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How Pope Francis Helped Broker Cuba Deal

YoopyaDec 18, 2014July 6, 20230

President Obama thanked Pope Francis for his role in negotiating a more open policy on Cuba and the release of U.S. citizen Alan Gross from

Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnap at least 185 in Nigeria, witnesses say

YoopyaDec 18, 2014July 6, 20230

Suspected Islamic militants — believed to be Boko Haram — stormed a village in Nigeria and captured at least 185 young men, women and children,

Tsarnaev lawyer says he plans to seek trial delay

YoopyaDec 18, 2014July 6, 20230

BOSTON Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev returned to court Thursday for the first time since he was arraigned in July 2013, and his lawyer

Gunman in Sydney Had Long History of Run-Ins With the Law

YoopyaDec 16, 2014July 6, 20230

SYDNEY, Australia — The gunman who seized hostages in a downtown Sydney cafe and was killed in a police raid early Tuesday was known to

Horror in Sierra Leone: A Single Spark Gives Ebola New Life

YoopyaDec 15, 2014July 14, 20230

An especially deadly outbreak of Ebola burned unseen in a remote part of Sierra Leone for several weeks, giving public health experts a reality check.

Shinzo Abe’s coalition wins big in Japan election amid anemic turnout

YoopyaDec 15, 2014July 14, 20230

Shinzo Abe won his snap election on Sunday and his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner maintained a supermajority, according to media exit

Five Hostages Flee Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Sydney, Australia

YoopyaDec 15, 2014July 14, 20230

A suspected Islamist was holding hostages inside a chocolate shop in Sydney on Monday and police were monitoring posts on Facebook and Twitter as they

Hong Kong police clear main protest site

YoopyaDec 11, 2014July 12, 20230

HONG KONG — Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers closed in on the city’s main protest site Thursday to clear streets of pro-democracy demonstrators and

Palestinian autopsy reveals he died from heart attack

YoopyaDec 11, 2014July 12, 20230

Palestinian-led autopsy of Ziad Abu Ein congruent with Israeli claims, says he died from stress-induced heart attack, but say attack, lack of medical care at

Kenya parliament votes to double foreign borrowing limit

YoopyaDec 10, 2014July 6, 20230

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan lawmakers voted on Tuesday to double the government’s limit on borrowing from foreign sources to 2.5 trillion shillings ($28 billion). Finance