Brussels put on maximum alert on risk of Paris-like attack
BRUSSELS – Belgium put the capital Brussels on maximum security alert on Saturday, shutting the metro and warning people to avoid crowds because of a...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to take two months of paternity leave
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook Inc. chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday he will take two months of paternity leave after his daughter's...
Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital
BAMAKO – Malian special forces stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako on Friday after Islamist gunmen took 170 people including many foreigners hostage in...
Republican Ben Carson compares Syrian refugees to ‘rabid dogs’
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Thursday likened refugees fleeing violence in Syria to "rabid dogs," and said that allowing them into the United...
Two die in police raid targeting suspected Paris attack mastermind
SAINT DENIS, FRANCE – A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and another militant died on Wednesday when police raided an apartment in the...
Sheen paid out $10m over HIV
HOLLYWOOD – Charlie Sheen, former star of the hit US television comedy Two And A Half Men, said yesterday he was diagnosed HIV-positive four years ago...