WASHINGTON (AP): President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia's interference in the US presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. The...
WASHINGTON (AP): US senators visiting eastern European allies to discuss security issues called for sanctions against Russia for interfering in the presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. Their demands came...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
BERLIN (AP)German prosecutors said yesterday that they detained a Tunisian man they think may have been involved in last week's truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.The 40-year-old, who was not...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
PALM BEACH, Florida (AP):United States President-elect Donald Trump is resuming his busy schedule of meetings following a brief lull for the holidays.Trump first met with David Rubenstein, head of investment firm Carlyle...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP):The Afghan government expressed concern over a high-level meeting on the country held in Moscow on Tuesday between Russia, China and Pakistan that did not include any Afghan...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
LONDON (AP):British immigration officials said they arrested almost 100 people suspected of immigration offences in a crackdown on illegal labour in nail salons.Most of those arrested were Vietnamese...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
ISLAMABAD (AP):Pakistan's prime minister has inaugurated a 340 MW nuclear power plant built with Chinese aid, the third of four such projects aimed at addressing longtime energy shortages.In a televised speech yesterday, Nawaz Sharif vowed to...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Debbie Reynolds, the star of the 1952 classic 'Singin' in the Rain' has died. She was 84. Her son, Todd Fisher, said Reynolds died Wednesday, a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher...
NEW DELHI (AP):India's Jet Airways said that 12 passengers were injured during an emergency evacuation yesterday after one of its planes veered off the runway before taking off on a domestic flight in...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP):Donald Trump is questioning the effectiveness of the United Nations (UN), saying it is just a club for people to "have a good time," after the UN Security Council voted last week to condemn Israeli settlements in the West...
MULTAN (AP):Police said the death toll from consuming tainted liquor during the Christmas holiday in eastern Pakistan has jumped to 27.Local police officer Atif Imran Qureshi said yesterday that dozens...
SEOUL (AP):While lawyers desperately tried to restore the impeached South Korean president's powers, politics advanced without her yesterday as parties and potential candidates postured for elections that...
BERLIN (AP):German investigators are questioning seven young men who are suspected of trying to set a homeless man alight in a Berlin subway station over Christmas.Six of the suspects turned themselves...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia. (AP) — A Charlottesville City Councilman in Virginia has resigned from his teaching position after he recently came under fire for tweets he made years ago that disparaged white people. News outlets report Wes...
At least 30 people have drowned after a boat carrying a football team and their fans capsized on Lake Albert in Uganda. The overcrowded vessel was carrying some 45 people. The police say the boat became unbalanced when too many passengers moved to...
HONOLULU (AP):United States President Barack Obama is wishing a "happy and healthy new year" to those celebrating Kwanzaa.Obama was issuing his final annual Kwanzaa message as president.He said Kwanzaa is a.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP):Jill Stein's bid to recount votes in Pennsylvania was in trouble even before a federal judge shot it down December 12. That's because the Green Party candidate's effort stood....
Embracing Soviet-style communism, Fidel Castro overcame imprisonment and exile to become leader of Cuba and defy the power of the United States at every turn. The strongman's half-century rule was marked by the unsuccessful US-backed Bay of Pigs...
JERUSALEM (AP):Israel said its ambassador to Ukraine has been summoned by the foreign ministry in Kiev following Israel's decision to cancel a planned visit by the Ukrainian prime minister.Israel over the...
HARTFORD (AP):The Connecticut US attorney is facing an uncertain job future as the presidency changes hands from one political party to another.Deirdre Daly, the top federal prosecutor in the state...
BIDI BIDI CAMP (AP):"I don't want to go back," James Issac declared, just minutes after becoming a refugee. "I don't want to die."For two days, the slender 30-year-old from South Sudan's Equatoria region...
SANDRINGHAM, England (AP) — A bad cold kept Queen Elizabeth II from attending the traditional Christmas morning church service near her Sandringham estate in rural Norfolk, England, raising some concerns about her health. It's extremely...
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian plane carrying 92 people to an air base in Syria crashed Sunday into the Black Sea minutes after taking off from the city of Sochi, Russia's Defense Ministry said. Thousands of rescue workers were searching the undersea...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister lashed out at President Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing him of a "shameful ambush" at the United Nations over West Bank settlements and saying he is looking forward to working with his...
