CFWIJ condemns Susan Abulhawa detainment and deportation. Here’s whyNew York: The Coalition For Women In Journalism strongly condemns the detainment and deportation of Susan Abulhawa. The Palestinian-American writer was detained at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport and late...
Indonesia jet had damaged airspeed indicator on last four flights: officialIndonesian accident investigators said an airspeed indicator of a Boeing Co 737 MAX plane that crashed last week was damaged for its last four flights, but US authorities responded cautiously to sugge...
Record level of Taliban violence against Afghanistan’s election: UNAttacks and intimidation by the Taliban against last month's parliamentary election in Afghanistan resulted in a record number of civilian casualties, the United Nations said on Tuesday. At least 435...
Migrant caravan rests, regroups in Mexico CityA caravan of Central American migrants that has drawn frequent Twitter tirades from President Donald Trump ahead of the US midterm elections rested and regrouped Monday at a stadium-turned-shelter in...
Record 435 Afghans killed or wounded in legislative poll: UNMore than 400 Afghans were killed or wounded in poll-related violence during three days of voting last month, the United Nations said Tuesday, making the parliamentary ballot the deadliest on record....
El Chapo’s US drugs trial kicks off under tight securityThe New York trial opened Monday under huge security for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals accused of spending a quarter of a century smuggling cocaine into the Un...
Taliban attack Afghan government post near Iran border, killing 20 troopsTaliban militants attacked a border outpost in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 20 government soldiers in the latest assault likely to compound fears that the security forces are facing an unsu...
On eve of vote, US warns voters to look for Russian fake newsUS law enforcement and intelligence agencies said on the eve of crucial US midterm voting they had no indication of efforts to disrupt election infrastructure but that Americans should be wary of Russ...
Drug resistant superbugs are killing 33,000 in Europe each yearSuperbug infections resistant to multiple antibiotics kill around 33,000 people a year in Europe, health experts said on Monday, and the burden of these diseases is comparable to that of flu, tubercul...
Detained ex-Panama president transferred to hospital in stable conditionFormer Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, who has been held in detention on illegal wiretapping charges, was transferred on Monday to a public hospital in Panama City, where he was in stable con...
Pompeo to meet top aide to Kim Jong Un on ThursdayUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in New York on Thursday, the State Department said. The US chief diplomat and Kim Yong Chol "will discuss maki...
For Trump supporters, elections a battle to protect a leader under siegeFor many Americans, Tuesday's congressional midterm elections are a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump’s divisive persona, hard-line policies and pugnacious politics. But on the eve of th...
Ex-SS concentration camp guard goes on trial in GermanyA former SS guard, aged 94, goes on trial Tuesday in Germany charged with complicity in mass murders at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, in a case bearing symbolic and moral weight. The...
The man who would be king, eventually: Prince Charles turns 70When Prince Charles, who turns 70 next week, becomes king on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, he will have waited longer than any of his predecessors to head a royal family that dates back 1,0...
Wind farm ‘predator’ effect hits ecosystems: studyWind farms act as a top "predator" in some ecosystems, harming birds at the top of the food chain and triggering a knock-on effect overlooked by green energy advocates, scientists said Monday. Wind is...
For some in Florida Panhandle, voting takes back seat to hurricane hardshipsSissy Karr, a landlady with 14 rental properties around Panama City, Florida, is a loyal Republican who voted for Donald Trump for president in 2016. But she says she is too busy cleaning up from Hurr...
Turkey warns US its Iran sanctions are ‘dangerous’Turkey has warned Washington against its new sanctions on Iran, saying isolating the Islamic Republic is "dangerous", Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday. Washington this week impos...
In first, French town puts schoolchildren in uniformAs primary school students returned from their autumn break Monday, some in a town east of Paris were wearing the same polo shirts and sky-blue sweaters -- the first uniforms ever seen in a French pub...
Facebook blocks 115 accounts on eve of US electionFacebook said Monday it blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85 more on Instagram after police warned they may be linked to "foreign entities" trying to interfere in the US midterm election. T...
US networks, Facebook pull anti-immigrant Trump adFox News, NBC and Facebook have pulled a Trump campaign ad branded racist, which equates a convicted Mexican murderer with Central American migrants en route to the US border. NBC pulled the ad after...
Poop in hand, Bill Gates backs China’s toilet revolutionAs one of the world's richest men and most active philanthropists, Bill Gates usually has his hands full. Just not with poop. So it came as a surprise when the founder of Microsoft brandished a jar of...
Trump picks ex-counsel to Reagan as US envoy to AustraliaUS President Donald Trump has put forward a long-time Republican Party figure as his pick for ambassador to Australia, the White House said, hoping to fill a key diplomatic post that has been vacant f...
‘Miracle’ as New Zealand baby rescued from seaA New Zealand baby was plucked from the ocean as he floated past a fisherman in a rescue hailed as "miraculous" by water safety experts, who warned the accident could easily have ended in tragedy. Gus...
New mass grave found in MexicoMexican authorities began looking for bodies Monday at a new mass grave in the violent state of Veracruz, where hundreds of corpses have been found at similar sites in recent years. The Solectio colle...