YANGON, Myanmar – Police in Myanmar have arrested a photojournalist who posted a satirical message on Facebook that mocked a historic battle and the country’s leader. Police confirmed Saturday that Aung Nay Myo was detained on a charge of violating the 1950 Emergency Provision Act. If found guilty, he could …
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VATICAN CITY – The following is the Vatican’s official English-language translation of Pope Francis “Urbi et Orbi” Easter message, which he delivered Sunday in Italian from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica: “Jesus Christ is risen! Love has triumphed over hatred, life has conquered death, light has dispelled the …
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ROME – Italy’s financial police have released sobering statistics about the state of fraud and corruption in Italy’s public sector: Of the 4.6 billion euros ($5 billion) worth of public contracts checked last year, they found 1.5 billion euros in fraud and 2.6 billion euros wasted. The financial police released …
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry says Houthi rebels in Yemen have fired a mortar round at a border post, killing three Saudi officers and wounding two others. An unnamed military official is quoted in a Defense Ministry statement Saturday as saying that the incident took place the …
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Legislators on Tuesday demanded quicker action to rescue Puerto Rico’s public power company, expressing dissatisfaction over the pace of a multimillion-dollar plan to improve its finances. Members of the island’s Senate Commission of Energy Affairs expressed concern the Electric Energy Authority might fall into receivership …
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I hope you don’t mind if I do some shameless bragging. It’s not about me, but my daughter. Sunday night, she was honored, along with eight other young women in our community, for achieving Girl Scouts’ (search) highest honor, the Gold Award — their equivalent of Boy Scouting’s Eagle Award. …
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Get the butterfly net before you read this column. You won’t want to waste any time afterward. “I have no hesitation in describingglobal warming (search)as a weapon of mass destruction,” said a British climate scientist this week. John Houghton, a former member of theUnited Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …
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CATANIA, Sicily – A judge in Sicily has confirmed the arrest warrants against the suspected captain and crew member of the smuggling boat that capsized in the Mediterranean migrant disaster. Mohammad Ali Malek, 27, from Tunisia and suspected crew mate Mahmud Bikhit, 25 of Syria, appeared in a Catania court …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Nigerian troops rescued nearly 300 girls and women during an offensive Tuesday against Boko Haram militants in the northeastern Sambisa Forest, the military said, but they did not include any of the schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago. The army announced the rescue on Twitter and said it …
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – Four British sailors charged with sexual assault in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will be transferred to a Canadian military base in Alberta where the British military has a presence. Simon Radford, Joshua Finbow, Craig Stoner and Darren Smalley were charged on April 16 for their role in …
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