Honduran president sworn in amid protests after election chaos
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has called for unity after a bitterly disputed election last year as he was sworn in for a second term, while police skirmished with protesters…
Venezuela opposition condemns action on presidential election
Venezuelan opposition leaders have condemned the sidelining of their coalition from upcoming presidential elections, saying it was trickery by President Nicolas Maduro’s administration to rig the vote in its favour.…
Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire couple was murdered: police
Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman were murdered in a targeted killing, Toronto police investigators have said in their first detailed comments on the case since the couple’s…
French prisons on “brink of blowout”, strike must end: ombudsman
France’s prisons ombdusman says that inmates in overcrowded jails are on the verge of mutinying as two weeks of work stoppages by wardens over pay and other complaints have made…
Trump says he is willing to testify under oath in US-Russia probe
United States President Donald Trump says he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.…
Judge bars parents in California abuse case from contacting 13 children
A judge in the United States has barred a Southern California husband and wife from contacting the 13 children they are charged with beating, shackling and starving in their suburban…
N.Korea sends rare announcement to all Koreans, calls for unification
North Korea has sent a rare announcement addressed to “all Koreans at home and abroad”, saying they should make a “breakthrough” for unification without the help of other countries, its…
Enrique Iglesias sues Universal over streaming royalties
The Latin pop star and actor Enrique Iglesias has sued Universal Music Group in the United States, claiming that his former label short-changed him out of millions of dollars of…
Mind bender: shape of human brain evolved over time
An analysis of fossils including the oldest-known Homo sapiens specimen has revealed that brain shape in our species evolved over time to become less elongated and more globular, a change…
Gunmen storm Save the Children aid group office in Afghanistan
Gunmen stormed an office of the Save the Children aid agency in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Wednesday and at least five people were killed and 25 wounded in…
