Notorious drug cartel leader sentenced to life in US prison
NEW YORK – One of the most notorious figures in Mexico's drug cartels, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, will spend the rest of his life...
Scores feared dead after ferry capsizes off Guyana
GEORGETOWN – Scores of people are feared to have drowned after a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of Guyana on Saturday night local...
US and Iran trade fire after 2 US soldiers killed in Jordan
TEHRAN – The United States and Iran have exchanged strikes for an eighth consecutive day, after an Iranian attack on a base in Jordan...
Russia launches major ballistic missile attack on Ukrainian cities; 8 killed, dozens injured
KYIV -- Russia has carried out a wave of ballistic missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens,...
Cuban dissident goes into exile in US
FLORIDA – One of Cuba's most prominent dissidents has gone into exile in the United States, after leaving Cuba where he had served a...
Magnitude 7.3 earthquake quake strikes off Mexico coast
MEXICO City – A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Mexico, triggering a tsunami warning for parts of the Pacific.
No...
Japan relaxes royal succession rules – but ban on female emperors remains
TOKYO – The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to relax imperial succession rules, amid concerns over the dwindling size of the imperial family.
The...
‘Moment of joy’ as Uganda discharges last Ebola patient
KAMPALA -- The last patient being treated for Ebola in Uganda has been discharged from hospital, leaving the country with no active confirmed cases...
New law on ‘assisted dying’ OK’d by French lawmakers
PARIS – France's National Assembly has voted to create a right to assisted dying under strict conditions, after years of debate and changes to...
New monkey species with orange lips found ‘hiding’ in DR Congo forest
KINSHASA – A monkey that has striking pinkish-orange lips and a black face - and lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of...