Tag Archives: International

LONDON - The pilot of a fighter jet that crashed into the North Sea, off the coast of northern England, has been found dead, the U.S. Air Force said Monday. In a statement hours after the crash, it sa...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's prime minister said Monday that his government is "very sad and concerned" by China's sentencing of an Australian man to death for drug trafficking, and that he had r...

MOSCOW - A Russian court on Monday sentenced an American businessman to 16 years in prison on spying charges, a sentence that he and his brother rejected as being political. The Moscow City Court read...

MANILA, Philippines - An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asia...

NEW YORK - The president and five other board members of the National Book Critics Circle have resigned amid allegations of racism and violations of privacy. Laurie Hertzel, who had served as presiden...

BERLIN - An intoxicated driver drove his car into a group of people standing outside a bar in southwestern Germany early Sunday, leaving one person dead and six injured, police said. Police said that ...

ATLANTA - One minute, Rayshard Brooks was chatting co-operatively with Atlanta police, saying he'd had a couple of drinks to celebrate his daughter's birthday and agreeing to a breath test. The next, ...

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball appears headed to its shortest season since the 1870s. Continuing a contentious back-and-forth in a bitter dispute over pay, baseball players told the commissioner's o...

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II's birthday was marked Saturday with a smaller ceremony than usual, as the annual Trooping the Color parade was cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic. The extravagant disp...

SEATTLE - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up largely peaceful protests, a victory for groups who say auth...