WORLD NEWS: 17 DEAD AS BUS CRASH IN BRAZIL
According to regional authorities, a bus on a secluded mountain route in the northeastern state of Alagoas, Brazil, plunged into a ravine on Sunday, killing...
WORLD NEWS: ISRAEL APPROVES NOMINATION OF NETANYAHU ALLY AS US AMBASSADOR
The Israeli government said Sunday it had approved the nomination of Yechiel Leiter, an ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as the country’s ambassador to...
WORLD NEWS: JUDGE IN TRUMP CRIMINAL CASE DELAYS SENTENCING INDEFINITELY
The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case ordered on Friday that sentencing be delayed indefinitely, a legal win for the President-elect as he...
JUST IN: ROCKET FIRE INJURES FOUR UN PEACEKEEPERS IN LEBANON
Four UN peacekeepers from Italy were wounded by rocket fire in Lebanon Friday, Rome and the UN force said, adding that it likely came from...
FATHER BAGS SEVEN YEAR JAIL TERM OVER RAPE OF TEENAGE DAUGHTER IN FRANCE
A man who abused his adolescent daughter for years and offered her up for sex with strangers was sentenced to 20 years in prison by...
JUST IN: UKRAINE PARLIAMENT CANCELS SESSION OVER THREAT OF RUSSIAN ATTACK
President Vladimir Putin warned the West by firing a new intermediate-range missile at Ukraine, prompting Kyiv to close parliament for a day on Friday, citing...
ALLEGED ABUSIVE PRACTICES: SPAIN SLAMS $187M FINE ON FIVE AIRLINES
Spain’s leftist government said Friday it has fined five budget airlines including Ryanair and EasyJet 179 million euros ($187 million) for “abusive practices” such as...
WORLD NEWS: JAPAN GOVT TO APPROVE $140 BILLION STIMULUS FOR CITIZENS
Agency Report Following the worst election outcome for the ruling party in 15 years, Japan's minority government was scheduled to approve a $140-billion stimulus package...
SINGAPORE GOVT HANGS THIRD DRUG TRAFFICKER IN A WEEK
Agency Report According to Singapore's narcotics enforcement agency, a 55-year-old man was hanged on Friday for drug trafficking. This was the city-state's third execution in...
FORMER UK DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER JOHN PRESCOTT DIES AT 86
According to his family on Thursday, John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister of Britain who worked under Tony Blair and helped revolutionize the nation's...