Category Archives: World
Myanmar court gives exorcist death for killing 3 children
YANGON, Myanmar - A court in Myanmar sentenced a self-styled exorcist to death on Tuesday for killing three children during a ritual he carried out after telling their parents their offspring were pos...
Jun 20, 2017
European court rules in favour of Russian gay activists
MOSCOW - The European Court for Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that Russia’s law banning dissemination of so-called gay propaganda to minors violates the right to freedom of expression. In the fi...
Jun 20, 2017
UPS workplace shooting survivor found exit blocked by killer
SAN FRANCISCO - A survivor of the shooting at a San Francisco UPS warehouse says he was standing at his usual spot during a morning meeting when he heard a loud pop like a firecracker behind him. When...
Jun 20, 2017
Pope honours 'rebel' priests censured for commitment to poor
BOZZOLO, Italy - Pope Francis made a pilgrimage to northern Italy on Tuesday to honour two 20th-century parish priests whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican....
Jun 20, 2017
South Africa-born lawyer who defended Mandela dies
JOHANNESBURG - The Nelson Mandela Foundation has paid tribute to the late Joel Joffe, a South Africa-born human rights lawyer who defended Mandela during a 1960s trial at which the anti-apartheid lead...
Jun 20, 2017
Swarm of gnats causes fire scare at landmark Hamburg church
BERLIN - Emergency services were called to a landmark Hamburg church to fight a fire. All they found was a swarm of gnats. News agency dpa reports that Hamburg’s fire service said Tuesday it was...
Jun 20, 2017
Car bomb in Somalia capital kills at least 15, police say
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least 15 people are dead after a suicide car bomber posing as a milk delivery van detonated at a district headquarters in Somalia’s capital, police said Tuesday. The deat...
Jun 20, 2017
Neighbours: Alleged mosque attacker made anti-Muslim slurs
LONDON - Neighbours and acquaintances described the man who allegedly attacked a group of Muslim worshippers as an unemployed lout who was drinking heavily and making anti-Muslim remarks in the days b...
Jun 20, 2017
Tropical storm warning expanded along Gulf Coast
MIAMI - Forecasters say a tropical storm warning has now been extended further westward for a disturbance in the central Gulf and it now covers an area from High Island, Texas, to the mouth of the Pea...
Jun 20, 2017
Ohio woman reunited with lost tortoise after two-week search
CLEVELAND - A wayward tortoise’s surprising trek around Ohio has ended happily for its owner, whose two-week search, in a twist of fate, might have saved her sister’s life. Otis the Califo...
Jun 20, 2017