International

York, Pennsylvania (CMC) – The United States Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) agency says a female citizen of Antigua and Barbuda committed suicide while in the custody of immigration authorities at York County Prison in Pennsylvania. On…

Miami, United States (AP) — A Florida woman accused of injecting toxic substances into women's buttocks as an enhancement procedure has been sentenced to a year in prison. As part of a deal with Miami-Dade County prosecutors, 32-year-old…

(BBC) Germany has summoned the US ambassador in Berlin over claims that the US monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will meet US envoy John Emerson later in what is seen as an unusual…

(BBC) A 14-year-old boy has been charged in the death of a teacher whose body was found in woodland behind her school. Philip Chism was ordered to be held without bail as he was arraigned in a Massachusetts state court for the murder of…

(CNN) Mexico's foreign minister says he's summoning the U.S. Ambassador following fresh reports of spying. "Shared security and responsibility between respectful neighbors cannot be constructed by violating the law and violating trust,"…

(CNN) A Washington state middle school boy was arrested Wednesday and faces an attempted murder charge, after he brought 400 rounds of ammunition, multiple knives and a handgun to his school, police said. The 11-year-old was booked into a…

California, United States (AP) — Three children were injured by shrapnel after a fellow elementary school student pulled the trigger of an assault rifle mounted on a police motorcycle during a school assembly, authorities said. The AR-15…

The Vatican has suspended a senior German Church leader dubbed the "bishop of bling" by the media over his alleged lavish spending. Bishop of Limburg Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst is accused of spending more than 31m euros (£26m; $42m) on…

(CNN) -- An X-ray shows a bullet lodged in a baby's head. The image would be chilling enough without knowing the child was still in its mother's womb when it became the target of snipers hiding in the shadows in northern Syria. The mother…

(CNN) An attack in western Iraq toppled a bridge and killed seven people Wednesday, continuing a recent wave of attacks in the area. The suicide attack occurred near a police checkpoint on a bridge in the town of al-Rutba in the province…

LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife Kate have asked seven people to be godparents to their son, Prince George, who will be christened at a major royal family gathering Wednesday, palace officials said. Queen Elizabeth II and her…

(CNN) Australia's bushfires have such a long and destructive history there's almost no day of the week that hasn't been dubbed "black" or "ash" to mark a major conflagration. There was Black Thursday in Victoria in 1851, which destroyed…

(BBC) A Roma couple have been formally charged in Greece with abducting a young blonde girl, and they have been placed in detention pending a trial. The girl, named Maria, was found during a raid on a Roma camp in central Greece last week.…

(BBC) A student at a Nevada middle school shot dead a teacher hailed as a hero for trying to convince the boy to drop his gun, authorities have said. Michael Landsberry, a 45-year-old Afghanistan veteran, was "defending the students", a…

(CNN) Explosions targeting a passenger train carrying hundreds of passengers traveling after Eid holidays killed at least seven passengers and wounded 16 others in Pakistan's southern Balochistan province on Monday, authorities said. Three…