World UN says 250 missing in shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean May 9th, 2017 0 Nearly 250 people are feared drowned after two shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean over the weekend. Some 163 people are missing after a boat...
World Assange lawyer asks Sweden court to drop arrest warrant May 3rd, 2017 0 Public statements by US officials saying the United States wanted the arrest of Julian Assange are grounds for Sweden to repeal the WikiLeaks...
World Turkey detains more than 1,000 for 'links to Gulen' April 26th, 2017 0 Turkish authorities have detained more than a thousand people suspected of having links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. The overnight...
World Christian-Jew-Buddhist leaders support the idea of “Hindu Prayer Room” at Frankfurt Airport April 20th, 2017 0 In a remarkable interfaith gesture; Christian, Jew and Buddhist leaders have backed the idea of establishing a “Hindu Prayer Room” at Frankfurt...
World Monitor says Turkey's referendum was not genuinely democratic April 17th, 2017 0 The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe election monitor said Turkey's referendum was not impartial and instead favored President...
U.S Amnesty International: Executions decline 37% worldwide in 2016 April 11th, 2017 0 Use of the death penalty declined by 37 percent around the world in 2016 but China remains secretive about its executions, Amnesty International said...
World Anger as carry-on electronics ban comes into force March 25th, 2017 0 The US and British ban on laptops and tablets in carry-on luggage on some flights from the Middle East and North Africa has come into force,...
World Pope asks forgiveness for Church role in Rwanda genocide March 20th, 2017 0 Pope Francis asked on Monday for forgiveness for the “sins and failings of the Church and its members” during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide,...
World Trump, Merkel optimistic trade negotiations can be fair for both sides March 17th, 2017 0 U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed optimism that trade relations with the European Union can more fairly...
World Putin praises close dialogue between Russia, Israel March 9th, 2017 0 Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised close dialogue between Moscow and Jerusalem and offered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
