New wildfire raging in California
A RAGING WILDFIRE along northern California’s inland coastal range has now burned about 47 000 acres and forced the closure of two highways, officials...
Olympic Torch to be lit April 21, 2016
KUALA LUMPUR – The Rio de Janeiro Olympics torch will be lit in Greece’s ancient Olympia on April 21 next year before leaving for...
Greek PM defends controversial ‘Plan B’ for euro zone exit
ATHENS – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday acknowledged his government had made covert contingency plans in case Greece was forced out of the euro,...
Zimbabwe calls for extradition of Cecil the lion’s killer
HARARE – The American dentist who killed Cecil the lion was a "foreign poacher" who paid for an illegal hunt and he should be...
Accused Russian Taliban faces unprecedented US trial
RICHMOND, VA –  A former Soviet army officer accused of being a Taliban fighter goes on trial on Thursday as the first military prisoner...
Indian Ocean debris almost certainly from a Boeing 777
KUALA LUMPUR/PARIS – Malaysia is "almost certain" that plane debris found on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is from a Boeing 777, the...