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Toyota Executive Accused of Drug Smuggling Resigns

Eana Maniebo   | Jul 02, 2015 04:55 AM EDT

Toyota Motor Corporation's (TMC) highest ranking female executive Julie Hamp has stepped down from being the company's chief communications officer after being arrested for alleged drug smuggling on June 18. read more

Greece Appears Willing to Concede to Creditor's Demand as Country Fails to Repay IMF Loan

Benjie Batanes   | Jul 01, 2015 10:27 AM EDT

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has informed his country's creditors of his willingness to agree to most, if not all, their demands as Greece failed to repay its loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) due on Tuesday. read more

Indonesia's Hercules Plane Crash Claim Lives of Entire Crew, Passengers

Benjie Batanes   | Jun 30, 2015 11:29 AM EDT

An Indonesian Hercules transport plane crashed in a residential area in Medan City on Tuesday which has resuted in the death of all passengers and crew. read more

Australian Prisoners Riot Over the Right to Smoke

Benjie Batanes   | Jun 30, 2015 09:51 AM EDT

Australian prisoners at a detention center outside the City of Melbourne started a riot on Monday to oppose the implementation of a smoking ban on prisoners. read more

EU Permanently Withdraws Observers from Burundi as Election Begins

Yasmeen Rasidi   | Jun 29, 2015 07:01 AM EDT

The European Union (EU) says it will withdraw election observers from Burundi as the African nation insists on holding elections on Monday with no appropriate conditions to ensure credibility, Reuters reported. read more

Extremists Attack AMISOM Military Base in Somalia

Eana Maniebo   | Jun 26, 2015 07:43 PM EDT

Troops of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) fought with extremist group Al Shabaab on Friday after an attack on the former's military base that killed at least 12 soldiers, Reuters reported. read more

'France Will Not Tolerate Such Actions': President Hollande Responds to Latest WikiLeaks Report of U.S. Spying on French Presidents

Kwao Peppeh   | Jun 24, 2015 11:02 AM EDT

The President of France Francois Hollande has on Wednesday expressed displeasure concerning the revelation of WikiLeaks that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has spied on three French presidents - including himself - over the past decade. read more

Top South Korean Author Admits to Plagiarism, Book Withdrawn from Shelves

Kwao Peppeh   | Jun 23, 2015 09:04 AM EDT

Shin Kyung-sook, an award-winning South Korean writer, has admitted that she may have plagiarized the work of a Nobel Prize nominated Japanese author in one of her early works released in 1997. read more

Terrorist Attack on Afghan Parliament Left Two Dead, Militants Killed

Eana Maniebo   | Jun 22, 2015 03:27 PM EDT

Taliban insurgents on Monday morning attacked the Afghan parliament in the middle of a session that aims to confirm a third nominee for the position of Defense minister. read more

New York Prison Break Possible Sightings; Will Escaped Murderers Finally Be Captured?

Althea Serad   | Jun 21, 2015 08:29 AM EDT

In the latest New York prison break update, police have found possible sightings of the men befitting the descriptions of the two convicts who escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility. read more

Man Falls To Death From Plane, Another Man Survives; Stowaways Clung To British Airways Plane From South Africa To London?

Althea Serad   | Jun 20, 2015 09:14 AM EDT

A man fell to his death Friday after clinging on to a British Airways plane, which flew from South Africa to London. Another stowaway from the flight has miraculously survived but remains in critical condition. read more

Top Toyota Executive Arrested for Smuggling Drug into Japan

Eana Maniebo   | Jun 19, 2015 10:17 AM EDT

Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Toyota's chief communications officer Julie Hamp on Thursday for allegedly smuggling narcotics into Japan, CNN reported. read more

Boy Impersonates Girlfriend To Help Her Pass Kazakhstan College Exams

Althea Serad   | Jun 19, 2015 07:56 AM EDT

Some people will do anything for love. Indeed, this was proven true by a 20-year-old boy who thought he could fool examiners in the town of Zhetisai in Southern Kazakhstan by posing as his girlfriend. read more

Massive Alaska Wildfires Devastate Homes, Highways; Forced Evacuations Underway

Althea Serad   | Jun 16, 2015 08:20 AM EDT

Two massive Alaska wildfires resulted in the devastation of several homes, forcing evacuations of residents. One of the Alaska wildfires is on a woodland area beside a road. read more

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