Two individuals, wanted by London police in relation to an incident on Forward Avenue last week, were found and arrested over the weekend. On Thursday around 2:30 p.m., officers spotted a stolen vehicle parked outside a home on Forward Avenue just southwest of downtown London. Police believed a firearm was associated with the vehicle and […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s resumption of small-scale military drills with the United States violated a recent agreement aimed at lowering tensions on the Korean peninsula, North Korean state media said on Monday. About 500 United States and South Korean marines began military drills last week that were among joint exercises indefinitely suspended in June […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A 50-year-old woman will face court on Monday after police charged her with contaminating strawberries with needles, an episode that spurred one of Australia’s biggest food scares. Australia’s strawberry industry, worth A$160 million ($116 million), was rocked in September after nearly 200 complaints were made of sewing needles found in strawberries and […]

GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli security forces killed six Palestinians including two commanders from the Hamas Islamist group in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian officials said. A Hamas official said violence erupted when a group of its armed men were fired at from a passing car belonging to Israeli security forces and Hamas members gave […]

Germany will be one of the few European countries not holding ceremonies in the remembrance of World War I. More than two million people died fighting for Germany in the first world war. For many people, it is the effects of the second world war which have defined how they remember the dead. Al Jazeera’s […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s royal family was joined by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday to remember those killed and wounded in conflict, with millions falling silent for two minutes to mark 100 years since the end of World War One. Prince Charles led the nation in the day of remembrance, laying a wreath for […]

PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron led tributes to the millions of soldiers killed during World War One on Sunday, holding an emotional ceremony in Paris attended by dozens of world leaders to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and dozens of monarchs, […]

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested on Sunday a general election may be called next year, more than a year before his government’s mandate ends, as the city-state braces for growing economic uncertainty amid global trade tensions. Lee’s People’s Action Party (PAP) has dominated Singapore’s politics over the five decades since […]

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria has named its fifth commander in less than 2 years to lead the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency, the army said on Saturday, a move military sources say was related to continued attacks by Islamists. The attacks could hurt President Muhammadu Buhari’s chances of re-election in Feb. 2019. He […]

U.S. President Donald Trump is attracting criticism after he cancelled a trip to a cemetery for American war dead near Paris — due to rainy weather. Trump had been scheduled to take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and observe a moment of silence at the site. The ceremony marks the Battle of Belleau Wood […]