Nicaragua releases prisoners in hopes talks can resume
MANAGUA – The Nicaraguan government on Friday released a second group of prisoners following demands by the opposition for more detainees to be freed...
Nigeria school building collapse killed 20
LAGOS – Twenty people were killed in Wednesday’s collapse of a four-story building containing a primary school in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos and 45...
Mass shootings at New Zealand mosques kill 49
WELLINGTON — Mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers killed 49 people on what the prime minister called “one of...
Israel launches Gaza strikes after rockets fired at Tel Aviv
GAZA – Israeli military aircraft bombed Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip on Friday, hours after two rockets were launched from the Palestinian enclave...
North Korea reconsiders nuclear talks, missile ban
SEOUL – North Korea is considering suspending nuclear talks with the United States and its leader may rethink a ban on missile tests, news...
Boeing grounds entire crash aircraft fleet
WASHINGTON – Boeing has grounded its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft after investigators uncovered new evidence at the scene of the fatal...
Deadly Brazil school shooting
SAO PAOLO – The two gunmen who opened fire at a school in southeastern Brazil and killed at least five teenagers were former pupils,...
Facebook suffers the most severe outage in its history
The last time Facebook had a disruption of this magnitude was in 2008, when the site had 150m users - compared to around 2.3bn...
Cardinal jailed for child sexual abuse in Australia
MELBOURNE – Cardinal George Pell has been jailed for six years after being convicted of sexually abusing two boys in Australia.
The former Vatican treasurer...
Iran hunts for more ships to keep its oil flowing
DUBAI – Iran is discreetly scouring the globe for second-hand oil tankers to replace its ageing fleet and keep crucial crude exports flowing as...