LONDON (AP) — A nurse has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder and poisonings of patients at a British hospital. Victorino Chua will have to serve at least 35 years before his release can be considered under
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic State group killed at least 500 people — both civilians and Iraqi soldiers — and forced 8,000 to flee their homes as it captured the city of Ramadi, a provincial official said Monday, while Shiite
CHARIKOT, Nepal (AP) — Nepal has been overwhelmed by its second massive earthquake in less than three weeks, its prime minister said Thursday as he visited this normally placid foothills town, now a center for frightened villagers desperate for government
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse left 14 people dead, including nine foreigners, in the most audacious assault by the insurgents in the Afghan capital since the start of their spring offensive, a government official
SANAA, Yemen (AP)– Islamic militant websites say four leading members of Yemen’s Al-Qaeda branch have been killed in a suspected U.S.drone strike the previous day in an eastern Yemen province.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP)– French leader Francois Hollande on Tuesday will make the second visit ever by a sitting president of France to its once prized possession of Haiti, where bountiful resources and brutal plantation slavery made it the European nation’s most profitable colony some 250 years ago.
MOSCOW (AP) — A report released Tuesday containing material compiled by slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov said at least 220 Russian soldiers died in two battles in eastern Ukraine within the past year.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Another major earthquake has hit Nepal near the Chinese border between the capital of Kathmandu and Mount Everest. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit with a magnitude of 7.4 in an isolated, conservation area
Australian-born Greens leader Natalie Bennett has launched a scathing attack on the British electoral system after her party secured just one seat in Westminster despite winning more than one million votes nationally. Speaking after the general election won by the
CARACAS, Venezuela – A group of Venezuelan military officers the government accused of plotting to blow up the presidential palace have been sent to prison.
LONDON (AP) — It was an unexpected moment on the campaign trail. Labour leader Ed Miliband had stopped his campaign bus in the northwest England city of Chester when he was mobbed by a bachelorette party waving iPhones and chanting “Selfie!
CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas, Texas, that was exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad — though it offered no evidence of a direct link to the attackers.
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s newborn princess has spent her first night at home in Kensington Palace — but the guessing game continues over what her name will be. It’s possible she will be named Sunday by her parents, Prince William
LONDON (AP) — Prince William’s wife Kate entered a London hospital Saturday to give birth to their second child, igniting a national wave of anticipation and a last-minute betting spree on the name of the new prince or princess. The
BOSTON (AP) — Testimony in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev zeroed in Tuesday on his late brother’s wife, revealing searches done on her computer on the rewards of dying as a martyr’s spouse and raising questions about what she knew before the 2013 attacks.
LONDON (AP) — Is Britain getting a new princess? Prince Charles certainly hopes so. The monarchy and royal fans worldwide are keenly awaiting the birth of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge’s second child. Kate, who has said she
Australia might not be meeting its international refugee obligations but it is best placed to kick start international reform, a new research paper says. The Lowy Institute analysis argues Australia should take the lead on proposing changes to how the
BRADFORD, England (AP) — Naz Shah is running for Parliament, but she is hardly a typical British politician. She grew up in poverty in a Pakistani-immigrant family, fled a teenage forced marriage and campaigned to free her mother, imprisoned for
LONDON (AP) — With Britain’s general election fast approaching, almost anything can become political — even Prince William and his wife Kate’s choice of private medical care for the upcoming birth of their second child. Prime Minister David Cameron on
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Airlines’ CEO says that pilots may not be as prone to destructive behavior like that of the Germanwings pilot believed to have intentionally crashed a flight last month — if only they get married. At an
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting has picked up in eastern Ukraine after more than a month of relative calm, as diplomats gathered in Berlin on Monday to discuss the country’s crisis.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say five Kurdish rebels have been killed in eastern Turkey in a clash sparked by a rebel attack on troops that wounded four soldiers. A Kurdish news agency said a civilian was also killed in
Islamic State militants hammered, bulldozed and ultimately blew up parts of the ancient Iraqi Assyrian city of Nimrud, destroying a site dating back to the 13th century B.C., an online militant video purportedly shows. The destruction at Nimrud, located near
LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper has published surveillance-camera images that appear to show thieves robbing a high-security safety deposit facility in London’s diamond district. The methodical heist has fascinated Britain — and left police on the defensive. The footage
Twelve helicopters, bristling with guns and U.S. Marines, breached the morning horizon and began a daring descent toward Cambodia’s besieged capital. The Americans were rushing in to save them, residents watching the aerial armada believed. But at the U.S. Embassy, in a bleeding city about to die, the ambassador wept.
