British military official found guilty over tampering wife’s parachute to kill herA British Army sergeant was on Thursday found guilty of attempting to murder his wife on two occasions, by tampering with her parachute and causing a gas leak at their home. The jury at Winchester Cro...
Infection alert after dying Ebola patients taken to Congo prayer meetingTwo dying Ebola patients were spirited out of a Congo hospital by their relatives on motor-bikes, then taken to a prayer meeting with 50 other people, potentially exposing them all to the deadly virus...
Panama’s ex-president to stop fighting extradition from USFormer Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli will no longer fight extradition from the United States to his homeland, his lawyer said on Thursday, where Martinelli will face charges that he organize...
Death toll in Bangladesh ‘anti-drugs’ crackdown rises above 50Shootouts across Bangladesh left nine alleged drug dealers dead Thursday, police said, as authorities stepped up a crackdown that now has claimed at least 52 lives in 10 days and drawn criticism from...
Lebanon’s Aoun expected to designate Hariri PMLebanese President Michel Aoun is expected to designate Sunni politician Saad al-Hariri as prime minister to form a new coalition government after consultations on Thursday with newly elected MPs. The...
Trump cancels summit with North Korea scheduled for next monthUS President Donald Trump on Thursday called off a planned historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even after North Korea followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels at its nuclear t...
Trump factor leaves Macron scrambling ahead of Russia tripEmmanuel Macron heads to St Petersburg on Thursday seeking to win concessions from Vladimir Putin, but with Europe-US ties strained over Iran, the Russian leader may have little incentive to offer the...
Cyclone Mekunu pummels Yemeni island, seven missingSeven people were missing and hundreds others evacuated from their homes after Cyclone Mekunu hit the Yemeni island of Socotra Wednesday night, causing severe flooding and damage to houses, officials...
Thailand arrests senior monks in temple raids to clean up BuddhismThai police raided four Buddhist temples on Thursday, arresting several prominent monks and worshippers in the year's biggest such operation amid a crackdown on illegal financial dealings by temples....
Two dead, 20 injured after train smashes into truck in ItalyTwo people were killed and 20 others injured after a train crashed into a rig truck near the northern Italian city of Turin and derailed, Italian media said Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednes...
Close quarters: Vietnam’s downtown dwellers cling to tiny plotsPham Quoc Cong walks two kilometres to use the bathroom because his 2.2 meters-squared house isn't big enough to have one. But, he says, it's a price worth paying to be able to live on a prized plot i...
Italian PM nominee begins work on forming cabinetItaly's prime ministerial nominee Giuseppe Conte was to begin work Thursday on lining up a cabinet after being endorsed to lead a coalition government formed by anti-establishment and far-right partie...
Japan women see turning point on sexual harassment after scandalJapanese women, long accustomed to enduring sexual harassment in silence, are speaking out after a high-profile scandal involving a top bureaucrat stirred debate and protests. In interviews with Reute...
Trump threatens aid cut to countries that do not stop MS-13 gang migrantsPresident Donald Trump warned on Wednesday he was working on a plan to reduce US aid to countries he says are doing nothing to stop MS-13 gang members from crossing into the United States illegally. “...
Malaysia’s ex-leader questioned again in corruption scandalFormer Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was being questioned again Thursday by anti-graft investigators looking into alleged theft and money laundering at a state investment fund he had founded th...
Lung cancer rates in young US women exceed men, despite fewer smokers: studyLung cancer rates among young women now exceed those of men in the United States, a trend that has puzzled scientists because the phenomenon cannot be explained by a growing number of smokers, researc...