World / Americas

California appeals court upholds teacher job protection laws 15 Apr 2016 - 08:43 am

Members of a teachers union rally on July 5 2005 in Los Angeles, California. AFP / David McNew LOS ANGELES: A California appeals...

Brazil top court denies injunction to alter impeachment vote order 15 Apr 2016 - 08:35 am

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech during the event Women in Defense of Democracy at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on April...

Ghana government memo warns of possible militant attack 15 Apr 2016 - 08:22 am

Ghana Immigration Service said patrols should be stepped up along informal routes between Ghana and Togo. AFP / Khaled Desouki ACCRA: Ghana and...

Mexican soldiers detained as torture video surfaces 15 Apr 2016 - 08:17 am

Mexico City: Authorities have arrested a Mexican army captain and a soldier as a video emerged showing a woman being tortured by troops...

Microsoft sues US government over data requests 15 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Microsoft’s suit focuses on the storage of data on remote servers, rather than locally on people’s computers, which Microsoft says has provided a...

In London, Obama to wade into thorny Brexit debate 15 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

US President Barack Obama, US Vice President Joe Biden (L), and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald, applaud at the start of the...

Polish conservatives fuel court crisis by electing new judge 15 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo called it "an attack" on the Polish state and said the parliament's time would have been better spent...

Argentina wins WTO appeal in case targeting Panama tax practices 15 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

The World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva. Photo: AFP By Tom Miles GENEVA: The World Trade Organization’s appellate body on Thursday threw...

Italy recovers priceless jewels after Russian theft 15 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. Reuters Rome: Italian art detectives said Thursday they had recovered precious jewels stolen in a 2013 heist organised by a wealthy...

Rising heat, more bleaching seen for Great Barrier Reef 15 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Lady Elliot Island located north-east of the town of Bundaberg in Queensland Australia is seen on June 11, 2015. David Gray / Reuters ...

Video of Chibok girls puts pressure on Nigeria’s Buhari 14 Apr 2016 - 06:57 pm

A father of two of the abducted Chibok school girls speaks during the second anniversry of the abduction of Chibok school girls by...

fter Paris climate deal, now the hard part 14 Apr 2016 - 06:46 pm

Activists form a message near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, December 6, 2015. Reuters / Benoit Tessier Paris: Five months after 195...

Mendoza says Kuczynski cannot rely on her supporters to win Peru 14 Apr 2016 - 06:42 pm

Peruvian presidential candidate Veronika Mendoza (R) speaks to her supporters in Lima, Peru, 10 April 2016. Mendoza is one of the two possible...

New Canada law would allow assisted suicide for seriously ill 14 Apr 2016 - 06:37 pm

The Canadian flag flies on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Reuters / Blair Gable OTTAWA: Canada’s Liberal government on Thursday unveiled draft legislation on...

IMF's Lagarde urges Britain, EU to save 'long marriage' 14 Apr 2016 - 06:32 pm

Christine Lagarde Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund speaks during the Women In The World conference in the Manhattan borough of New...

Trump aides meet with congressional backers as protests loom 14 Apr 2016 - 05:41 pm

Corey Lewandowski, campaign manager for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, attends a rally in West Allis, Wisconsin, United States, in this April...

Ukraine turns to young pro-EU premier to battle crises 14 Apr 2016 - 05:38 pm

Volodymyr Groysman attends a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, April 13, 2016. REUTERS / Valentyn Ogirenko Kiev, Ukraine: Ukraine's parliament on Thursday appointed...

Russian security service searches office of tycoon Prokhorov: Sources 14 Apr 2016 - 04:39 pm

Mikhail Prokhorov. Photo courtesy: Wikipedia By Polina Devitt and Kira Zavyalova MOSCOW: Russia’s Federal Security Service and tax inspectors on Thursday searched the...