BERLIN – The attorney for a former SS sergeant being tried on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder for serving as a guard at the Auschwitz death camp says his client plans to make another statement to the court. As the Lueneburg state court trial opened last month, Oskar Groening …
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MADRID – Spanish police have arrested 16 people suspected of praising and encouraging terror acts by three radical Spanish groups. An Interior Ministry statement on Tuesday said the arrested used Internet social networks to praise past attacks against police and call for fresh ones against politicians, police and others. Other …
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CANBERRA, Australia – Pope Francis’ finance minister has denied an allegation that he offered a bribe to a victim of clergy abuse to protect a pedophile priest. The allegation against Cardinal George Pell was made under oath on Wednesday at a government inquiry known as the Royal Commission into Institutional …
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BEIJING – China is contributing 600 personnel, including 49 from the military, to multinational disaster relief exercises in Malaysia, the first time it has taken part in such an effort. The Defense Ministry says China’s contribution will include experts from the foreign and civil affairs ministry, along with local government …
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BERLIN – German prosecutors say they’ve shelved their investigation of a 93-year-old former SS officer suspected of being part of a wartime massacre of civilians in Italy because he’s no longer fit to stand trial. Hamburg prosecutors said Thursday that there was a “high probability” that Gerhard Sommer could have …
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s state news agency has reported that shelling from Yemen has killed a border guard and wounded seven as a coalition the kingdom leads continues to target Shiite rebels there. The Saudi Press Agency reported late Saturday that the Lance Cpl. Ismail Mohammed Ibrahim Sindi …
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JUBA, South Sudan – A new report by a London-based research organization says Sudan has been supplying South Sudanese rebels with arms and ammunition. The report by Conflict Armament Research, which investigates weapons trafficking, said 70 percent of the ammunition it has examined was recently manufactured in Sudan, which has …
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A female pool final match in Denbighshire, Wales, ended prematurely after one player reportedly forfeited because she was drawn to compete against a transgender woman. Lynne Pinches stepped away from the table to applause from spectators, who appeared to approve of her decision not to compete against Harriet Haynes. CLICK …
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The Cincinnati Bengals were dealt a serious blow on Friday when head coach Zac Taylor confirmed that quarterback Joe Burrow would be out for the remainder of the season after suffering a torn ligament in his right wrist during Thursday night’s game against the Baltimore Ravens. Burrow, playing in the …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has officially asked China for detailed information about a concerning spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children in parts of the country. Chinese authorities from the National Health Commission earlier this month reported an increase in respiratory diseases in China, …
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