Clik here to view.
Greece set to recognize Palestine
ATHENS, Greece – Greece is set to recognize the state of Palestine in a parliamentary vote to be attended by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, a government source said Sunday, December 20.A solemn...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Parent fury, protests as Delhi gang-rapist walks free
NEW DELHI, India (UPDATED) – The youngest convict in an infamous fatal gang-rape in New Delhi has been released from a youth correctional facility, police said Sunday, December 20, sparking street...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Air France says bomb scare was 'false alarm'
PARIS, France – Air France chief executive Frederic Gagey said Sunday, December 20, that a bomb scare that prompted one of the airline's planes to make an emergency landing in Kenya had been a "false...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arab League backs UN plan to end Syria war
CAIRO, Egypt – The Arab League welcomed Sunday, December 20, a UN-backed roadmap to end the Syrian war and vowed to support international efforts to implement a ceasefire.The resolution, approved...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Probable Russian raids in Syria kill 36 – monitor
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Air strikes on Sunda, December 20, likely to have been carried out by Russian warplanes in Syria's northwestern Idlib province killed 36 people, mostly combattants, the Syrian...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paris attacks suspect got past 3 police checks – source
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Salah Abdeslam, suspected of involvement in the Paris attacks last month, got past three police checks in France as he fled to Belgium, a source close to the investigation said...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christmas shoppers spooked by double bomb scare in Italy
ROME, Italy – Christmas shoppers and tourists were caught up in two separate bomb scares in the northern Italian city of Turin on Sunday, December 20, after anonymous callers said a museum and shopping...
View ArticleClik here to view.
4 airport police skip DOJ hearing on ‘laglag-bala’ case
MANILA, Philippines – Four members of the Philippine National Police-Aviation Security Group (PNP-Avsegroup) did not show up on Monday, December 21, for the preliminary hearing of the complaint filed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spain faces uphill struggle to form government after polls
MADRID, Spain – Spain faced an uphill struggle to form a stable government Monday, December 21, following elections that saw the incumbent conservatives win the most seats but without an absolute...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DOLE approves P5 to P12 wage increase in Bicol region starting December 25
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment has given the go signal for the minimum wage increase across the private sector in the Bicol region, just in time for Christmas.The National...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Aquino: PH to spend $1.8B for military modernization
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III promised Monday, December 21, that the P83.9 billion ($1.77 billion) allocated for military modernization projects would be spent by 2017 as the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Iran court annuls spiritual leader death sentence
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's Supreme Court annulled Monday, December 21, the death penalty for spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri and referred his case back to the court that handed down the sentence, his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taliban bomber kills 6 NATO soldiers near Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (UPDATED) – A motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide bomber killed six NATO soldiers near Kabul Monday, December 21, in a brazen attack as the resurgent militant group battled to seize a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boko Haram suicide bombing kills nine in northeast Nigeria–army
KANO, Nigeria – A child suicide bomber detonated his explosives, killing himself, two other bombers and six people in Nigeria's northeast, in the latest bloodshed blamed on Boko Haram Islamist group,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sick of scandals, pope prescribes cure for Vatican ills
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis vowed Monday, December 21, to power ahead with the reform of the Curia, the Church's "diseased" governing body, throwing down the gauntlet to those fostering a climate of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yemen truce fragile as rebels threaten Saudi Arabia
ADEN, Yemen – A collapsing ceasefire between Yemen's warring parties was to be extended Monday night, December 21, as fighting persisted in the north and the rebels vowed more missile attacks on Saudi...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Food poisoning: Girl dead, 26 sick after Negros Occidental party
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – A 5-year-old girl was killed while 26 others, including 19 minors, were hospitalized due to alleged food poisoning in Calatrava town in this province.Negros Occidental...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rescuers race against time after China landslide leaves 85 missing
SHENZHEN, China – Rescuers raced late Monday, December 21, to try to save victims of a huge China landslide which left 85 people missing after signs of life were detected under a sea of mud, state...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US astronauts fix stalled rail car during spacewalk
MIAMI, United States – A pair of American astronauts stepped out on a three-hour spacewalk on Monday, December 21, to move a stalled railcar outside the International Space Station, NASA said.Scott...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nepal's move to amend disputed charter welcomed by India
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal's foreign ministry on Monday, December 21, said the government was ready to amend the country's new constitution and resolve its long-simmering dispute with protesters in a...
View Article