Tanzanian president backs official who beat students with a stick
Tanzanian president John Magufuli on Friday backed an official who sparked outrage and violated the country’s rules by beating more than a dozen students with...
Britain’s Prince Harry to sue publisher of The Sun over phone-hacking allegation
Britain’s Prince Harry is set to sue the publishers of The Sun over allegations of phone hacking, his office and the newspaper’s publisher said on...
Teenager shot as violence flares hours after Hong Kong imposes emergency powers
Hong Kong police shot and wounded a teenage boy on Friday, as violent protests erupted across the Chinese-ruled city hours after its embattled leader Carrie...
Mistrust, disbelief taint Cameroon peace talks
General Capture and Destroy stepped to the microphone and in an impassioned speech to the media urged his fellow separatist fighters to lay down their...
Canada opposition chief vows crime crackdown, pressed on U.S. citizenship
Andrew Scheer, the head of Canada’s opposition Conservatives, on Friday promised a crime crackdown if he won a Oct. 21 election, but faced repeated questions...
Uprising grips Iraq, 60 killed
Police snipers fired at demonstrators in Baghdad on Friday, as the death toll rose to 60 people in three days of violent national protests against...
A brief history of the Nobel Prizes
A look at the history of the Nobel Prizes – a set of annual international awards presented in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions...
Ireland would consider Brexit extension if UK sought one: PM Varadkar
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday that if Great Britain were to request an extension to its Brexit deadline he would consider it,...
Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ back at top of charts 50 years after release
The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album has returned to the top of the British album charts 50 years after its first release....
Rains, military response help curb fires in Brazil’s Amazon in September
The number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has receded, falling 36% in September from August to well below a 20-year historic average for the...