France and the United States called for the UN Security Council to consider sanctions against South Sudan over spiraling violence in the country’s civil war, diplomats said. US ambassador Samantha Power relayed Washington’s position in a closed-door…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir dismissed General James Hotmai from his position as the head of the country’s army on Wednesday, according to a decree read out on national television. No official reason was given for the decision, but sources pointed…
A German former rapper who joined jihadists fighting in Syria was reported dead on Tuesday by jihadist sources, but hours later some retracted the claim, saying he was still alive. Denis Mamadou Cuspert, who rapped under the name Deso Dogg but took…
A drunk Russian teenager drove a stolen car into an Easter procession of Orthodox worshippers in Siberia on Sunday, killing two police officers on duty, police said. After drinking and brawling with a group of youths, the 19-year-old youth stole a car…
Four buses, a truck and two cars were burned Saturday in Brazil when demonstrators took to the streets to protest the deaths of two young men during police actions. The 17 and 21 year olds died Friday and Saturday in Niteroi, across the bay from Rio…
The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized three days ago was reportedly arrested early Saturday, as divers overcame strong currents and near zero visibility to enter the submerged vessel for the first time. A team of police and prosecutors had…
At least 58 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded in Thursday’s attack on a UN base in South Sudan sheltering thousands of displaced civilians, a UN official said Friday. “Forty-eight bodies, including children, women, men, have been recovered…
The US city of Portland, Oregon, is ditching 38 million gallons of drinking water from a reservoir after a teenager was caught on camera urinating into it, officials said Thursday. The water — enough to fill nearly 60 Olympic-size swimming pools, according…
Heart-wrenching messages of fear, love and despair, sent by high school students from a sinking South Korean ferry, added extra emotional weight Thursday to a tragedy that has stunned the nation. Nearly 300 people — most of them students on a high…
An Iranian mother spared the life of her son’s convicted murderer with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution with the noose around his neck, a newspaper reported Thursday. The dramatic climax followed a rare public campaign to save the…
South Korean rescue teams, including elite navy SEAL divers, raced Wednesday to find up to 293 people missing from a capsized ferry carrying 459 passengers and crew — mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Two people — a male student…
An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned members of ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood from running in upcoming elections, a lawyer and state media said. Egypt’s military-installed authorities are engaged in a deadly crackdown against the…
Five students died overnight in a stabbing rampage at a house party marking the end of university classes in the Canadian city of Calgary, authorities said Tuesday. Police said they were called at approximately 1:20 am (0720 GMT) to a home in a quiet…
A student was shot dead Monday during clashes between supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and police in Cairo University, security officials said. Clashes erupted when student supporters of Morsi staged protests on university…
At least seven people were injured Friday as authorities ousted squatters from an abandoned building and shacks surrounding it just steps from Rio’s iconic Maracana stadium. With the start of the World Cup two months away, Brazil has stepped up security…
