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Italy arrests alleged migrant smuggling mastermind

Thursday, 9 June 2016, 06:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Italy for the first time has taken custody of one of the alleged organizers of a people-smuggling route through Africa that has moved millions of euros across borders and tens of thousands...

Cameron says anti-EU supporters lying to UK voters about leaving

Thursday, 9 June 2016, 06:33 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Prime Minister David Cameron accused those backing a British exit from the European Union of lying to voters - and insisted he is not worried that the "remain" side is losing ground in the battle...

Baby born to brain-dead mother after almost four months

Wednesday, 8 June 2016, 13:55 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Doctors at a Lisbon hospital have delivered a baby almost four months after its mother was declared brain dead — a record for such cases in Portugal. Lisbon's Sao Jose Hospital says in a...

Updated: EgyptAir plane resumes flight to China after bomb threat

Wednesday, 8 June 2016, 10:20 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A bomb threat forced an EgyptAir aircraft en route to Beijing from Cairo to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan on Wednesday, Egyptian officials said. All the 135 passengers and crew on board...

Father gets life for selling daughters to child pornographer

Wednesday, 8 June 2016, 06:26 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A Tennessee man who sold his three daughters to a man who raped them and used them in child pornography has been sentenced to life in prison. U.S. District Judge J. Ronnie Greer called it one of...

Getaway gaffe: Bank robbery suspect locks himself out of car

Wednesday, 8 June 2016, 06:22 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Police in Delaware say they have arrested a suspect in a bank robbery after he locked himself out of his getaway car. State Police said in a news release that 21-year-old Joseph Rosado of...

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