AFP, LONDON: One of the perpetrators of the deadly Paris attacks visited London and Birmingham earlier this year to meet people suspected of plotting terror activity in Britain, The Guardian reported Saturday. The newspaper, citing counter-terrorism officials, said the unnamed attacker had managed to…

AFP, WASHINGTON: The New York Times has published an editorial on its front page for the first time since 1920, using the rare, prominent placement to urge gun control following the latest mass shooting in the United States. Entitled “End the Gun Epidemic in America,” it lashes out at politicians…

AFP, SEOUL: Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Seoul Saturday, accusing President Park Geun-Hye of sacrificing workers and farmers for large businesses and rewriting history textbooks to glorify her father’s authoritarian rule. An estimated crowd of 30,000 people, many of them wearing…

AFP, WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama insisted that the United States “will not be terrorized” and renewed his call for tighter gun control measures in a weekly address Saturday that focused on the deadly attack in California. As it became increasingly likely that the San Bernardino shooting…

AFP, KABUL: Pressure mounted on the Afghan Taliban Saturday to offer proof of life for their leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour after sources said he was critically wounded in an internal clash that signalled dissension in top insurgent ranks. Vehement denials by the Islamist group of any firefight have fallen…

AFP, PARIS: The departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is no longer necessary before any political transition in the war-torn country, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in an interview published Saturday. The comments mark a softening of Paris’ position on the Syrian president…