World News – Page 147

China says 6 attackers killed in latest Xinjiang violence

January 18, 2015 By Admin

AP Wire Service BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police shot and killed six would-be bombers Monday in the latest violence to strike the restive far northwestern region of Xinjiang, a local […]

Key US military command’s Twitter, YouTube sites hacked

January 18, 2015 By Admin

By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers claiming to work on behalf of Islamic State militants seized control of the Twitter and YouTube sites of the military’s […]

Top Malaysia court sentences 2 to death for Mongolian murder

January 18, 2015 By Admin

AP Wire Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court on Tuesday sentenced two police officers to death by hanging, after overturning their acquittal by a lower court over […]

Ousted Thai premier rejects charges at impeachment hearing

January 15, 2015 By Admin

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra defended her role in a money-losing rice subsidy scheme Friday at the start of an impeachment […]

4 large objects detected in AirAsia wreckage hunt

January 11, 2015 By Admin

By Tatan Syuflana Associated Press PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials said Saturday that they were confident wreckage

Japan’s leader says he will express remorse for World War II

January 11, 2015 By Admin

By Ken Moritsugu Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In a year that marks the 70th anniversary of World War II’s end, a question weighs on the minds of policymakers in […]

Indian police arrest 3 for gang rape of Japanese scholar

January 11, 2015 By Admin

By Indrajit Singh Associated Press PATNA, India (AP) — Police arrested three Indians for allegedly gang raping a 22-year-old Japanese research scholar near a Buddhist pilgrimage center in eastern India, […]

Witnesses: Sequence of errors led to Shanghai stampede

January 10, 2015 By Admin

By Didi Tang Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — On New Year’s Eve of 2013, Shanghai authorities sent about 6,000 city police officers

China to investigate ex-President Hu’s top aide

January 6, 2015 By Admin

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The top aide to former Chinese President Hu Jintao has been placed under investigation for unspecified disciplinary violations, the official Xinhua News […]

NK uses racial slur on Obama over hack

January 6, 2015 By Admin

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea blamed its recent Internet outage on the United States on Saturday and hurled racially charged insults at President […]