Malaysian police have arrested at least 13 people — many of who are related — over the alleged gang-rape of a 15-year-old girl, reports said Friday. The girl was raped on May 20 for hours by a group of men
MIAMI (AP) — For the entirety of the regular season, the supremacy of the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference was brought into serious question by the Indiana Pacers. Then came the playoffs. And the question was answered — emphatically.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA has canceled its hearing to consider Donald Sterling’s ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, saying the team will be sold to Steve Ballmer. The league says in a statement that it has resolved its
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA has canceled its hearing to consider Donald Sterling’s ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, saying the team will be sold to Steve Ballmer. The league says in a statement that it has resolved its
Thailand’s junta chief on Friday ruled out elections for at least a year to have time for political “reforms”, defending the recent military coup in the face of rising international alarm. He said a first phase of around three months
Boko Haram gunmen on Friday killed a Nigerian Islamic monarch in their northeastern stronghold of Borno in an attack that also targeted two other Muslim royals who escaped unhurt, the state government said. The Emir of Gwoza, Idrissa Timta, was
Beginning on Friday evening, Breitbart News will be providing 11 hours of broadcasting from the Republican Leadership Conference (RLC) in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson rocked
Reflecting growing public support for easing marijuana laws, the House of Representatives voted Friday to bar federal authorities from raiding medical marijuana facilities or growers in states that have legalized its use. Several Republicans, citing the need to curb federal
The Texas State Supreme Court dealt Lance Armstrong another blow on Friday in his bid to keep a firm from collecting $12 million it paid the disgraced cyclist in bonus money. The court denied Armstrong’s motion for temporary relief he
Brazil is to deploy a 170,000-strong security force for the World Cup to deter hooligans from home and abroad. Mass protests against the tournament and deadly fan violence have put authorities on alert ahead of the start of the tournament
Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson didn’t mince words while addressing the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans Thursday. Does he ever? The reality show sensation told the crowd that the GOP must embrace God in its platform, or the country
Writing at CNBC, Ben White, while trying to dismiss the significance of yesterday’s report showing that the economy actually shrank for the first fiscal quarter, still admitted that the economic outlook provided a bleak landscape for Democrats going into the
WASHINGTON (AP) — A teenage rite of passage has come through the White House, with President Barack Obama revealing daughter Malia recently attended her first prom. Obama wouldn’t say whether his older daughter had a date or went with friends.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he plans to have a “serious conversation” with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job as the agency head apologized for the systemic problems plaguing the
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The owner and manager of a children’s boarding school in western India have been arrested after five minors said they were raped, forced to watch pornographic films and act them out with one another, police and
(AFP) Thirty people were arrested and 14 others hurt when police clashed with stone-throwing youths in a third night of riots sparked by a squat eviction in Barcelona, officials said Thursday. Hooded youths burned bins, broke windows and hurled bottles
(Reuters) – Chinese software companies such as Neusoft Corp and China National Software & Service Co Ltd (ChinaSoft) are picking up sales and expanding their marketing as China trades cyber spying accusations with the United States. For Neusoft, one of China’s biggest software solutions providers, that includes selling
Stunning gains by radical eurosceptic parties could muddy transatlantic ties and help feed growing anti-American sentiment just as the EU and US seek to seal an ambitious trade pact, analysts warn. US officials said they were watching closely, as estimates
A court in Spain on Thursday convicted a Saudi man dubbed “Al-Qaeda’s librarian” of the charge of membership in a terrorist organisation and sentenced his to eight years in jail. The National Court, the top criminal court in the country,
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Things were quiet at a convenience store in Southern Oregon when a tattooed man came in and started dousing himself with Hawaiian Punch Slurpees. The Grants Pass Daily Courier (http://bit.ly/1ovah5i ) reports the man had
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — For the first time in 52 years, two spellers have been declared co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Sriram Hathwar of Painted Post, New York, and Ansun Sujoe of Fort Worth, Texas, shared the
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has suffered its first fatality from the Middle Eastern respiratory virus, its official news agency reported Thursday, a day after the first cases in Islamic Republic were publicized. The IRNA news agency quoted Health Ministry
The inclusion of illegal activities such as prostitution and drugs into national accounts would add about 10 billion pounds (12.3 billion euros, $16.7 billion) to national output, Britain’s statistics office said on Thursday. In a paper in which it estimated
