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Staff Reporter | Dec 15, 2014 06:41 AM EST
A construction mishap at the site of Ecuador's biggest energy infrastructure project left 13 people dead and a dozen more injured. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 15, 2014 05:43 AM EST
Despite the record-low voter turnout of 53.3 percent in Japan's national election on Sunday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a news conference it was still the people's voice supporting his Abenomics policy. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 15, 2014 02:47 AM EST
Russia did it again on Friday. That is almost cause another aviation disaster like what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 by flying a military intelligence jet over the Baltic Sea with its transponder switched off. read more
Kat De Guzman | Dec 15, 2014 01:09 AM EST
Jeb Bush might have said that his decision on running for the 2016 Presidential Race is not yet final but he has reportedly been spreading e-mails and e-books --- a move that is seen as part of his campaign. read more
Carlene Vision | Dec 15, 2014 12:27 AM EST
During the annual climate conference of the UN this year in Peru, representative and participants from 196 nations have committed to a deal that could ultimately improve the world’s current greenhouse condition. read more
Staff Reporter | Dec 15, 2014 05:45 AM EST
Vice President Dick Cheney stuck to his guns in defending the CIA's interrogation techniques on detainees following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Sunday, saying, "I would do it again in a minute." read more
Staff Reporter | Dec 15, 2014 05:46 AM EST
The Chinese Embassy in Madagascar expressed shock Sunday at a deadly riot involving local workers at a Chinese-run sugar plant and criticized the island nation's government for failing to protect Chinese interests. read more
Staff Reporter | Dec 15, 2014 05:46 AM EST
North Korea denied an American presented to the media on Sunday has been detained for illegally crossing into the reclusive country. read more
Riley Grant | Dec 14, 2014 08:38 PM EST
Thailand’s Princess Srirasmi decided to renounce her royal title, which terminates her right to be the next queen in line in this Southeast Asian country. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 14, 2014 04:29 AM EST
China thumbed down the draft agreement because it finds too much burden has been placed on poorer nations to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 14, 2014 02:01 AM EST
The latest count as of Sunday places the number of dead at 20 and missing at 88 after heavy rains in central Indonesia resulted in a landslide caused by the loosened soil and collapse of a hill. read more
Dan Weisman | Dec 13, 2014 11:11 PM EST
Chinese President Xi Jinping led a high-powered delegation of national leaders Saturday at a moving ceremony honoring the deaths of tens of thousands of Chinese citizens in the December 1937 Nanjing massacre. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 13, 2014 06:39 AM EST
Sen. Diane Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, pointed on Friday to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Physicians for Human Rights to debunk the claim by ex-CIA Director Michael Hayden that rectal hydration done on 9/11 suspects was a medical procedure and not a form of torture. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 13, 2014 03:03 AM EST
The publication by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) of a handbook on how to treat captive female slaves in relation to having sex with them is a confirmation of reports that thousands of female Yazidis and other minorities are the sex slaves of the notorious Middle Eastern terror group. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Dec 13, 2014 03:22 AM EST
The victims in an acid-throwing incident in Jerusalem on Friday suffered only minor injuries and are being treated. The 46-year-old attacker was also wounded after he was shot in the lower body by a civilian. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
