Pope likely to shift to pastoral message on first day in Cuba, calls for Church freedom Sunday, 20 September 2015, 09:41 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press Pope Francis opens his first full day in Cuba on Sunday with what normally would be the culminating highlight of a papal visit: Mass before hundreds of thousands of people in Havana's evocative...
Voting begins in Greece's fifth election in six years, Syriza, New Democracy in'tight race' Sunday, 20 September 2015, 08:12 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press Greeks were voting Sunday in their third national polls this year, called on to choose who they trust to steer the country into its new international bailout. Former Prime Minister Alexis...
20 migrants saved and another 26 missing as boat sinks off Greek island of Lesbos Sunday, 20 September 2015, 08:07 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press A boat with 46 migrants or refugees has sunk in Greece and the coast guard says it is searching for 26 missing off the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos. The coast guard says a Lithuanian...
World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 19 September Sunday, 20 September 2015, 07:59 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press HAVANA — Pope Francis opens his first full day in Cuba on Sunday with what normally would be the culminating highlight of a papal visit: Mass before hundreds of thousands in Havana's evocative...
Migrants surge into Western Europe through Austria, pepper spray used at Slovenia border Saturday, 19 September 2015, 13:53 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press Thousands of migrants who had been stuck for days in southeastern Europe started arriving in Austria early Saturday after Hungary escorted them to the border. Austrian police reported...
Pope Francis begins ten-day trip to Cuba and the Unites States, to address US Congress Saturday, 19 September 2015, 12:50 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press Pope Francis begins a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States on Saturday, embarking on his first trip to the onetime Cold War foes after helping to nudge forward their historic rapprochement....
Watch: US Coast Guard seizes $12 million worth of cocaine, marijuana bound for the States Saturday, 19 September 2015, 10:36 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press U.S. Coast Guard officials say nearly $12 million worth of cocaine and marijuana in South Florida has been seized in the Caribbean Sea. The Coast Guard says...
Japanese parliament allows military to fight overseas for the first time since World War Two Saturday, 19 September 2015, 10:25 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press Japan's parliament early Saturday approved contentious legislation that enhances the role of the country's military by loosening post-World War II constraints, after the ruling bloc defeated...
Syrian forces unleash wave of airstrikes on IS-held Palmyra using advanced Russian weapons Saturday, 19 September 2015, 09:10 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press Syrian warplanes unleashed a wave of deadly airstrikes on the Islamic State-held town of Palmyra in central Syria on Friday, killing at least 15 and wounding many more, activists said, in...
World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 18 September Saturday, 19 September 2015, 07:30 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press POPE-CUBAN AMERICANS HAVANA — As formerly icy relations between the U.S. and Cuba thaw, thousands of Cuban-American families are trying to finally put five decades of bitterness behind...