Turkish women, children drown in boat capsize off Greek island
Seven Turkish nationals, two women and five children, drowned when a boat carrying them capsized near Greece’s Chios island on Friday, the coastguard said....
U.S. air strike kills 17 in southern Libya
U.S. forces said on Friday they killed 17 suspected militants in their third air strike in a week on southern Libya....
Parisians dine on calf’s head in tribute to Chirac
Some queued outside the Elysee Palace under lead-grey skies to pay tribute to Jacques Chirac who died on Thursday. Others flocked to bistrot Le Pere...
Haiti protests escalate as streets barricaded, police cars set on fire
Haitians erected street barricades and set police cars ablaze on Friday as protests intensified in the impoverished Caribbean nation, after four people were killed in...
Supercars of Obiang son on the block at Swiss auction
A collection of luxury cars confiscated by Geneva authorities from a son of the president of Equatorial Guinea is estimated to fetch 18.5 million Swiss...
U.S. charges 35 people in massive healthcare fraud take-down involving genetic tests
U.S. authorities unveiled criminal charges against 35 individuals on Friday, as part of a sweeping crackdown into genetic testing fraud schemes that they said caused...
U.S. CDC recommends against using vapes with marijuana ingredient
People should stop using e-cigarettes with marijuana ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), U.S. public health officials recommended on Friday as investigation on outbreak of lung illness linked...
Spider-Man to keep swinging in Marvel’s movie universe
Spider-Man, the popular web-slinging superhero currently played by actor Tom Holland, will headline a new movie in 2021 and appear in a future Marvel Studios...
Patrick Stewart celebrates 50th anniversary of Beatles’ Abbey Road album
Hollywood celebrated the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album on Thursday (September 27) with a temporary zebra crosswalk and a speech from longtime...
Algerians tired of ruling cadre march as ex-premiers bid for presidency
Protesters opposing the election that Algeria’s veteran ruling cadre has set for December took to the streets of the capital on Friday seeking the release...