Tunisian ‘sought Over Market Deaths’
German police are searching for a Tunisian man over Monday’s Berlin Christmas market attack, reports say. According to a temporary-stay permit found in the cab of the lorry that ploughed into...
Tag: official
Obama Bans Arctic Drilling
Looking to cement his environmental record, President Barack Obama took new action Tuesday barring offshore drilling in areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans indefinitely. Obama relied on a...
Andrei Karlov’s Body Flown Home From Turkey
The body of the Russian ambassador assassinated by a Turkish policeman in Ankara has been flown home. Andrei Karlov was shot by Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, nine times as he gave a speech on Monday,...
Evacuations Resume From East Aleppo
Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city. At least 350 people reportedly left rebel enclaves late on Sunday, heading towards other...
Tourist, Police Killed
Ten people were killed and 34 were wounded Sunday in what a Jordanian official called a "cowardly terrorist attack." After firing at police officers at two locations, gunmen moved into an ancient...
Hundreds Leave Syria City As Evacuations Resume
Evacuations have resumed from east Aleppo, with buses and ambulances leaving rebel areas of the Syrian city, a UN official says. At least 350 people have reportedly left rebel enclaves in convoys,...
Chinese Warship Stole Our Underwater Drone
The Pentagon is demanding that China return an "unlawfully seized" underwater drone after a Chinese warship took the device from waters near a US oceanographic vessel. "We call upon China to return...
China Seizes US Naval Drone In South China Sea
A Chinese Navy warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by an American oceanographic vessel in international waters in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic protest from the US...
Ex-Guantanamo Detainee In Uruguay Flies To South Africa
Barack Obama pledged to close down the Guatanamo Bay before close of his tenure A former Guantanamo prisoner who was resettled in Uruguay but has asked to leave flew to South Africa on Thursday as a...
Machar Denounces Propaganda That He Is Under House Arrest In S. Africa
Former South Sudan first vice-president Riek Machar has described as propaganda, reports that he is effectively being held under house arrest in the South African capital Pretoria. Machar’s party...
GM Expands Testing, Production of Self-Driving Cars In Michigan
General Motors Co (GM. N) Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Thursday the automaker will expand testing of self-driving vehicles to Michigan, and will build its next generation of self-driving cars...
French Prosecutor Calls For IMF’s Lagarde To Be Acquitted
The chief prosecutor in the negligence trial of IMF chief Christine Lagarde in Paris called for her acquittal on Thursday saying the hearing had failed to support the "very weak" accusation against...
One Killed As Aleppo Medical Convoy Comes Under Fire
Ambulances trying to evacuate people from rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday came under fire from fighters loyal to the Syrian government, who killed at least one person, a rescue service...
Brexit Trade Deal ‘could Take 10 Years’
A post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal might take 10 years to finalise and still fail, Britain’s ambassador to the EU has privately told the government. The BBC understands Sir Ivan Rogers warned ministers...
Can Japan Summit Change Asia-Pacific Power Dynamic?
They're the islands where World War II never ended and now they're the focal point of a rare meeting between the leaders of Japan and Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin makes his first visit to...
Philippines President Duterte Admits Killing Suspects
Controversial Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted killing suspected criminals during his time as mayor of Davao City. "In Davao, I used to do it personally. Just to show the guys that,...
Milisav Bogdanovic Eye Hearts of Oak Coaching Job
Milisav Bogdanovic has set his sight on coaching Hearts of Oak after denying he has signed for Bechem United as the technical director. The Montenegrin says he is free and interested in a role on the...
Trump Rewrites US Foreign Policy On the Fly
Donald Trump is not even President yet, but he's already turning US foreign policy on two of the biggest challenges to American power -- China and Russia -- on its head. In just five weeks as...
US Cuts Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia
The US has said it will limit arms sales to Saudi Arabia amid concerns over civilian casualties linked to air strikes in Yemen. Precision-guided weapons will no longer be delivered, a Pentagon...
Trump Engages CIA In War of Words Over Russian Election Hacking
In an unprecedented public display of acrimony, President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA are engaged in a war of words over the extent and details of Russian efforts to interfere with the American...