International

Jerusalem -- A Jerusalem court found former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert guilty of corruption Monday in a retrial of allegations he received envelopes of cash from a US businessman, the verdict read. It was the latest legal blow in a…

Boston (CMC) -- A Haitian man has been ordered to pay over US$7,000 in the aftermath of an incident that led to a flight being diverted when he reacted angrily to a seat being reclined in front of him. The case was part of a series of…

Abuja, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria's military on Friday announced that troops had retaken the town of Gwoza from Boko Haram, from which the group declared their caliphate last year. Defence spokesman Chris Olukolade told a news conference in…

Bangkok (AP) -- Thailand is facing bans on new international flights and increased inspections after the International Civil Aviation Organization flagged significant concerns about the country's aviation safety, officials said Friday. The…

Detroit (AP) -- Autopsies are scheduled on the bodies of two children found in a deep freezer in their Detroit home. Authorities say they hope the bodies of Stoni Ann Blair and her brother, Stephen Gage Berry, thaw enough by Friday to…

Beijing, China (AFP) -- A secret, private airport illegally built by a wealthy businessman in China was exposed after he crashed his helicopter, killing a passenger, State-run media said Thursday. Private aircraft ownership by China's…

Abuja, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan and the main opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed a pledge for peaceful elections for the second time in three months. Security is a major concern at…

London, England -- A Commonwealth working group on trade will meet in Malta for the first time to consider challenges affecting member countries. The consultative meeting of the Commonwealth Expert Group on Trade (CEGT), which will take…

Detroit (AP) -- A Detroit mother was arrested Tuesday after the frozen bodies of a boy and girl were found in a deep freezer in the family's home, police said. Court officers found the children's bodies while carrying out an eviction order…

Washington (CMC) -- The Organization of American States (OAS) says the governments of Jamaica and Suriname have consented to receive on-site visits as part of the Fifth Round of the Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation of the…

Madrid, Spain (AFP) -- Flags flew at half-mast, meetings were cancelled and workplaces fell silent Wednesday as Spain mourned the 150 people, including at least 49 Spaniards, killed in a plane crash in the French Alps. A minute's silence…

Paris, France (AFP) -- A war of words broke out Monday between aid agency Doctors Without Borders and the World Health Organization over who was to blame for the slow response to the Ebola epidemic that broke out a year ago. Doctors…

New Delhi, India (AFP) -- Police in eastern Indian were left red-faced when a raid on a sex district discovered four of their own along with a convicted murderer whom they were supposed to be guarding, a report said Sunday. The four…

Singapore, Singapore (AFP) -- Lee Kuan Yew, one of the commanding figures of Asia's post-war economic rise, was an authoritarian leader who transformed Singapore from a sleepy British imperial outpost into a global trading and financial…

New York, USA -- The government of Haiti has made progress towards the holding of elections critical for the country’s stability and development, the top United Nations official in the Caribbean nation told the Security Council on…