Day: November 17, 2011

Fire roared through a suburban Sydney, Australia, nursing home early Friday, causing an unspecified number of fatalities, police officials said.

Fire roared through a suburban Sydney, Australia, nursing home early Friday, causing an unspecified number of fatalities, police officials said.

President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria is crumbling as the past few days bring more and more lack of support for its bloody eight-month crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

A Portuguese appeals court has ruled against extraditing fugitive American hijacking suspect George Wright to the United States, his attorney said Thursday.

A Portuguese appeals court has ruled against extraditing fugitive American hijacking suspect George Wright to the United States, his attorney said Thursday.

Japanese authorities have halted the shipment of rice from some farms northwest of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after finding higher-than-allowed levels of radioactive cesium, local authorities said Thursday.

Kuwait's ruler instructed the country's security forces to maintain order Thursday, a day after protesters forced their way inside the country's Parliament building, the state-run Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.

Italy's new prime minister presented his proposal for leading the country out of financial crisis Thursday.