May 11, 2015
Typhoon Noul levels Coastal Areas in the Philippines
Heavy rains and strong winds flattened houses on coastal areas as typhoon Noul crashed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines, killing two people and prompting more than 3,000 residents to move to shelters. The typhoon weakened slightly after…
May 6, 2015
Kerry, Saudis to Discuss Yemen Crisis
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said talks about a "humanitarian pause" in Yemen will be a focal point of his upcoming meetings with Saudi officials. Kerry said he will discuss the nature of a pause and how it might be implemented when he arrives…
May 6, 2015
Germany Arrests 4 Extremist Suspects
German authorities say they have arrested four people who are suspected of founding a right-wing extremist group to attack mosques and housing for asylum seekers. Officials announced the arrests Wednesday, saying they confiscated a stash of…
May 3, 2015
Nepal shuts airport to big jets; more bodies found
Runway damage forced Nepalese authorities to close the main airport Sunday to large aircraft delivering aid to millions of people following the massive earthquake, but U.N. officials said the overall logistics situation was improving. The death toll…
May 2, 2015
Airport Customs holding up aid in Nepal
The United Nations has urged Nepal to relax customs controls which it says are holding up deliveries of aid to survivors of last week's earthquake. UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said Nepal had a duty to provide faster customs clearance for…
April 28, 2015
Official mourning declared for victims in Nepal
Nepal has declared three days of mourning for the victims of Saturday's earthquake in which more than 5,000 people are now known to have died. Prime Minister Sushil Koirala says the government is doing all it can but is overwhelmed by the scale of…
April 28, 2015
President Obama says, ‘No Excuse’ for Riots in Baltimore
U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday said there's “no excuse” for Monday night's violence in the eastern U.S. city of Baltimore and called for those who looted and burned buildings "to be treated as criminals." Riots erupted in the city after the…
April 28, 2015
US Official Confirms Iran Intercepted Cargo Ship
A senior U.S. official says Iranian naval ships and patrol craft fired shots at a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz before escorting it into Iranian territorial waters. The official said the container ship, the MV Maersk Tigris, was tansiting the…
April 22, 2015
EU Must Help With Migrant Crisis says Italian PM
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday pressed the European Union to help shoulder the burden of curbing migrant trafficking in African countries, after more than 800 migrants drowned when a ship capsized Sunday in the Mediterranean Sea.…
April 21, 2015
Indian Minister Says 2,000 Girls Killed Every Day
Two thousand girls are killed every day due to a preference for sons in India, with most aborted or murdered just after birth, the country's minister for women and child development said. Despite laws that ban parents from having tests to determine…