International

London, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Thieves have raided some 300 deposit boxes in London's diamond quarter, accessing the vault through a lift shaft and using heavy cutting equipment, the police and media reports said on Tuesday. The daring…

Louisville, United States -- Conservative US Senator Rand Paul announced Tuesday that he is running for his party's nomination for the 2016 presidential race, making him the second major Republican to join the contest. "I am running for…

Washington, United States -- The honor of being the world's oldest person has passed to a 115-year-old American following the death of a 116-year-old compatriot who held the title for just five days. Jeralean Talley, who lives in the…

Tokyo, Japan -- The world's oldest person, Misao Okawa, died in Japan on Wednesday, a month after celebrating her 117th birthday. The nursing home where she lived in Osaka said she breathed her last around 7am (2200 GMT Tuesday). On the…

Marseille, France (AFP) -- The second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps last week has been found after a nine-day search, prosecutors said on Thursday. Authorities are hoping to unearth more clues about…

Nairobi, Kenya (AP) -- Al-Shabab gunmen attacked a college in northeast Kenya early Thursday, targeting Christians and killing at least 15 people and wounding 60 others, witnesses said. Even as security forces cornered the gunmen in a…

Zurich, Switzerland (AFP) -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Friday that world football must "respect" Africa, a bastion of support for the veteran sports powerbroker as he seeks a new term. Blatter sent his message ahead of the…

Lima, Peru (AFP) -- Peruvian President Ollanta Humala was left scrambling to find a new prime minister Tuesday after Congress sacked the incumbent, Ana Jara, over allegations of domestic spying. Jara was deposed in a no-confidence vote…

Nashville, Tennessee (CMC) -- The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is warning vacation and business travellers to the Caribbean about the importance of protecting themselves from mosquitoes that may transmit Chikungunya virus and other…

Washington, USA -- The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the seventh review of Jamaica’s economic performance under the program supported by a four-year, SDR 615.38 million (about US$932 million at the…

Conakry, Guinea (AP) -- Guinea closed its border with Sierra Leone on Monday as part of new efforts to stamp out Ebola, an official said. The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 10,300 people, mostly in Guinea,…

Abuja, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria's opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday won the key prize of Lagos state in the country's general election, keeping a lead of about two million votes as results came in. More than half of Nigeria's…

London, England (AFP) -- Staff at Queen Elizabeth II's Windsor Castle are threatening to take industrial action over pay, a trade union said Monday. If it goes ahead following a ballot, the action would be the first ever by staff working…

Washington, USA -- The US Department of Justice announced on Monday that BSI SA, one of the ten largest private banks in Switzerland, is the first bank to reach a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. “Because of the…

Randolph, USA -- A town councilor for Randolph in Massachusetts has commended the reasonable approach taken by the newly elected prime minister of St Kitts and Nevis Dr Timothy Harris to the ongoing dispute between the United States and…