Japanese court finds U.S. airman guilty of raping girl, imposes 5-year sentence December 13, 2024 3:19 pm|A Japanese court on Friday found a U.S. airman guilty of the abduction and rape of a 15-year-old…
Japanese high court rules same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional December 13, 2024 1:02 pm|Japanese law prohibiting same-sex marriage from being officially recognized is unconstitutional, the country’s Fukuoka High Court ruled on…
Syrians celebrate revolution victory, Assad’s ouster amid prisons’ grim reality December 13, 2024 11:18 am|The squares and streets of Damascus and other major cities were crowded Friday with cheerful Syrians who flocked…
Moldova enters 60-day state of emergency over expected end of Russian natural gas flow December 13, 2024 7:09 am|Reacting to an expected cut-off in Russian gas supply, Moldova’s Parliament Friday voted to enter a 60-day state…
Macron names centrist Francois Bayrou prime minister in effort to form new government December 13, 2024 7:04 am|French President Emmanuel Macron Friday chose Francois Bayrou to be the new Prime Minister. Bayrou is a centrist…
4 hurt as Ukraine's energy grid comes under massive airborne attack from Russia December 13, 2024 6:27 am|Russia unleashed one of the largest airborne assaults of the conflict against Ukraine’s infrastructure, launching almost 300 missiles…
British immigration court rejects appeal against ban by Chinese spy suspect linked to Prince Andrew December 13, 2024 4:26 am|A Chinese businessman with close links to Prince Andrew, Duke of York, has had his appeal against being…
2024 in review: Election grips U.S.; wars continue in Middle East, Ukraine; Boeing investigated December 13, 2024 3:27 am|Wars raged on in the Middle East and Ukraine in 2024, while the United States navigated an election…
President-elect Donald Trump named Time Magazine’s “2024 Person of the Year” December 13, 2024 3:05 am|TIME Magazine announced on Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump has been named TIME’s “2024 Person of the Year,”…
Biden commutes 1,500 sentences, issues 39 pardons in ‘largest single-day grant of clemency’ December 13, 2024 3:00 am|On Thursday, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals placed on home confinement, and pardoned…