Australia, Indonesia in damage control after military spat
Indonesia and Australia have sought to calm tensions on Thursday after Indonesia’s military said it had suspended cooperation because of “insulting” teaching material found at an Australian base that questioned Jakarta’s…
Egypt arrests four in connection with church bombing, death toll rises
CAIRO – Egyptian police have arrested four people in connection with the bombing that killed dozens of Christians at Cairo’s Coptic Christian cathedral last month, the Interior Ministry said on…
Japan’s emperor, empress may visit Vietnam this March
The Emperor and Empress of Japan will likely make their first good will visit to Vietnam in March. The Japan Times newspaper reports Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko received multiple…
Flappy Bird creator Nguyen Ha Dong to fund student projects
The Vietnamese developer behind the mobile phone game Flappy Bird, has announced he will fund student projects worth up to VND200 million (about $A12,200). Nguyen Ha Dong detailed his mission in…
Israel sentences Palestinian UN worker for aiding Hamas in plea deal
GAZA – An Israeli court has sentenced a Palestinian United Nations worker to seven months in jail for aiding the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations…
Carolina church gunman said ‘I’m not crazy’ as he fired
CHARLESTON, South Carolina – The widow of the pastor who was among the nine people killed by white supremacist Dylann Roof has told a federal jury she heard the gunman…
Brazil prison riot, a ‘butchery foretold,’ sparks fear of more killings
SAO PAULO – The killing of 56 inmates by fellow prisoners in Brazil’s deadliest jail uprising in decades was a “butchery foretold” by escalating turf wars between drug gangs that…
US to transfer 4 Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia in final push
WASHINGTON – The United States will transfer four detainees to Saudi Arabia from the Guantanamo prison in the next 24 hours, a US official has said, in President Barack Obama’s…
Scientists link higher dementia risk to living near heavy traffic
LONDON – People who live near busy roads laden with heavy traffic face a higher risk of developing dementia than those living further away, according to researchers in Canada. A…
New York train crash injures more than 100 commuters
NEW YORK – A New York City has train derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during morning rush hour, injuring more than 100 commuters in the metropolitan area’s second major…
