Gunman kills 2 after attacking synagogue
BERLIN – A gunman has killed two
people in eastern Germany after attempting to enter a synagogue where dozens
were observing a Jewish holiday.
The 27-year-old German...
Hong Kong protesters clamor for release of detained activist
HONG KONG – Hundreds of masked protesters
yelling “Revolution Now!” crammed the sidewalk in front of Hong Kong’s High
Court and spilled onto the street in...
9-year-old charged with murder in 5 fire deaths
CHICAGO – A 9-year-old child accused of
causing a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central
Illinois has been charged with...
UN facing worst cash crisis in 10 years
NEW YORK – Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres warned Tuesday that the United Nations is facing its “worst cash
crisis” in nearly a decade because 64 of its...
Afghanistan braces for ‘political uncertainty’
KABUL – Despite pulling off a safer
presidential election than expected, Afghanistan looks for a prolonged period
of political uncertainty, with two front-runners claiming victory even...
Opposition leader slams Trudeau in poll debate
OTTAWA – Canada’s main opposition
leader repeatedly attacked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a televised
debate, in a nearing Oct. 21 election.
Opinion polls showed Andrew Scheer’s
Conservatives...
India to lift travel advisory on Kashmir
SRINAGAR – India will lift a travel
advisory on the disputed region of Kashmir, authorities said, two months after
the government launched a security crackdown before...
Thousands peacefully protest ‘French IVF law’
PARIS – Around
42,000 protesters took to the streets in the French capital peacefully
demonstrating against a draft law allowing lesbians and single women to
conceive children...
HK metro partially reopens after weekend of protests
HONG KONG – The
city’s metro partially reopened on Monday after violent clashes overnight.
Demonstrators
were arrested under the new emergency laws, which came into effect on...
Ecuador arrests shopkeepers, man dies as protests rage
QUITO –
Ecuadorean authorities arrested shopkeepers for raising food prices as
indigenous groups clashed with security forces on Sunday in a fourth day of
protests against President...