Showing 101 - 110 of 165
Reforms to Australian citizen law slammed
Associated Press, Published on 20/06/2017
» CANBERRA, Australia -- The government's plans to raise the standards for attaining Australian citizenship were condemned by the opposition party on Tuesday as a fundamental change that would create a large underclass of residents who do not fully belong.
UK polls open after campaign marred by attacks
Associated Press, Published on 08/06/2017
» LONDON -- Polling stations across Britain opened for national elections amid heightened security Thursday as one senior police official said the country was living through “unprecedented times'' following a series of terror attacks in recent weeks.
Latest: Heavily-armed police at London Bridge area
Associated Press, Published on 04/06/2017
» LONDON -- The latest on the attacks in the London Bridge area (all times local).
Cambodian vote testing strongman's power
Associated Press, Published on 04/06/2017
» PHNOM PENH -- Cambodians voted in local elections Sunday that could shake longtime ruler Hun Sen's grip on power.
Merkel victorious in German heartland vote
Associated Press, Published on 15/05/2017
» BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives won a state election Sunday in their centre-left rivals' traditional heartland, a stinging blow to the German leader's challenger in September's national vote.
Human rights advocate found stabbed to death in the Maldives
Associated Press, Published on 23/04/2017
» COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - Police in the Maldives said Sunday that they're investigating the stabbing death of a prominent blogger and human rights advocate.
Merkel party wins key German state vote
Associated Press, Published on 27/03/2017
» BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party easily won an election in Germany's western Saarland state on Sunday, an unexpectedly strong performance as Merkel prepares to seek a fourth term in a national vote later this year, projections showed.
Ex-Taiwan president indicted over secrets leak
Associated Press, Published on 14/03/2017
» TAIPEI - Prosecutors in Taiwan on Tuesday indicted the island's China-friendly ex-president Ma Ying-jeou over the leaking of classified information involving suspected influence peddling by a powerful opposition lawmaker.
Korea president's fate to be decided Friday
Associated Press, Published on 09/03/2017
» SEOUL - South Korea's Constitutional Court will rule Friday on whether impeached President Park Geun-hye should permanently leave office over a corruption scandal or be reinstated, a decision that could radically reshape the country's political landscape.
Strife-torn territory nears seventh decade of internal struggle
News, Associated Press, Published on 25/07/2016
» When news spread that Indian troops had killed 22-year-old Burhan Wani, a charismatic commander of Indian-controlled Kashmir's biggest rebel group on July 8, the public response was spontaneous and massive. Tens of thousands of angry youths poured out of their homes in towns and villages across the Himalayan region, hurling rocks and bricks and clashing with Indian troops.