A missing Russian cargo ship is in international waters north of Cape Verde, according to Portugal’s state news agency, which quoted Cape Verde’s defense director.
“The ship is now about 400 nautical miles north of Sao Vicente, outside the exclusive economic zone of Cape Verde,” Pedro Reis said Friday.
Earlier, Russia’s ambassador to Cape Verde, Alexander [...]
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Cargo ship near Cape Verde, official says
Australian quadriplegic granted right to starve to death
An Australian high court ruled Friday that a quadriplegic man has the right to refuse food and water and can be allowed to die, a rare legal finding that some see as a major victory for right-to-die campaigners.
1 of 2 The ruling means that the nursing facility in which Christian Rossiter has lived [...]
Australian quadriplegic granted right to starve to death
An Australian high court ruled Friday that a quadriplegic man has the right to refuse food and water and can be allowed to die, a rare legal finding that some see as a major victory for right-to-die campaigners.
1 of 2 The ruling means that the nursing facility in which Christian Rossiter has lived [...]
Skateboarder’s death underscores insect allergy risks
Known for building skate parks and shaping the skateboarding scene in New York, Andy Kessler, 48, died this week after an allergic reaction to an insect sting, friends and family told news media.
Kessler’s death is a reminder that stings can be deadly for those with an allergy to certain insects, the American Academy [...]
U.S. senator meets with Suu Kyi
A U.S. senator met Saturday in Myanmar with detained pro-democracy leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi, an eyewitness said.
1 of 2 Jim Webb, a Democrat from Virginia, is the first member of Congress to visit Myanmar in more than a decade. He arrived Friday and was scheduled to meet with the reclusive country’s [...]
Radical Muslim cleric among 21 killed in Gaza clashes
A radical Muslim sheikh’s call for the creation of an Islamic emirate in Gaza sparked clashes with Hamas forces that left 21 people dead and injured at least 121 others.
Hamas forces blew up the home of Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi, leader of the radical group Jund Ansar Allah, or Soldiers of the Partisans of [...]
19 killed in Mexican prison riot
Nineteen people were killed and dozens were injured during a two-hour prison riot in the northern Mexico state of Durango, local officials said Saturday.
State and federal security forces were called in to quell the riot that began Friday at the prison in Gomez Palacio town. Television footage of the scene showed police officers, wearing bulletproof [...]
Woods builds big PGA lead after two rounds
World number one Tiger Woods tightened his grip on the U.S. PGA Championship on Friday as he bids to win his first major of the year.
The American fired a two-under-par 70 to take a four-stroke halfway advantage over a pack of five players.
Vijay Singh, Lucas Glover, Brendan Jones, Ross Fisher and defending champion [...]
Bob Dylan a complete unknown in New Jersey town
How does it feel? To be on your own? A complete unknown? Bob Dylan might know.
The rock legend was stopped in July by police in Long Branch, New Jersey, who were responding to a call about a suspicious person roaming the neighborhood, police said.
According to Long Branch Police Department Sgt. Michael Ahart, Dylan had [...]
13 die as Islamic radicals, Hamas clash in Gaza
A radical Muslim sheikh called Friday for the creation of an Islamic emirate in Gaza, sparking clashes with Hamas forces that left 13 people dead, Hamas sources tell CNN.
The clashes ended after several hours, after Hamas forces blew up the home of Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi, leader of the Salafist jihadist group Jund Ansar [...]