Australia says Mozambique debris most likely from MH370
Australia has said that plane debris recovered earlier this month from Mozambique was highly likely to have come from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which was carrying 239 people when…
Chinese national pleads guilty in US to computer hacking conspiracy
SAN FRANCISCO – A businessman from China has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of major United States defence contractors including Boeing Co, the…
Britons guilty of IS-inspired plot to murder police, soldiers
LONDON – Two British men, one of whom had pledged allegiance to the self-declared Islamic State militant group, have been convicted of a terrorism plot inspired by the…
Belgium identifies Brussels bomb suspect, suicide bombers – media
BRUSSELS – Belgian police have identified a prime suspect in Tuesday’s Brussels blasts and two suspected suicide bombers, linking them directly to the self-declared Islamic State militants behind last November’s…
Vietnam political bloggers jailed for “abusing freedom” – lawyer
Vietnamese political blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (L) and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy stand at the dock during their trial in Hanoi March 23, 2016. (Photo: Reuters) …
Australia calls China’s S.China Sea moves “counterproductive”
SYDNEY – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called China’s military deployments on the South China Sea “counterproductive”, an unusually forceful rebuke against the country’s biggest trading partner. Australia has consistently…
Obama arrives in Argentina to reset relations after years of tension
BUENOS AIRES – United States President Barack Obama has arrived in Argentina on Wednesday to reset diplomatic relations and strengthen trade ties with a country that was part of South…
Brazil’s Rousseff says ‘will never resign’ in deepening crisis
BRASILIA – President Dilma Rousseff says she will not resign in Brazil’s worst political crisis in two decades, calling an opposition move to impeach her a “coup d’etat” against democratic…
Turnbull announces $1 billion clean energy fund, another blow to Tony Abbott
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said Australia would establish a $1 billion clean-energy innovation fund, in a major departure from his predecessor’s much maligned approach to combating climate change. Conservative…
Wrecked vessel washed ashore in Oregon may be from Japan tsunami
PORTLAND – Algae and an oyster are among the clues Oregon biologists believe may link the vestiges of a sea-ravaged boat that washed up on a state beach on Tuesday…
