David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A two-hour meeting between New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Warner Bros movie executives Tuesday failed to produce a decision on where two planned films of JRR Tolkien’s novel […]
Mike McCarthy Washington (dpa) – Iran’s use of a Russian-built nuclear reactor shows that the country does not need its own programme for producing nuclear fuel and enriched uranium, the US State Department said Tuesday. […]
By Wolfgang Dahlmann, Hubert Kahl and Jean-Baptiste Piggin dpa OBERHAUSEN, Germany – Paul, the German octopus who found fame during this year’s soccer World Cup by predicting eight correct successive match winners, has died, his […]
By Jerry Hirsch Los Angeles Times If you are in the market for an expensive German luxury car, think again, Consumer Reports warns in its annual ranking of auto reliability Tuesday. “The larger (European) manufacturers, […]
By Sheera Frenkel McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday made his first public offer to renew a moratorium on settlement construction, a move that Palestinians disparaged but that showed […]
By Stefan Korshak dpa (MCT) KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian police have detained a woman suspected of trying to sell her 2-year-old daughter to human organ traffickers, the Interfax news agency reported Monday. The woman, 28, […]
By Janet Stobart Los Angeles Times (MCT) LONDON – More than five years after a flurry of rush-hour bombings killed 52 people on London subway trains and a bus, an official inquest finally opened Monday […]
By Dion Nissenbaum McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) TORKHAM, Afghanistan – For more than a week since a U.S. helicopter strike killed two Pakistan paramilitary soldiers, Pakistan has blocked scores of Western supply convoys on the vital […]
By Lawrence J. Haas WASHINGTON – No one should expect allies to always agree. The United States and Britain tangled over strategy during World War II, and the Soviet Union did not always see eye […]
By Frank Rafalski and Jeff Black dpa (MCT) BERLIN – The assertion made by German President Christian Wulff last weekend that Islam “belonged” in Germany has unleashed a new wave of debate over immigration and […]
By Geraldine Baum Los Angeles Times (MCT) NEW YORK – During his sentencing Tuesday to life in prison, Faisal Shahzad – a Pakistani immigrant who gave up a secure suburban life in America to become […]
Jeff Abramowitz Tel Aviv (dpa) – Documents newly-published to mark anniversary of the 1973 October war have revealed how pessimistic leading Israeli military figures were at the start of hostilities with Egypt and Syria. Former […]
Eva Krafczyk, Helen Maguire Nairobi/Berlin (dpa) – A German terrorism suspect has been arrested in Kenya and deported home, the German Foreign Office confirmed on Tuesday. Kenyan media reported that police sources thought the Muslim […]
By Michael Muskal Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES – Guess what television star is floating a political trial balloon (certainly inflated a bit with his own hot air), looking ahead to the 2012 presidential […]
By Kim Geiger Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON – More than two decades after President Ronald Reagan had a solar water heating system removed from the White House roof, President Barack Obama will become the […]
By Thomas Burmeister dpa AMSTERDAM – Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders goes on trial Monday for inciting racial hatred, as his party – the third largest in parliament following June elections – prepares to work […]
Wellington (dpa) – Former Fiji prime minister Mahendra Chaudhryhas been arrested and charged with breaching public emergency regulations which bar public meetings, according to reports from thecapital Suva on Sunday. Chaudhry, who was ousted by […]
By Ron Grossman Chicago Tribune (MCT) CHICAGO – Some might assume that the idea of a Rahm Emanuel candidacy for mayor would be cause for celebration along Devon Avenue, the longtime rialto of Chicago’s Jewish […]
By Jeff Black dpa (MCT) BREMEN, Germany – Germany on Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of reunification, and President Christian Wulff used the occasion to address a simmering controversy about immigration and integration. On Oct. […]
Copyright 2017, Investigate Magazine
