Palm Sunday bombings of Egyptian Coptic churches kill 44
TANTA,Egypt/CAIRO – At least 44 people were killed in Egypt in bomb attacks at the cathedral of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday, prompting anger and fear…
Norway raises threat level after Oslo bomb scare
OSLO – Norwegian police have raised the country’s security threat level following the discovery of an explosive device in central Oslo late on Saturday. A 17-year-old Russian citizen, who had…
Explosion at Egypt Nile Delta church kills at least 21, injures 50
CAIRO – At least 21 people have been killed and 50 injured after an explosion rocked a Coptic church in Egypt’s Nile Delta, state television reports, the latest assault on a religious…
Sweden questioning 7 people over deadly truck attack – police
STOCKHOLM – Swedish police have brought in seven people for questioning over an apparent terror attack in which a hijacked delivery truck mowed down pedestrians in Stockholm, killing four people,…
UK could allow EU freedom of movement after Brexit, Boris Johnson says
ATHENS – Britain could allow free movement of people from the European Union during an implementation phase after Brexit to allow the economy to attract talented people, Foreign Secretary Boris…
Philippines’ Duterte orders occupation of isles in disputed South China Sea
MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and shoals it claims in the disputed South China Sea, asserting Philippine sovereignty in an apparent change of…
US astronaut John Glenn laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth who later became the world’s oldest astronaut and a longtime US senator, has been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in…
S.Korea prosecution to question Lotte Group chief in graft probe
SEOUL – South Korean prosecutors say they have summoned Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin for questioning as a witness in an investigation of an influence-peddling scandal that led to the dismissal…
Nightmare looms for transgender Thais at army draft
BANGKOK – A group of young transgender Thais sits together in women’s clothes behind rows of men, waiting for military officers to call their names and decide whether they must…
US, Japan, Sth Korea discuss North’s latest threat before Trump-Xi summit
SEOUL/TOKYO – The United States and South Korea has agreed to proceed with the deployment of an advanced US missile defence system that has angered China, a day after North…
