Mexico fireworks market blasts kill at least 31, injure scores
TULTEPEC, Mexico – A series of massive explosions destroyed a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital, killing at least 31 people, injuring dozens and leaving the market a charred wasteland.…
Trump, Bill Clinton trade insults in unusual exchange
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump pounced on a reported comment from Bill Clinton, the former president and husband of his Democratic rival in the November 8 election, in an usual exchange…
Residents in China’s north complain as smog alert enters fifth day
SHANGHAI – Northern China was shrouded in smog for a fifth straight day on Wednesday as citizens complained that the state’s emergency measures were still not being implemented properly. Residents…
UN human rights chief urges murder inquiry into Duterte’s killing claim
The United Nations human rights commission has urged the Philippines to launch a murder investigations into President Rodrigo Duterte claims he killed three people as mayor of Davao City and…
UK condemned for failure to protect Vietnamese survivors of trafficking
The United Kingdom is under fire from activists for failing to protect Vietnamese victims of trafficking, many of them children. According to figures from the UK’s National Crime Agency, suspected…
Mexico fireworks market blast kills at least 27, hurts scores
MEXICO CITY – At least 27 people have died in an explosion at a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital, according to a local emergency services official. The blast at…
Germany frees suspect in market attack, says perpetrator maybe still at large
German authorities have released a Pakistani asylum-seeker suspected of driving a truck into a Berlin Christmas market and killing 12 people due to a lack of evidence and the interior minister…
Killer of Russian ambassador took sick leave on day of attack
The 22-year-old Turkish policeman who gunned down the Russian ambassador in Ankara called in sick on the day of the attack and promised to bring a doctor’s note for his…
Putin says Turkey ambassador murder is ploy to wreck Syrian peace process
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the killing of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey was a despicable provocation aimed at spoiling Russia-Turkey ties and derailing Moscow’s attempts to find,…
Obama shortens prison sentences for 153 people, pardons 78 others
HONOLULU – United States’ President Barack Obama has shortened the prison sentences for 153 convicts, mainly low-level drug offenders, and pardoned 78 others, the White House said. Obama has commuted…
