Nobel peace prize? Many names, few certaintiesDonald Trump? Hardly. Reconciliation between the Koreas? Rather premature. Peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea? Probably missed the deadline. As the 2018 Nobel peace prize looms, it's easier to rule ou...
US to offer cyberwar capabilities to NATO alliesActing to counter Russia's aggressive use of cyberattacks across Europe and around the world, the U.S. is expected to announce that, if asked, it will use its formidable cyberwarfare capabilities on N...
Wife of Malaysian ex-PM grilled a third time over graftThe wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday was being grilled by the anti-graft agency for the third time over a massive graft scandal involving the 1MDB state investment fund...
Hundreds of US teacher candidates shake up midterm electionsLast September, school speech therapist Kathy Hoffman was settling into the new academic year, working with youngsters in her small classroom behind a playground at Sahuaro Ranch Elementary School in...
America to buzz as phones get ‘presidential alert’ test WednesdayThe Trump administration will send messages to more than 200 million U.S. cellphones on Wednesday testing a previously unused presidential alert system that aims to warn the public in the event of a n...
250 patients evacuated in hospital fire in eastern IndiaA fire broke out Wednesday in a pharmacy at a state-run medical college and hospital complex in eastern India, causing panic among around 250 patients who were evacuated to safe wards. Dr. Nirmal Mazi...
Aung San Suu Kyi becomes first person stripped of honorary Canadian citizenshipMyanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of honorary Canadian citizenship on Tuesday over her refusal to call out atrocities by her nation's military against the Rohingya...
Four Californian men charged with inciting violence at 2017 Charlottesville rallyFour Californian men described by prosecutors as members of a militant white supremacist group were arrested on Tuesday on charges of instigating violence during a white nationalist rally that turned...
Time running out for survivors as Indonesia toll nears 1,400The death toll in Indonesia's twin quake-tsunami disaster rose to nearly 1,400 Wednesday, with time running out to rescue survivors and the UN warning of "vast" unmet needs. Authorities set a tentativ...
‘More African’: eSwatini adapts to contentious name changeAt the main campus entrance, a large concrete sign welcomes students and visitors to "The University of..." followed by a blank space. After Swaziland changed its name earlier this year to eSwatini, t...
Trump: I told Saudi king he wouldn’t last without US supportPresident Donald Trump made an undiplomatic remark about close ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, saying he warned Saudi Arabia's King Salman he would not last in power "for two weeks" without the backing...
Helicopter jailbreak gangster arrested in FranceA gangster who made a Hollywood-esque helicopter jailbreak was arrested in northern France on Wednesday after three months on the run, sources close to the case said. Notorious French robber Redoine F...
Touchdown! Japan space probe lands new robot on asteroidA Japanese probe landed a new observation robot on an asteroid on Wednesday as it pursues a mission to shed light on the origins of the solar system. The French-German Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, o...
After days of restraint, Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuserPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday openly mocked the university professor who has accused his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault, joking about her inability to remember details surrounding the nig...
Cameroon’s displaced thousands fear disenfranchisementIf you have the polling card, you go and vote, but it's complicated once you're there, said Yagana Adi, 55, who wants to vote in Cameroon's presidential election on Sunday. Her identity papers were lo...
US Supreme Court case: can you execute a man who can’t remember his crime?Vernon Madison killed an Alabama police officer in 1985, and was convicted and sentenced to death nine years later. But after two debilitating strokes while in prison, his lawyers say he can't remembe...
‘Jewel of Roman Empire’ faces Libya dangersPerched on the edge of Libya's Mediterranean coast, the ancient city of Sabratha remains an awe-inspiring spectacle, the pink columns of its amphitheatre towering above turquoise waters. But the world...