David Barber Wellington (dpa) – Pakistan, which has players subject to investigations into illegal betting scams, should be thrown out of international cricket, according to former New Zealand captain and match referee John Reid. “I […]
Hong Kong (dpa) – Lawmakers were on Tuesday considering probing an electronic payment card company that admitted to selling the personal data of its users. James To, deputy chairman of the […]
By Dion Nissenbaum McClatchy Newspapers SOROBI, Afghanistan – In a country whose young parliament is filled with warlords, suspected drug barons, one-time mujahedeen fighters and religious zealots, Izatullah Nasrat Yar can still make history. Yar […]
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi (dpa) – Police have arrested a man accused of threatening to bomb the US embassy in Hanoi in August, police said Thursday. Police in the port city of Haiphong said […]
Pope ends Holy Land visit; June 6 set for Vatican meeting with Peres, Abbas By Joel Greenberg/McClatchy Foreign Staff JERUSALEM – On a day laden with symbolism that evoked the fraught history of relations between […]
By Anna Tomforde London (dpa) – BP chief executive Tony Hayward is to step down on October 1 following the oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said in London on Tuesday. Hayward, […]
By Jeffrey Fleishman Los Angeles Times CAIRO – It was first reported as a grenade, then a bomb and finally a harmless firecracker. But whatever was tossed toward Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s motorcade Wednesday, news […]
By Pham Trung Bac Hanoi (dpa) – An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced a Vietnamese-Australian woman to seven years in prison for failing to declare 10.5 kilograms of gold when entering the […]
By Nehal El-Sherif Cairo (dpa) – One of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings, Poppy Flowers, has been stolen from a museum in Cairo, Egypt’s Ministry of Culture said on Saturday. In was not immediately […]
Albert Otti Vienna (dpa) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday that Iran has complicated its work in the country by repeatedly vetoing certain nuclear inspectors. It was only one example of the […]
The $20 billion account that President Barack Obama and top BP executives agreed to on Wednesday should save Gulf Coast residents a lot of time in court, offering a one-stop compensation shop for people and […]
Hong Kong (dpa) – A habitual sex offender who attacked two women, including his own legal representative, shortly after being released from prison for attempted rape was jailed Thursday for three years and eight months. […]
By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM – A Hamas military commander slain in a Dubai hotel room played a key role in smuggling antiaircraft missiles and other weapons into the Gaza Strip, Israeli and […]
BUENOS AIRES,(UPI) — Argentina tightened its security noose around the Falkland Islands with a tough new warning to Australian oil explorer Billiton to stay out of the controversial hydrocarbon prospecting operations in the Falklands, which […]
Johannesburg (dpa) – Eighteen people were killed and 84 left homeless when a fire gutted an retirement home in South Africa, emergency services officials said Monday. The fire at the home in Nigel, around 50 […]
By Lily Kuo Los Angeles Times BEIJING – The brutal killing of at least three children and a teacher at a school in northeastern China had residents confounded and authorities tight-lipped on Wednesday. A man […]
Mike McCarthy Washington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the first of a series of meetings Wednesday with leaders from the Middle East as he relaunches the […]
By Farhad Peikar Kabul (dpa) – More than 40 people, including civilians, security forces and Taliban fighters were killed Saturday as Taliban militants tried to derail the second post-Taliban parliamentary polls, officials said. Among […]
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 31 (UPI) – A statement reportedly written by Taliban leaders denies a meeting with a U.N. envoy and vows to keep fighting in Afghanistan until NATO-led forces leave. The denial was in […]
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday amid new signs that the two remain deeply divided over continued Israeli construction in disputed Jerusalem. In […]
By Alvise Armellini, Ralf Krueger and Elena Lalova dpa PARIS – France was getting ready Wednesday to start the expulsion of Gypsy migrants despite hefty criticism at home and abroad of the action. Media reports […]
By John Grafilo Manila (dpa) – Philippine radio listeners were shocked as a burst of gunfire rang out, while screams and cries reverberated on the background. After a few seconds of dead air, listeners then […]
By Michael Doyle McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – Illegal immigration into the United States has slowed considerably in the past several years, a study released Wednesday concludes. The decline marks the first significant turnaround in two […]
Methodist clergy plan protest of Tennessee’s use of electric chair By Katherine Fretland The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. May 27–A group of Methodist clergy plan to demonstrate against the death penalty Tuesday in Nashville. The […]
LONDON, Jan. 31 (UPI) – China is running a massive program to spy on British business executives and hack into their computers, leaked intelligence documents indicate. A report written by the British spy agency MI5 […]
By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM – By drawing a line against expansion of Israeli housing units in Jerusalem, the Obama administration is confronting a policy that enjoys a strong consensus among Israelis: the […]
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama still has great popularity abroad – where he enjoys higher approval ratings than he does at home – but foreign publics are a lot less happy with his administration’s foreign […]
By David Sarno Los Angeles Times Google-powered Android phones are outselling Apple’s iPhone, according to a report released Monday by Nielsen Co. Among consumers who purchased a smart phone in the first half of 2010, […]
Hong Kong (dpa) – A self-proclaimed gang member who injured 11 people after throwing acid in a busy market was sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison, a news report said Tuesday. […]
TOKYO – Toyota Motor Corp., currently in the midst of a massive recall of vehicles in the United States, Europe and elsewhere over potentially faulty accelerators, was aware of a gas pedal flaw as early […]
By Henry Chu Los Angeles Times BARCELONA, Spain – The independence-minded region of Catalonia became the first on the Spanish mainland to outlaw bullfighting Wednesday after impassioned debate. Lawmakers in Catalonia’s regional assembly approved the […]
By Ethan Kim Los Angeles Times SEOUL – On the 100th anniversary Tuesday of Japan’s annexation of the Korean peninsula, office worker Hwang Jung-won listened as Japan’s prime minister apologized for his nation’s role in […]
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT) Rod Blagojevich behaved Tuesday evening as if he had won a grand victory: The massed resources of federal investigators and prosecutors couldn’t convince all 12 jurors of his guilt on 23 […]
MISURATA, Libya, Oct. 25 (UPI) — Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was to be buried in an unmarked grave in a secret desert location Tuesday, a transitional government official said. The burial announcement came as […]
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