International

Seoul, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean Defence Minister Hyon Yong-Chol has been executed by anti-aircraft fire for disloyalty and showing disrespect to leader Kim Jong-Un, South Korea's intelligence agency said Wednesday. Hundreds of…

(CNN) -- On Tuesday, the ground shook. Again. But it soon became clear that this was no mere aftershock, scary though those have been. This was another major earthquake, the kind where you run for your life, where you seek any open area…

New York, United States (AFP) -- General Motors said Monday that at least 100 people have died as a result of defective ignition switches in some of its older model cars. GM's independent compensation fund, run by attorney Kenneth…

London, England -- The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London on Monday reportedly threw a monkey wrench in the plans of former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) premier Michael Misick by denying his appeal seeking to enforce his…

North Carolina, United States (AP) -- Tropical Storm Ana lost the last of its strength and was downgraded to a depression as it created wet and windy conditions along the North and South Carolina coasts. At 5:00 pm Sunday, the National…

Johannesburg, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's main opposition group on Sunday chose its first black leader at a party congress, seeking to expand its appeal in a country whose ruling party has dominated since the first all-race…

Vatican City (AP) -- Cuban President Raul Castro paid a call on Pope Francis at the Vatican Sunday to thank him for working for Cuban-US detente and later said he is so impressed by the pontiff he is considering a return to the Catholic…

London, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Against all predictions, David Cameron on Friday won the first Conservative majority since 1992, securing himself another term as Britain's prime minister and silencing his critics -- at least for now. The…

New York (CMC) -- United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have arrested a Jamaican national with about 70 pellets of cocaine in his stomach as he arrived at the John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport. CBP said…

Toronto, Canada -- Antigua and Barbuda diplomat, writer and academic, Sir Ronald Sanders, has been elected as a Senior Fellow at Massey College in the University of Toronto. The announcement of his election was made by the Master of Massey…

Asuncion, Paraguay (AFP) -- The case of a 10-year-old girl raped and impregnated by her stepfather has triggered outrage in Paraguay, where the health minister has blocked her from having an abortion. The girl was admitted to hospital last…

Jerusalem, (AFP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held on to his job Wednesday, announcing that he had hammered together a new coalition government just ahead of a midnight legal deadline. But with a knife-edge majority of just…

ROC President Ma Ying-Jeou said May 6 that Taiwan-EU ties are going from strength to strength, with further improvement expected across a spectrum of areas. “Relations between the two sides are moving steadily ahead,” Ma said. “ROC…

New York, USA -- On April 19, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) stopped Gyan Damian Morgan, a Jamaican citizen, who was arriving on a flight from Kingston, Jamaica. During the…

Moscow, Russia (AFP) -- Cuban President Raul Castro has arrived in Moscow and was to hold meetings Wednesday on a visit that will see him participate in the Victory Day military parade May 9. "He arrived yesterday," the Kremlin's press…