pound plunged against the dollar on uncertainty about...
Nairobi (AP):Police rounded up protesters calling for reform and beat them with wooden sticks in Kenya, firing tear gas on them and flushing them out of buildings where they had hidden.Shocking photos show the extent of the brutality yesterday. In...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland:Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have guaranteed everyone in the Alpine nation an unconditional basic income, according to projections published yesterday by public broadcaster SRF1.The plan could have...
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (AP):Criminal gangs in Russia, operating through gay dating sites, have found a lucrative new blackmail target: homosexual men.A St Petersburg economist, one of their latest victims, said several men burst into the apartment...
Muhammad Ali's funeral will be held on Friday in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, and will be preceded by a public procession.Bob Gunnell, a spokesman for Ali's family, announced the funeral arrangements on Saturday afternoon, less than 24...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Andre Watkins shadowboxed Sunday morning outside King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church in Louisville's west end, not far from the little pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up. All across Ali's hometown, the faithful...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane officials say a storm in the northwestern Caribbean Sea could develop into a tropical storm before hitting Florida with flooding rain. The National Hurricane Center said a hurricane hunter plane will investigate...
VATICAN CITY (AP)Pope Francis yesterday scrapped his proposed tribunal to prosecute bishops who covered up for paedophilic priests after it ran into opposition. He instead, clarified legal procedures to remove them if the Vatican finds that they...
