World / Americas

Culture clash breaks up marriage of old, new media 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Chris Hughes, right, with Dirk Barnett creative director to oversee the redesign of The New Republica By Chester Higgins Jr, The New York...

Hungary anti-terror spy law breaches privacy: European rights court 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Strasbourg, France: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday rapped Hungary over its anti-terror surveillance legislation, saying a 2011 law could...

EU’s Juncker, Polish PM hold long talk amid focus on rights, media 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Jaroslaw Kaczynski BRUSSELS: The European Commission president and Polish prime minister held a lengthy phone conversation on Tuesday evening ahead of an EU...

Ohio suspect hates mug shot, sends selfie to police 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Donald "Chip" Pugh is pictured in this undated booking photo provided by the Lima Police Department, in Lima, Ohio. Pugh, who is wanted...

Rupert Murdoch, ex-model Jerry Hall announce engagement 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Model Jerry Hall and media magnate Rupert Murdoch arrive at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 10, 2016. Reuters/Mario...

Probe reveals problems in Italy childbirth deaths 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Rome: Italy's health ministry said Tuesday that probes into a spate of women dying in childbirth had uncovered issues in the...

Column: Western grievances are real, but Bundy is the wrong guy to raise them 13 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Ammon Bundy addresses the media at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, January 5, 2016. REUTERS Jim Urquhart By Joseph E....

Venezuela sinks deeper into messy political crisis 12 Jan 2016 - 06:36 pm

The opposition coalition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), accuses the court of bias in favor of President Nicolas Maduro Caracas: Venezuela's opposition-controlled legislature...

More women in new Ivory Coast government, some key changes 12 Jan 2016 - 06:17 pm

Daniel Kablan Duncan Abidjan: Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan appointed more women Tuesday to his new government, tasked with accelerating economic...

Philadelphia newspapers donated to new nonprofit group 12 Jan 2016 - 06:06 pm

New York: Philadelphia's two daily newspapers are being donated to a newly created non-profit organization in a bid to keep the struggling news...

Switzerland and Nigeria discuss return of $300 million stolen by Abacha 12 Jan 2016 - 06:01 pm

Sani Abacha By Camillus Eboh ABUJA: Authorities in Switzerland are in talks to arrange the return to Nigeria of $300 million confiscated from...

Questions linger over death of music icon Bowie 12 Jan 2016 - 05:56 pm

London: Music legend David Bowie was famously private during his lifetime but also in his death, with a string of questions about the...

Danish right-wing party says it no longer guarantees government majority 12 Jan 2016 - 05:52 pm

Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen COPENHAGEN: A small Danish right-wing party announced on Tuesday that it would no longer automatically guarantee the survival...

Ivory Coast’s Ouattara names new government, makes key changes 12 Jan 2016 - 05:46 pm

Alassane Ouattara Shake-up comes after landslide poll win last year. PM says government has “combat mission.” Top jobs in finance, diplomacy, justice and...

Gabon presidential hopeful seeks to end Bongo rule, wants more accountability 12 Jan 2016 - 05:31 pm

Jean Ping By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE: Former African Union chairman Jean Ping, a leading critic of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo, says he...

Obama jokes about a Trump State of the Union address 12 Jan 2016 - 05:17 pm

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said he could envision Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump giving a State of the Union address - but in...