AP, BEIJING: A highly accurate Chinese ballistic missile capable of threatening U.S. and Japanese bases in Asia has made its latest appearance at recent…

AFP, BEIRUT: Amnesty International accused Tuesday Syria’s government of hanging up to 13,000 people at a notorious prison over five years in a “policy of extermination”, two weeks before planned peace talks. The damning report, titled “Human Slaughterhouse: Mass hanging and…

AFP, PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is to face trial over the allegedly fraudulent financing of his doomed 2012 bid for re-election, a legal source told AFP on Tuesday. The prosecution claims Sarkozy greatly exceeded a spending limit of 22.5 million euros ($24 million) by using false…

AP, MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Ukrainian troops and separatist rebels to cease fire in eastern Ukraine. In their first phone call since a flare-up in hostilities in the east which killed more than 33 people last week, Putin and Merkel…

AFP, MIAMI: As the planet warms due to climate change and hot days become more common, the US electrical grid could be unable to meet peak energy needs by century’s end, researchers warned Monday. The cost to upgrade the US electrical grid so it could cope with peak demands may be on the order…