World / Americas

De Menezes family lose rights court battle to prosecute London police 30 Mar 2016 - 06:22 pm

This file photo taken on July 24, 2005 shows Matozinho Otoni da Silva, the father of 27-year-old Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes,...

Brazil president horse-trades ahead of impeachment vote 30 Mar 2016 - 06:17 pm

A months-long crisis reducing Latin America's biggest country to political paralysis ahead of the Rio Olympics peaked Tuesday when the centrist PMDB broke...

US to station armored brigade in eastern Europe from 2017: Pentagon 30 Mar 2016 - 06:12 pm

AFP Photo Washington: The United States plans to step up its troop presence in eastern Europe in response to "an aggressive Russia," with...

US economist, academic Lester Thurow dead at 77: university 30 Mar 2016 - 05:50 pm

Lester Thurow. YouTube grab CAMBRIDGE: Prominent US economist and former dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s business school Lester Thurow, who wrote...

2 lions escape from parks in Kenya and South Africa 30 Mar 2016 - 05:44 pm

A ranger from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) approaches a male stray lion that he shot and killed after the animal attacked and...

Momentum slows on Obama’s nuclear security agenda 30 Mar 2016 - 05:43 pm

US President Barack Obama walks toward the White House residence after exiting Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in...

Hundreds of UK churches set to go green, switch to renewable energy: charities 30 Mar 2016 - 05:41 pm

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: People gather at the Saint Januarius chapel in the Dome of Naples. AFP, Mario LAPORTA LONDON: More than 400 churches in...

UK’s Hammond: Russia a threat to everyone on world stage 30 Mar 2016 - 05:30 pm

Philip Hammond. Reuters By Margarita Antidze TBILISI: British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that Russia represented a threat to all countries...

French diocese's offices searched in paedophile priest case: probe source 30 Mar 2016 - 05:20 pm

Roman Catholic Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon, looks on during the Conference of Bishops of France held at the Saint Bernadette hemicycle...

Trump stands by aide over battery charge, threatens legal action 30 Mar 2016 - 05:00 pm

Trump, in a round of television interviews, played down the incident involving a reporter and campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, 42, who was arrested...

Colombia, leftist ELN rebels to begin formal peace talks: source 30 Mar 2016 - 04:40 pm

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, left, and FARC leader Timoleon Jimenez shake hands as Cuban President Raul Castro, centre holds their hands during...

Spain: Podemos leader ready to give up power for new gov't 30 Mar 2016 - 04:09 pm

Leader of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) Pedro Sanchez (L) speaks with leader of the left wing party Podemos, Pablo Iglesias during their...

Venezuela parliament approves amnesty law, Maduro vows to veto 30 Mar 2016 - 03:32 pm

CARACAS: Venezuela's opposition-controlled Congress late on Tuesday approved an amnesty law to free jailed opposition activists and end legal proceedings against others, a...

UK man wanted hijack snap to get 'closer look' at 'suicide belt' 30 Mar 2016 - 03:17 pm

London: A British man who caused online debate Wednesday after having his picture taken with the hijacker of an Egyptian plane said that...

Russian warplane crashes into Far East village, no one hurt 30 Mar 2016 - 02:56 pm

MOSCOW: Regional authorities in Russia's Far East say a military jet has crashed into a village, but its pilot ejected safely and no...

Taxi app Uber returns to Spain 30 Mar 2016 - 02:44 pm

Madrid: Ride-hailing app Uber said it was returning to the streets of Spain on Wednesday after being forced out of the country in...

Syrian refugee crisis demands united global action: UN chief 30 Mar 2016 - 02:31 pm

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Italian Filippo Grandi (R) give a joint statement after...