Britain will not seek “half in, half out” EU deal: PM May
LONDON – Britain will not seek a Brexit deal that leaves it “half in, half out” of the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Tuesday, according to…
Istanbul New Year’s nightclub attacker caught: media reports
ISTANBUL – The gunman suspected of killing 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day has been caught by police in the city’s Esenyurt district, the Hurriyet newspaper…
Top German court to rule on far-right NPD ban
BERLIN – Germany’s Constitutional Court looks likely to reject on Tuesday a historic attempt by the country’s 16 federal states to ban the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), described by…
At least 5 dead, 15 hurt in shooting at Mexico’s BPM music festival
MEXICO CITY – At least five people, including foreigners, have been killed and 15 were wounded after a shooter opened fire at a nightclub in Mexico’s Playa del Carmen resort during the…
Japan to supply new patrol boats to Vietnam
HANOI – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised Vietnam six new patrol boats during a visit to the Southeast Asian country locked in a dispute with China over the busy…
Turkish cargo jet crash kills at least 30 in Kyrgyzstan
A Turkish cargo jet has crashed near Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport, killing at least 30 people, most of them residents of a village struck by the Boeing 747 as it tried…
S.Korea prosecutors to seek arrest of Samsung chief
SEOUL – South Korea’s special prosecutors’ office has said it will seek a warrant to arrest the head of Samsung Group, the country’s biggest conglomerate, as a corruption scandal engulfing…
US Sec. Kerry visits site where he killed a man during Vietnam war
US Secretary of State John Kerry has returned to the place in Vietnam where he killed a man during the Vietnam war. The outgoing Secretary of State visited the Mekong…
Australia disappointed by Japan’s continued whale hunt in Southern Ocean
Australia has said its “deeply disappointed” Japan had continued whaling in the Southern Ocean after anti-whaling activists published a photograph of a dead whale and two days after Australian and…
CIA director warns Trump to watch what he says, be careful on Russia
WASHINGTON – CIA Director John Brennan has offered a stern parting message for Donald Trump days before the Republican US president-elect takes office, cautioning him against loosening sanctions on Russia and…
