MUNICH, Germany - A Munich court sentenced a 27-year-old male nurse to life in prison Monday for murdering two patients by deliberately administering unprescribed drugs so he could be "left in peace.” The nurse, identified only as Mario G., was also found guilty on six counts of attempted murder,...
LAHORE, Pakistan - Hundreds of pro-government protestors demanded Monday the resignation of Pakistan's top judge for releasing Imran Khan from arrest last week, as the former prime minister went back to court facing yet more legal cases. Khan, who was ousted from power last April, was arrested on...
BELGRADE, Serbia - A girl that was wounded in an elementary school shooting in Serbia earlier this month died on Monday, state television said, becoming the tenth victim of the unprecedented massacre. On May 3, a 13-year-old allegedly brought his father's gun to school and murdered eight of his...
BEIJING, China - China has sentenced a 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison for espionage, a court said Monday, but revealed few details about the previously unreported case. Such heavy terms are relatively rare for foreign citizens in China, and the jailing of American passport holder John...
PARIS, France - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Paris Sunday for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, after accepting a prize for his country's fight for "European ideals" during a visit to Germany. "Paris. With each visit, Ukraine's defense and offensive...
ISTANBUL, Turkey- One embraces chaos and glorifies Turkey's Islamic past. The other promises the badly divided country a slightly calmer and more prosperous future. Voters decided to give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu another chance Sunday to convince...
ANTAKYA, Turkey - "We need change, we've had enough," said Mehmet Topaloglu, one of the first to cast his ballot on Sunday in the southern Turkish city of Antakya, destroyed by this year's devastating earthquake. For Topaloglu, the 7.8-magnitude February tremor that killed more than...
KYAUKTAW, Myanmar - Cyclone Mocha crashed through Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, sparing sprawling refugee camps but bringing a storm surge to swathes of western Myanmar where communications were largely cut off. Mocha made landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh...
KHARTOUM, Sudan- Air strikes pummelled Khartoum Saturday, with representatives of Sudan's warring factions meeting in Saudi Arabia for talks to prevent a "humanitarian catastrophe" as the fighting entered a fifth week. A witness in west Khartoum reported army air strikes on paramilitary...
BELEDWEYNE, Somalia - Around 200,000 people have been displaced due to flash flooding in central Somalia, a regional official told AFP on Saturday, as the Shabelle River burst its banks and submerged roads. Inhabitants of Beledweyne town in Hiran region were forced out of their homes as...
ROME Italy - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Pope Francis Saturday during a trip to Rome, as Berlin unveiled a huge new weapons package ahead of an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive. Zelensky spent 40 minutes with the 86-year-old pontiff at the Vatican, after earlier meeting...
LUSAKA- Zambia- Twenty-four people were killed Saturday when a bus carrying churchgoers heading for a religious service rammed into a truck in southern Zambia, police said. The crash left 12 others seriously injured, including the driver, they said. "The deceased have... been identified as 23 female...
