Jerry Hartfield, 59, has been jailed for over 35 years despite his original murder conviction being thrown out from being found guilty, defense attorney Jay Wooten told jurors on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. Hartfield ...
Small eruptions by Ecuador’s Cotopaxi Volcano have prompted authorities to order evacuations in several villages in the area. “As a precautionary measure, a total of 400 people have been evacuated,” President Rafael Correat said on ...
About 2000 Brazilians have taken to the streets across the country to protest against alleged government corruption and looming recession, calling for the resignation of President Dilma Rouseff. The crowds protested against alleged endemic corruption ...
In Egypt, 67 people, mostly supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, have been arrested following the second anniversary of the deadly Rabaa massacre. Egyptian security forces on Saturday, arrested some 40 people in the capital, Cairo, ...
The Italian navy said on Saturday that at least 40 migrants drowned after their boat sank en route to Europe across the Mediterranean. « Operation underway… many migrants saved. At least 40 dead, » the Italian navy ...
Masked gunmen have killed at least 19 people and injured seven more in a series of shootings on the outskirts of Brazil’s largest city of Sao Paulo, authorities say. « This is very serious and merits ...
Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Ecuador to protest the President’s moves to seek a fourth term. Indigenous demonstrators blocked roads in six of 24 provinces, while others made the 800km trek to the ...
At least fifty people are now known to have died after a series of explosions in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin. More than 700 people have been injured, according to medics. The blasts happened ...
More than 1,500 migrants landed on Italian shores on Monday, as the influx of desperate people fleeing conflict and poverty continues. Some 550 migrants were brought to shore in the Sicilian capital of Palermo, including ...
Dozens of demonstrators have rallied in Ferguson in the US, one year after the police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Activists, religious leaders and others are converging on the St Louis suburb for ...