(AFP) Malaysian police have arrested 13 people believed to have “links” with the Islamic State, a report said Wednesday, as concern grows over the extremist group’s appeal in the moderate Muslim country. The Star newspaper quoted national police chief Khalid
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – The Ebola epidemic is still spreading in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and projections show there could be between 5,000 and 10,000 new cases a week in early December, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The
SENTOSA, Singapore, Oct. 14 (UPI) — A Singapore fisherman is trying to identify an unusual sea creature he reeled in with up to 100 tentacle-like appendages. Ong Han Boon, 54, said he caught the strange creature while fishing for lunch
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday Britain should stand up for the rights of people in Hong Kong, a former British colony, after more than two weeks of protests over Chinese restrictions on how the island
TIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — It was news that gave parents hope: None of the bodies found in five mass graves in southern Mexico belonged to 43 teachers college students who have been missing for nearly three weeks since a clash
NANCHONG, China, Oct. 14 (UPI) — A Chinese bus’ security camera captured footage of a young woman’s cellphone spontaneously bursting into flames while she was charging the battery. The video from an Oct. 4 bus ride in Nanchong shows the woman
PARIS (AP) — The United States and Russia vowed Tuesday to renew cooperation on a broad array of global security matters, including intelligence sharing on Islamic State militants, even as the two powers remained deeply at odds over the crisis
ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul University student Aysegul Korkut is outraged by the images coming out of Syria. But these days the Islamic State group’s horrors seem closer to home: She recently faced off against masked supporters of the brutal militants
LONDON (AP) — The judge in Britain’s phone hacking trial said Wednesday that acquitted defendant Charles Brooks shouldn’t be reimbursed for his legal costs because even though he was innocent, his behavior was “incredibly stupid” and suspicious. Brooks was cleared
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s disgraced former domestic security chief, Zhou Yongkang, looks set to be expelled from the ruling Communist Party at a key meeting next week, sources said, possibly paving the way for his formal prosecution. Zhou is the
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s strong labor market recovery is showing signs of cooling, even as the unemployment rate once again fell more than expected in the three months to August. Job creation was its weakest since the spring of last
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police battling activists for control of an underpass in the dead of night Wednesday sparked public anger after officers were seen kicking a handcuffed protester in the worst violence since street demonstrations for greater
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said he wanted to cut inheritance tax so that it is only paid by the very rich, the Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Cameron, who faces an election in May next year
A Euro 2016 qualifying match between Serbia and Albania was abandoned after a drone carrying a pro-Albanian message was flown over the stadium late Tuesday, sparking violent scenes on and off the pitch. The match between the Balkan rivals was
DALLAS (AP) — A second health care worker at a Dallas hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday. The
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A wild pitch, a wide throw and an 18-inning marathon. These playoff-tested Giants keep finding wacky ways to win in another special October. An errant throw by reliever Randy Choate on a bunt allowed Brandon Crawford
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In a perfect postseason for the Kansas City Royals, of course Mike Moustakas made that daring catch look so seamless. Boosted by more sparkling defense, a dominant bullpen and another dose of small ball, suddenly
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Libyan militant already behind bars was indicted Tuesday on new charges arising from the 2012 Benghazi attacks, including crimes punishable by the death penalty, the Justice Department said. The new 18-count grand jury indictment, which includes
Doug Butzier, the Libertarian candidate for Senate in Iowa, has died in a plane crash, Iowa’s KETV reports. Butzier’s plane crashed late Monday near Dubuque. He was the sole occupant of the plane. Local affiliate KCRG reported: Dalsing said the
The Dutch public prosecutor said on Tuesday that motorbike gang members who have reportedly joined Kurds battling the Islamic State group in Iraq are not necessarily committing any crime. The head of No Surrender, Klaas Otto, told state broadcaster NOS
LONDON (Reuters) – Less than a month after Scots spurned independence, separatists said on Tuesday that British Prime Minister David Cameron was betraying Scotland by reneging on pledges to grant more spending powers to the Scottish parliament. In a last-ditch
Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco said Tuesday that it has suspended three more executives after the troubled supermarket chain revealed last month that it had massively overstated its half-year profits forecast. The group has now suspended a total of eight executives
(Reuters) – A U.S. national was shot dead and another wounded in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Tuesday, police said, in what appeared to be the first killing of a Westerner in years in a gun attack in the kingdom.
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius offered $34,000 to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her, but the family rejected the funds because they did not want “blood money,” a prosecutor said Tuesday at the sentencing
GENEVA (AP) — The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. WHO assistant director-general Dr. Bruce
