Spain finds 17 dead migrants, 100 survivors in Mediterranean
Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 10:18
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Spanish rescue workers combed the seas and shores of southern Spain on Tuesday, searching for 17 missing migrants a day after finding the bodies of 17 other migrants who died trying to cross the...
People magazine names Idris Elba 2018's Sexiest Man Alive
Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 07:35
Last update: about 9 years ago
People magazine has named Idris Elba as 2018's Sexiest Man Alive, and the British actor says the honor has given him a boost of self-confidence. Elba, who starred in "The Wire" and "Luther," was...
Watch: Woman fights with driver, causing bus to fall in China river
Friday, 2 November 2018, 12:06
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
A fight between a bus driver and a passenger who missed her stop caused the bus to plunge off a high bridge into China's Yangtze River, police said Friday. All 15 people onboard are presumed...
Pressure mounting on Belgian government over Libya payments
Friday, 2 November 2018, 08:51
Last update: about 9 years ago
Pressure is mounting on Belgium’s government to explain why payments of hundreds of millions of euros flowed to unknown recipients from frozen accounts in Brussels that once belonged to Libyan...
Austria says it won't sign UN global migration pact
Thursday, 1 November 2018, 09:59
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
The Austrian government said Wednesday that it won't sign a global compact to promote safe and orderly migration, citing concerns about national sovereignty as it joined neighboring Hungary in...
Tracing the path of 56,800 dead and missing migrants
Thursday, 1 November 2018, 08:36
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
One by one, five to a grave, the coffins are buried in the red earth of this ill-kept corner of a South African cemetery. The scrawl on the cheap wood attests to their anonymity: "Unknown...
Turkish prosecutor says Saudi writer strangled, dismembered
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 16:20
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was dismembered before being disposed of, a top...