DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria’s state-run news agency says an artillery shell hit a petrol station in the central city of Homs, killing at least five people. SANA says more than 30 others were wounded in the attack in the Inshaat neighborhood Wednesday as a fuel truck was delivering a shipment. …
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian activists are putting more pressure on embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak to resign with major street rallies this weekend following allegations of suspicious money transfers into his accounts. Najib who has been fighting for political survival after leaked documents in July showed he received some …
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KATHMANDU, Nepal – Hundreds of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transvestites paraded through Nepal’s capital to demand that rights for sexual minorities be included in the country’s new constitution that is being finalized. The colorful rally in downtown Kathmandu — an annual affair — drew about 500 participants. The activists say …
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NEW YORK – The Nissan NV200 minivan is now the new standard for New York City’s yellow cabs. The new design, known as the Taxi of Tomorrow, was unveiled on Tuesday. The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/1KoTzAv ) reports that it’ll be phased in as owners retire their cabs. Some owners …
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IDAN HANEGEV INDUSTRIAL PARK, Israel – The chief executive of SodaStream, the beverage maker that is shuttering its West Bank factory in the face of international boycott calls, is accusing his company’s critics of anti-Semitism and hurting the interests of the Palestinian workers they claim to protect. SodaStream has been …
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen says his predecessor is the country’s candidate to head the U.N. refugee agency. Loekke Rasmussen said Friday Helle Thorning-Schmidt “has (the) strong political leadership experience and an international profile” needed for the post of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees which “must …
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PABLO, Mont. – Two Native American tribes in Montana have taken over ownership of a dam after a late legal challenge that sought to stop the transfer failed. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes held a celebration Saturday in Pablo to commemorate the official takeover of the dam. The tribes …
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Puerto Rico with a delegation of top state officials to develop a partnership with the U.S. territory and help it emerge from a deepening economic crisis. Cuomo pledged Tuesday that New York officials will share their expertise in …
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LEXINGTON, N.C. – A judge says a boy who was found handcuffed to the porch of his legal guardian’s house with a dead chicken around his neck two years ago can return to his mother. WBTV-TV in Charlotte reports (http://bit.ly/1ixQUbw) a Davidson County, North Carolina, judge ruled Wednesday that the …
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BUDAPEST, Hungary – A Hungarian camerawoman caught on video kicking and tripping migrants near the Serbian border has offered a qualified apology for her behavior. Petra Laszlo said in the letter published Friday in the daily Magyar Nemzet newspaper that she was “sincerely sorry for what happened,” but she also …
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