Americas
Armed man takes hostages in NJ house
NEWARK (New Jersey) — An armed man with multiple hostages remained barricaded inside a Trenton, New Jersey, house yesterday (May 11) after a standoff with law enforcement...
US demands removal of 3D printed gun templates
WASHINGTON - Designs for a 3D-printed gun must be taken offline, the US government has demanded.
White house under increased scrutiny on Benghazi
WASHINGTON - Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fuelling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the...
Boston bomb suspect’s quiet burial faces scrutiny
DOSWELL (Virginia) - Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in a rural cemetery in Virginia, infuriating some members of the area’s Islamic community...
Obama launches campaign to boost landmark healthcare programme
WASHINGTON – United States President Barack Obama launched a campaign to promote his signature 2010 healthcare overhaul yesterday (May 10) in the face of harsh criticism from...
Former Guatemala dictator Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
GUATEMALA CITY — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty yesterday (May 10) of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the...
Paramedic who responded to Texas blast arrested
WACO (Texas) — A Texas paramedic who helped evacuate people on the night of the deadly fertiliser plant explosion in West has been charged with possessing bomb-making materials,...
2 dozen countries. Thousands of ATMs. S$55m stolen within hours
NEW YORK — It was a huge bank heist — but a 21st-century version, in which the criminals never wore ski masks, threatened a teller or set foot in a vault.



