SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – A Bosnian court has granted compensation for the first time to a war crimes victim in criminal proceedings in a case against two former Bosnian Serb soldiers who raped a teenage girl during the 1992-95 war. Courts have jailed hundreds of war criminals but have always directed …
Read More »
UNITED NATIONS – The five countries investigating last year’s shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine are calling for an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible. Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Thursday that her government is committed to working with Malaysia, Ukraine, Netherlands, Belgium, “and the broader …
Read More »
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – A man in southwestern Connecticut who mistakenly bought the wrong lottery ticket is $30,000 wealthier. Bob Sabo, of Easton, says he didn’t want to wait in line to buy a lottery ticket at the Super Stop & Shop in Fairfield, so he decided to buy a ticket …
Read More »
TEL AVIV, Israel – An exhibition of Israeli surveillance technology has offered a rare peek into the secretive world of Israeli espionage and special forces operations. Some two dozen Israeli companies exhibited their products used by Israeli and international militaries, police units and intelligence organizations. Among the products displayed Tuesday …
Read More »
While the debacle known as ObamaCare has been superseded for the moment by the disastrous Iran nuclear deal and the fireworks in the GOP presidential race, the political battle to repeal this law will continue. Pushed through against popular will by using obscure parliamentary tricks and dispensing old-fashioned “favors” with …
Read More »
BERLIN – Authorities have seized a 45-ton Panther tank, a flak canon and multiple other World War II-era military weapons in a raid on a 78-year-old collector’s storage facility in northern Germany. Kiel prosecutor Birgit Hess said the collector is being investigated for possibly violating German weapons laws but his …
Read More »
NEW DELHI – Indian officials say they have seized an Iranian fishing boat off the country’s southern coast and arrested 12 crew members. Top Kerala state police officer T.P. Senakumar says the Iranian crew members are being questioned for possible smuggling and breach of India’s national security, but he declined …
Read More »
SCARBOROUGH, Maine – A rare orange-brown split-colored lobster has turned up off the coast of Maine. The Press Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1CjXCKL ) that the unusual lobster arrived last week at Pine Point Fisherman’s Co-Op in Scarborough. According to research by the Lobster Institute, the chance of finding a split-colored lobster …
Read More »
MOSCOW – The presidents of Russia and Iran have held talks that Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says covered military and nuclear cooperation, as well as the fight against the Islamic State group. Putin and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani met Thursday in the Russian city Ufa, which is hosting a summit of the …
Read More »
BRUSSELS – The latest from Greece’s financial crisis (all times local): 1:55 p.m. Finance ministers from the 19-country eurozone were arriving in Brussels for a crucial meeting that could determine whether Greece can retain its place in the euro. They come knowing that the Greek parliament overwhelmingly passed early Saturday …
Read More »