SAN ANTONIO, (Reuters) – A JetBlue flight bound for Las Vegas was diverted to Texas yesterday following what federal authorities described as erratic behavior by the captain, who passengers said had to be restrained after he pounded on the locked cockpit door.
LILLE, France (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was placed under formal investigation yesterday by authorities looking into a suspected prostitution ring in the French city of Lille, his lawyer said, following a day of questioning by judges in a closed courtroom.
(Reuters) – King George Tupou V of Tonga, who ushered in democracy to the South Pacific archipelago, was buried in a ceremony that mixed traditional Polynesian ritual with Christian hymn singing today.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian troops yesterday killed 35 leftist FARC rebels in a remote jungle region, President Juan Manuel Santos said, the second blow to the drug-funded group in less than a week.
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian bulk carrier of Brazilian sugar was hijacked in the eastern Indian Ocean early yesterday with 23 crew on board, international shipping monitors said.
DAKAR, (Reuters) – Senegal’s long-serving leader Abdoulaye Wade admitted defeat in the presidential election, congratulating his rival Macky Sall, a move seen as bolstering the West African state’s democratic credentials in a region fraught with political chaos.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama issued a stern warning to North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme yesterday, saying its provocations and pursuit of atomic weapons have undermined security.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged yesterday to investigate why a senior Conservative party fundraiser offered exclusive access to him in return for donations of 250,000 pounds ($400,000) a year.
LEON, Mexico, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict at a huge outdoor Mass yesterday condemned drug trafficking and corruption in Mexico, urging people to renounce violence in the country where a brutal war between cartels has killed tens of thousands of people.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said yesterday that time was running out to resolve Iran’s nuclear stanoff with the West.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Irrfan is probably India’s most successful export to Hollywood, having tasted success with experimental roles in several critically acclaimed films such as “Slumdog Millionaire” and “A Mighty Heart.”
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Post-apocalyptic action movie “The Hunger Games” opened with a staggering $155 million at U.S.
BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) – The European Union has imposed sanctions on 17 Iranian officials, including prominent members of the government and the judiciary it says play a key role in serious human rights violations.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will return to Cuba to begin radiation treatment for cancer today, but said he was in good shape and would be back home in several days.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish security forces killed 15 female Kurdish militants in an operation in the southeast province of Bitlis, close to the border with Iraq, the Interior Ministry said yesterday.
LONDON (Reuters) – A proposed deal to hold the worldwide Anglican Communion together amid divisions over homosexuality and same-sex unions appeared to be in tatters yesterday after the mother church, the Church of England, voted to reject it.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Under pressure after a string of attacks on diplomats, Venezuela charged four people yesterday, including a former police officer, with kidnapping the Mexican ambassador and his wife in the capital earlier this year.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday nominated a Korean-American known for his work in fighting disease in impoverished countries to lead the World Bank, a job emerging economies are contesting for the first time.
WASHINGTON/SANFORD, Fla., (Reuters) – President Barack Obama weighed into the controversial killing of a black teenager in Florida in very personal terms on Friday, comparing the boy to a son he doesn’t have and calling for American “soul searching” over how the incident occurred.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A controversial attempt to expand Internet addresses far beyond the likes of .com,
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