‘Miss Honduras’ murder suspects back in court
TEGUCIGALPA: The suspected killer of Honduras’ Miss World contestant and her sister appeared in court Wednesday, along with three alleged accomplices. A judge in San Pedro Sula issued a formal...
View ArticleUPDATE: PH Q3 GDP growth slows sharply to 5.3%
MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO(Updates with details of official data, analyst comment; amends first paragraph’s period of reference for the slowest pace of growth) The Philippine economy grew 5.3 percent...
View ArticlePope becomes first house guest in controversial Erdogan palace
ANKARA: The vast gates swung open and the host personally welcomed his distinguished visitor with all the pride of someone who has just acquired a new home. Pope Francis on Friday (Saturday in Manila)...
View ArticleCut-off pensioners slowly starving in rebel-held Ukraine
DONETSK: Nina Nikiforovna, a pensioner in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, took up begging recently. “I never thought I’d live long enough to know such shame,” she says, but she needs...
View ArticleHuge outpouring of grief for Australian cricketer Hughes
SYDNEY: Flags flew at half-mast and thousands of fans and players paid tribute Friday (Saturday in Manila) as Australia and the world cricket community united in an outpouring of grief for the tragic...
View ArticleTexas shooter may have been politically motivated
WASHINGTON: A US man who was shot dead early Friday after he opened fire at several buildings in the Texas state capital may have had anti-government and anti-immigration motives, officials said....
View ArticleRay Rice domestic violence suspension overturned
LOS ANGELES: Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, who was suspended indefinitely earlier this year for domestic violence, won his appeal Friday, meaning he could return to the National...
View ArticleChina activists stand trial in dissent crackdown: lawyer
BEIJING: Two prominent Chinese political activists went on trial Friday for helping to organise small-scale protests against censorship, their lawyer said, the latest prosecution in a deepening...
View ArticleNew attack in north Nigeria forces 3,000 to flee – UNHCR
GENEVA: A Boko Haram attack this week on the northern Nigerian town of Damassak has left 50 people dead and forced at least 3,000 to flee to neighboring Niger, the United Nations (UN) refugee agency...
View Article‘Star Wars’ trailer sparks fan frenzy
LOS ANGELES: “Star Wars” fans got their first glimpse Friday of the space saga’s long-awaited new film — including a controversial new-look lightsaber — but still have to wait a year for the movie...
View ArticleUN watchdog slams police shootings of blacks in US
GENEVA: A UN watchdog on Friday (Saturday in Manila) slammed police shootings of blacks in the United States, days after a decision not to prosecute a white officer who shot and killed an unarmed black...
View ArticleOn new album, Eminem gets reflective in his aggression
NEW YORK: Eminem is provoking more outrage on a new album in which he threatens female stars, but this time the self-styled Rap God also waxes philosophical on the reasons for his aggression. The...
View ArticleJihadist suicide bombers hit Syria-Turkey border post
BEIRUT: Islamic State group jihadists launched a double attack Saturday on a Kurdish-controlled post on the Syrian-Turkish border for the first time, prompting fierce clashes in the adjacent town of...
View ArticleUkraine faces coal shortage with rebels controlling mines
KIEV: With the rich seams of coal in eastern Ukraine under rebel control and Russia cutting off supplies, the Kiev government faces the awkward prospect of turning to its enemies for help. As winter...
View ArticleUS activists demand police reform as Ferguson cop quits
FERGUSON: US activists launched a week-long march in Missouri to demand sweeping police reforms as the white officer who shot dead an unarmed black teen in Ferguson resigned. The officer, 28-year-old...
View ArticleSarkozy elected party chief in boost for presidential bid
PARIS: France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy handily won the leadership of his right-wing UMP on Saturday, placing him firmly on the starting blocks in his race back to the presidential palace....
View ArticleEbola toll nears 7,000: WHO
GENEVA: Nearly 7,000 people have died from Ebola in west Africa, the World Health Organization said late Friday, adding some 1,200 more deaths to a toll from two days earlier. A total of 16,169 people...
View ArticleSony sees possible North Korea link to hack attack
WASHINGTON: Sony Pictures Entertainment is looking into whether North Korea may have been behind a major cyberattack on the studio last week, a news website reported. The website re/code noted that the...
View ArticleHundreds protest Israel’s ‘Nation State’ bill
JERUSALEM: Hundreds of leftwing Israelis demonstrated Saturday night in Jerusalem against a controversial draft law enshrining Israel’s status as the Jewish national homeland, The rally was organized...
View ArticleChina says 15 killed in “terrorist attack” in Xinjiang
BEIJING: Fifteen people have been killed and 14 others wounded in a “terrorist attack” in China’s mostly Muslim Xinjiang region, the official Chinese news agency said Saturday. A group of “terrorists”...
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