NATO on Saturday opened negotiations with Afghanistan over a proposed military force to stay in the country after next year, but said no deal would be signed until after a separate agreement with the US was completed. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and…
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US authorities said Friday three more people were charged in connection with the operation of Silk Road, the online black market bazaar for drugs, hacker tools and other illicit goods. US prosecutors said an indictment was unsealed in New York for the…
A federal judge on Friday struck down Utah’s ban on gay marriage, saying that the western state’s law — approved by voters in a referendum in 2004 — violates the US constitution. Judge Robert J. Shelby of Utah’s Federal District Court, said the state…
Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday expressed Britain’s “unconditional admiration” for the families of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing on the attack’s 25th anniversary. Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on December…
The civilian chief of the US Navy said Friday he expects more revelations to emerge in a multi-million dollar bribery scandal that has already ensnared several senior naval officers. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said he told investigators examining ship…
US President Barack Obama on Friday shrugged off suggestions that 2013 has been his worst year in office but conceded frustration at the failure of Congress to tighten gun regulations. In a final news conference before flying to Hawaii for the Christmas…
President Barack Obama said Friday he welcomed a debate on the role of the National Security Agency, but that leaks by Edward Snowden had caused “unnecessary damage” to US intelligence capabilities. Obama refused to be drawn at a year-end press conference…
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held fresh talks Friday to pave the way to a January peace conference between Syria’s government and rebels, amid wrangling over who will be at the table. Brahimi and senior US and Russian officials met behind closed…
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned Friday that his Lebanese Shiite movement will “punish” Israel for the killing of a top leader earlier this month. “The killers will be punished sooner or later… Those who killed our brothers will not know safety…
Spain’s government on Friday approved a tightening of the abortion law that would overturn women’s right to abort freely up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, ministers said. The government adopted a draft bill for a law which would allow abortion only in cases…
19 December 2013 – Developing Asia-Pacific countries will face another year of subpar growth in 2014 due to slow recovery,…
18 December 2013 – The recent execution of a senior official in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) “is…
18 December 2013 – Led by strong growth in Myanmar, opium poppy cultivation in the area known as the Golden…
18 December 2013 – After moving significantly towards reducing poverty, Malaysia must ensure that such gains do not come at…
The United States has deployed 45 troops to South Sudan, amid intensifying fighting between rebels and government forces and fears the country is sliding toward civil war, the White House said Thursday. In a letter to Congress, President Barack Obama…
Depending on what you read, Maximilien de Robespierre was a defender of the poor and downtrodden — “the Incorruptible” who defended the values of the French Revolution to the end. Or he was a monster who slaughtered thousands for revolutionary crimes…
OTTAWA, Canada, December 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign…
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that his government will not copy British economic policies as they had created poverty and inequality. “I see a lot more poverty, more inequalities and if I was to look for a model to reform France…
The ceiling of a top London theatre collapsed on the audience during a performance Thursday, leaving terrified theatregoers covered in blood and dust and causing at least 65 casualties, emergency services and witnesses said. The incident happened at…
An Old Bailey jury has convicted two young London men of the brutal murder of fusilier Lee Rigby. It took the jury of eight women and four men about 90 minutes to return guilty verdicts on Michael Adebolajo, 28 and Michael Adebowale, 22. http://news…