BAGHDAD – Officials say bombings in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have killed at least eight people. Police said…
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Family of American pilot who died in Cameroon plane crash is upset at delay in recovering remains
JOHANNESBURG – The remains of an American pilot who died in a plane crash in Cameroon last year are still…
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Bosnia’s war crimes court has marked a decade since its establishment with a public pledge to continue…
Read MoreWild rhino chased back into forest after rampaging through Nepal city, killing woman
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Forest officers and tamed elephants have chased a wild rhino back to the forest after it killed…
Read MoreThai ‘Red Shirt’ leader given 2-year jail sentence for insulting ex-prime minister
BANGKOK – A Thai “Red Shirt” leader has been sentenced to two years in jail for insulting a former prime…
Read MoreUN human rights council endorses 6-month delay to report on alleged Sri Lanka war crimes
BERLIN – The United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday delayed by six months the release of a report into…
Read MoreRussian troops conduct military exercises in Moldova’s pro-Russia separatist region
MOSCOW – Russian troops have conducted military exercises in Moldova’s pro-Russia separatist region. Russian news agencies on Thursday quoted an…
Read More6.8-magnitude earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea, no tsunami expected
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has been recorded in Papua New Guinea, but no tsunami was expected. The…
Read MoreSouth Sudan: Casualties as UN compound is bombed
KAMPALA, Uganda – Four civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed on Tuesday when two mortar bombs exploded…
Read MoreDrugs ‘legalized’ in Ireland by surprise court ruling; government scrambles to close loophole
DUBLIN – A top Irish court has ruled a key plank of the country’s anti-narcotics laws illegal, temporarily legalizing the…
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