Former President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with treason for his alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in November, Sierra Leone’s government said Wednesday. Koroma has also been charged with misprision of treason, which is the crime of concealing knowledge of treasonable acts, according to a statement from …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin approved an order that will grant citizenship to foreigners who fight against Ukraine. According to the decree, foreign nationals who serve with the Russian military for at least one year will be eligible to receive citizenship for both themselves and their families. The Kremlin extended the …
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BEIRUT – Islamic State militants fighting in Syria on Friday reached the southern gates of the predominantly Kurdish northeastern city of Hassakeh amid intense air raids and shelling, Syrian activists and the extremist group’s radio station said. The Islamic State group has been attacking Hassakeh city since May 30, facing …
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Massachusetts State Police are investigating after a damaged car belonging to New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes was found abandoned in the median of Interstate 495 over the weekend. The 2011 Mercedes-Maybach was found with front-end damage at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday in Foxborough after the operator …
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BAGHDAD – A series of bombings targeting public places and Iraqi security forces killed 20 people in and around Baghdad on Tuesday, officials said. The deadliest attack took place on Tuesday night, when a car bomb went off near restaurants and shop in Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, killing 10 …
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BERLIN – German federal prosecutors have closed their investigation into the alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone by the U.S. National Security Agency, saying they have been unable to find evidence that would stand up in court. Prosecutors last June opened an investigation into the alleged monitoring of a …
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TORONTO – A lawyer for a former Guantanamo Bay detainee says a U.S. court decision in an unrelated case helps his client’s appeal of his convictions by a military commission. A U.S appeals court on Friday set aside the conviction of Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, who allegedly produced an al-Qaida recruiting …
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SEOUL, South Korea – Seoul says rival North Korea will return two South Koreans who Pyongyang accused of illegally entering the country last month. Officials at South Korea’s Unification Ministry said the North informed them Monday that the South Koreans will cross back into the South later this week through …
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MOSCOW – The Russian government has condemned the freezing of Russian accounts in France and Belgium as part of an effort to enforce a $50 billion judgment for the destruction of the Yukos oil company. An arbitration court in The Hague ruled last year that Russia must compensate the former …
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At the time, it looked like a bold attempt to contain a hemorrhaging humanitarian scandal. On March 10, 2010 — the same day it was slammed in a report to the United Nations for “irregular” procedures in supplying food to war-ravaged Somalia — the embattled World Food Program promised it …
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