Oslo, September 19 (RHC)-- Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama in 2009 was a “mistake” and it failed to achieve the intended goals of promoting global peace, according to the former secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee which awards the peace prize. ... More
London, September 19 (RHC)-- A new report says bright young graduates from poorer background are increasingly unable to move to London due to growing housing costs in the capital. ... More
Juba, September 18 (RHC)-- The death toll from the massive explosion of an oil tanker in South Sudan has increased to 182. On Friday, a local official announced the latest fatalities figure of the incident, saying authorities are transferring some of the injured to “a safe location.” ... More
Santiago de Chile, September 18 (RHC)-- Eleven people are confirmed dead following the 8.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the Chilean coast on Wednesday evening. According to Chile's interior minister, the death toll continues to climb.... More
Sofia, September 18 (RHC)-- Bulgaria has started mobilizing as many as 1,000 forces to its border with Turkey to stop trespassing refugees amid ongoing measures elsewhere across Europe to handle the influx. ... More
Zagreb, September 18 (RHC)-- As thousands of refugees poured into Croatia from Serbia on Thursday, Zagreb announced that it could not take in any more migrants. ... More
Berlin, September 18 (RHC)-- Germany is pushing to toughen asylum laws by reducing the benefits usually given to refugees and by sending them back to the first European Union country they reach. ... More
Damascus, September 18 (RHC)-- Syria's Foreign Ministry has complained to the United Nations about the military measures taken by Britain, Australia and France on the Arab country's soil. The ministry made the complaint on Thursday in two identical letters addressed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Vitaly Churkin, the current president of the Security Council and the Russian ambassador to the world body. ... More
Washington, September 18 (RHC)-- As turmoil in Syria continues to force an exodus of refugees, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East has acknowledged U.S. efforts to train troops to counter the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Syria have netted only a handful of fighters. ... More
Tokyo, September 18 (RHC)-- In Japan, lawmakers have taken a step toward enacting legislation that would allow Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War II. ... More
Tel Aviv, September 18 (RHC)-- Israel's Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has authorized the use of sniper fire by Israeli military forces against Palestinian stone-throwers in Jerusalem. ... More
Athens, September 18 (RHC)-- Voters in Greece are headed to the polls for a snap general election Sunday. Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras and conservative New Democracy party leader Vangelis Meimarakis are nearly tied in the polls. ... More
Geneva, September 18 (RHC)-- An independent non-governmental organization says nearly 2,000 Palestinian children have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli military forces and illegal settlers over the past 15 years. ... More
Bissau, September 18 (RHC)-- The President of Guinea-Bissau, Jose Mario Vaz, has appointed the ruling party's deputy leader, Carlos Correia, as the country's new prime minister. Correia was named in a decree read out on state radio by the president on Thursday. ... More
Dallas, September 18 (RHC)-- In the United States, American Airlines flights from Miami, Dallas and Chicago were grounded Thursday because of computer problems. ... More
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