Manila, August 12 A blast from a suspected grenade and gunshots rocked a Philippine jail, leaving 10 inmates dead, including two alleged Chinese drug criminals, officials said on Friday. The warden was seriously injured in last night’s explosion. Senior Inspector Xavier Solda, spokesman of the Bureau of Jail Management andRead More

Washington, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called US President Barack Obama and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton “co-founders” of Islamic State on Thursday, igniting fresh criticism of his inflammatory campaign style. The New York real estate developer has previously attacked Obama and Clinton, secretary of state from 2009-13, for how theRead More

London, August 12 Two Turkish sailors were jailed for a total of 42 years on Friday after their attempt to smuggle a huge haul of cocaine into Europe was thwarted, partly due to some swift international co-operation between Britain and Tanzania. Some 3.2 tonnes of cocaine, the biggest class ARead More

Sunrise (US), August 11 Donald Trump has accused President Barack Obama of establishing the Islamic State group that is wreaking havoc from the Middle East to European cities. A moment later on another topic, he referred to the President by his full legal name: Barack Hussein Obama. “In many respects,Read More

Quito, August 11 Ecuador said on Thursday it will let Swedish officials interview Julian Assange at its embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks founder has been sheltering since June 2012. In a statement, the foreign ministry said a letter has been sent by the Ecuadoran government to set up aRead More

Shanghai, August 11 A newly launched satellite will help China protect its maritime interests, the official China Daily newspaper reported on Thursday amid growing tensions over disputed territory in the South China Sea. The “Gaofen 3” satellite that was launched on Wednesday has a radar system that captures images fromRead More

NEW YORK, August 11 A 20-year-old Donald Trump supporter who scaled the Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday for three hours using suction cups and a climbing harness was pulled inside through a window by police who had tried to coax him into the building throughout the escapade. TheRead More

Sydney, August 11 Australia on Thursday unveiled plans for the largest renovations to the Sydney Opera House since its opening in 1973, with more than A$200 million ($154 million) earmarked to update the UNESCO world heritage-listed site. It draws more than 8 million visitors a year, bringing A$775 million intoRead More

Washington, Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Wednesday stepped up its effort to bring in Republicans and independent voters disenchanted with her Republican rival Donald Trump, launching an outreach effort to woo conservative support for her White House bid. The recruiting effort by the Democratic presidential nominee came a day after Trump drewRead More

  Athens/Zagreb, A year after hundreds of thousands of refugees snaked their way across southeastern Europe and onto global television screens, the roads through the Balkans are now clear, depriving an arguably worsening tragedy of poignant visibility. Europe’s migrant crisis is at the very least numerically worse than it was lastRead More