DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Supporters of the Islamic State extremist organization have released a video claiming responsibility for the shooting and wounding of a Danish citizen in the Saudi capital Riyadh last month. The Al-Battar Media Foundation’s video,
(Reuters) – An Egyptian judge sentenced 185 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death on Tuesday over an attack on a police station near Cairo last year in which 12 policemen were killed. The ruling is preliminary and subject to a lengthy
NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury cleared a white New York City police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes — a case
Singer Mariah Carey spent three hours on her cell phone Tuesday night discussing her pending divorce from Nick Cannon, leaving NBC and thousands of fans waiting for her to perform in the rain, reports TMZ. Carey was supposed to tape
This article was originally published in the Washington Post. The White House has defended President Obama’s unilateral decision to legalize the presence of nearly 4 million undocumented immigrants as consistent, even in scope, with the executive actions of previous presidents. In
In journalism, timing is everything. Consider the latest edition of The Atlantic magazine. The December issue is, sensibly enough, on newsstands now. “Martin O’Malley ought to be a Democrat’s dream candidate,” begins a story by political correspondent Molly Ball. “In
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Europe has recovered one of two satellites that were put into the wrong orbit when launched in August and may still be useable for the Galileo satellite navigation system as originally planned. The mishap in August was
The family of a Swedish bride murdered on her honeymoon urged a South African court Wednesday to force her British husband to testify on charges that he had her killed. Western Cape High Court Judge Jeannette Traverso will rule next
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a motion on Wednesday to dissolve the Knesset in a preliminary vote, paving the way for early elections after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to iron out differences with coalition partners. Israel’s government,
HONG KONG (AP) — Three founders of a civil disobedience campaign that helped spark Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests surrendered to police Wednesday, saying they want to take responsibility for their actions and that time has come to end the increasingly
Thai prosecutors on Wednesday said two Myanmar men will stand trial for the brutal killing of a pair of British holidaymakers on a tourist resort after finally accepting murder charges against them. Police originally charged the two migrant workers with
The Islamic State jihadist group’s advance across Iraq and Syria is finally being stopped, a US-led coalition said after a meeting in Brussels led by US Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday. The statement said Iraqi and Kurdish forces, backed
The Irish government will ask the European Court to reopen a landmark case that alleged the British army tortured Irish prisoners during the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland, Dublin said on Tuesday. The decision to pursue the so-called “Hooded Men”
British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that development of artificial intelligence could mean the end of humanity. In an interview with the BBC, the scientist said such technology could rapidly evolve and overtake mankind, a scenario like that envisaged
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will Wednesday give an update on the country’s financial health in a key budget announcement ahead of next year’s general election. With Britons heading for the polls in May 2015, the coalition is likely
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will pay off all of its debt used to fund World War One next March, when it redeems a government bond first issued more than 80 years ago to help pay for the conflict. The finance
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday Britain has had no moral responsibility for what happens in Hong Kong since its return to China, as the two countries argue about Beijing’s ban on a group of British members of parliament
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday hosts the first high-level meeting of the 60-member coalition trying to crush the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and in Syria. Kerry, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and foreign ministers from
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James hasn’t tossed his chalk toss. Although he’s skipped a popular pregame ritual lately in which he scoops talcum powder off the scorer’s table and throws it into the air above his head, the Cavaliers star
Militants from Somali al Shabaab kill at least 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in Kenya, beheading at least two, in revenge for Kenyan military action against the group. Mana Rabiee reports. For Kenyan soldiers, it was a gruesome discovery.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says embattled Michigan football coach Brady Hoke and interim athletic director Jim Hackett are set to meet on Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the
Since the release of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee’s report on the Benghazi attacks this November, many uninformed people in the political and media world insisted the report “debunks” claims that the government did not sufficiently defend its embassy on
(Reuters) – Former Pentagon official Ashton Carter emerged on Tuesday as the expected nominee to replace Chuck Hagel as U.S. defense secretary, sources familiar with the situation said. One source said Carter, a former deputy secretary at the Department of
French lawmakers voted in favour of recognising Palestine as a state Tuesday, following similar moves in Britain and Spain that reflect growing European frustration with the stalled Middle East peace process. The highly symbolic vote in the lower house National
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have condemned China for blocking a parliamentary fact-finding trip to Hong Kong. The Chinese government has prevented representatives of Britain’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee from going to Hong Kong as tensions rise over ongoing pro-democracy
