U.S. slaps sanctions on Myanmar’s army chief
The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on the Myanmar military’s Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and other military leaders it said were responsible for extrajudicial...
U.S. judge expected to put Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ behind bars for life
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of running a murderous criminal enterprise that smuggled tons of drugs into the United States,...
After two escapes, ‘El Chapo’ may go to Supermax prison to avoid a third
Joaquin Guzman, the convicted Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, has escaped twice from maximum security prisons in Mexico, once by digging a mile-long...
Factbox: El Chapo’s winding road from mountain village to drug lord to U.S. prison
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who rose from humble origins in a mountain village to lead the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s...
Apollo 11’s astronauts snapped photos for science. Then came MTV
The Apollo 11 astronauts who made mankind’s first visit to the moon 50 years ago were trained in how to take pictures for science. Back...
Man who threatened to bomb Harvard ceremony for black students faces sentencing
An Arizona man faces sentencing on Wednesday after admitting he made online threats to bomb Harvard University and shoot students at its first commencement ceremony...
WHO reports new Ebola incident in Uganda
A fishmonger vomited at Mpondwe market in Uganda on July 11 before dying of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, an incident that could spread...
Russian court extends arrest of a group of Ukrainian sailors
A court in Moscow on Wednesday ordered the first six of 24 Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia off the coast of Crimea last year to...
From ‘Asia’s finest’ to ‘black dogs’: Hong Kong police under pressure
Hong Kong’s vaunted police force is facing a crisis of confidence and leadership amid the city’s worsening political tensions, according to serving and retired officers,...
Yemen’s Houthis say they launched drone attack on Saudi’s Jizan airport
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it launched a drone attack on Jizan airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia early on Wednesday, part of an escalation of...