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Fidel Castro makes 89th birthday visit

[2015-08-15 08:05]

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro celebrated his 89th birthday on Thursday with a surprise visit to Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was in Havana for the occasion.

Clinton's secret e-mails include drone details

[2015-08-15 08:05]

The two e-mails on Hillary Clinton's private server that an auditor deemed "top secret" include a discussion of a news article detailing a US drone operation.

Girl, 11, gives birth; stepdad charged

[2015-08-15 08:05]

An 11-year-old Paraguayan girl who had been denied an abortion has given birth.

Court overturns teachers' sex convictions

[2015-08-15 08:05]

A Canadian teacher and an Indonesian teaching assistant serving 10 years in an Indonesian prison for child sexual offenses were released on Friday after a court overturned their convictions.

IN BRIEF (Page 9)

[2015-08-15 08:05]

Pakistan's president renewed on Friday an offer to archrival India to hold talks to resolve the issue of the disputed Kashmir region, among other outstanding matters between the two neighbors.

Ruling party chief sacked

[2015-08-14 08:07]

Myanmar's powerful ruling party chief, U Shwe Mann, has been ousted from his post, party members said on Thursday, apparently after he lost a power struggle with President U Thein Sein three months before a general election.

New app makes hailing Cairo taxi 'safe for women'

[2015-08-14 08:07]

When Sally Saied, a radio anchor in her 20s, can't find a cab in Cairo, she turns to Easy Taxi, a mobile app that connects passengers with specific taxis carrying its logo.

Police transferred after negligence claims

[2015-08-14 08:07]

Three Pakistani police officers accused of negligence have been transferred to other districts amid a deepening scandal over a pedophile ring alleged to have abused hundreds of children for nearly a decade, officials said on Wednesday.

Ban fires head of UN's Central African peacekeeping mission

[2015-08-14 08:07]

The UN secretary-general has fired the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic over the force's handling of a series of misconduct allegations, including rape and killing.

Former president Carter says he has cancer

[2015-08-14 08:07]

Former US president Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that recent liver surgery revealed he has cancer that had spread to other parts of his body.

F-16 fighters fly on first missions from Turkey

[2015-08-14 08:07]

The US on Wednesday launched its first airstrikes by Turkey-based F-16 fighter jets against Islamic State targets in Syria, marking a limited escalation of a yearlong air campaign that critics have called excessively cautious.

PM vows to track, maybe limit, foreign buyers

[2015-08-14 08:07]

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged on Wednesday to track and possibly limit foreign purchases of Canadian real estate if re-elected, but the move was not expected to slow down foreign buying soon.

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