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Egyptian court sentences 2 Al-Jazeera employees to death
Published On: June 18, 2016 05:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CAIRO, June 18: An Egyptian court has sentenced six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, to death for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.
Accused killer of UK lawmaker makes defiant court statement
Published On: June 18, 2016 03:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, June 18: The accused killer of British lawmaker Jo Cox has given his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain" in his first court appearance.
UK police charge man with murder in Jo Cox slaying
Published On: June 18, 2016 07:23 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BIRSTALL, England, June 18: British police on Saturday charged a reclusive gardener with murder and other offenses in the slaying of a popular Labour Party lawmaker, Jo Cox, as evidence emerged the 52-year-old had decades-old ties to a neo-Nazi movement and an interest in anarchist weapons literature.
Hong Kong protesters decry Beijing's detention of bookseller
Published On: June 17, 2016 01:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HONG KONG, June 17: Hong Kong pro-democracy groups rallied Friday against China's tightening grip on the semiautonomous city following electrifying revelations by a bookseller who spoke out about his months-long detention in the mainland.
Ukraine 'outraged' by UN chief's remarks on Russia
Published On: June 17, 2016 08:43 AM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, June 17: Ukraine's U.N. ambassador said Thursday he is "completely outraged" by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's comments in a prepared speech saying Russia has a critical role to play in ending the conflict in his country.
UN assembly elects Israel as committee chair for first time
Published On: June 14, 2016 11:53 AM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, June 14: The U.N. General Assembly elected Israel to chair one of its six major committees for the first time on Monday, a decision denounced by the Palestinians and Arab nations.
US calls on UN members to protect LGBT people from attack
Published On: June 14, 2016 11:33 AM NPT By: Associated Press
The United States on Monday called on all 193 members of the United Nations to not only condemn the terrorism that resulted in the mass killing of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida over the weekend, but also to protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from such attacks.
All bodies removed from club in worst mass shooting in US
Published On: June 13, 2016 06:26 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla, June 13: The last of the bodies were slowly removed late Sunday from a popular Orlando gay club after a gunman sprayed the helpless crowd with bullets, killing 49 people and devastating a city famous for family-friendly theme parks.
City releases names, ages of 21 nightclub shooting victims
Published On: June 13, 2016 01:44 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla., June 13: The City of Orlando has released names and ages of victims of the nightclub shooting whose next of kin have been contacted.
Florida nightclub shooting: Around 20 killed, 42 injured
Published On: June 12, 2016 05:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
FLORIDA, June 12: Police say approximately 20 people have been killed inside a Florida nightclub, and at least 42 were wounded. Orlando Police Chief John Mina says authorities have not determined an exact number of people killed, but that "approximately 20" have died.
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