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Sri Lanka Prison Riot Over COVID-19 Conditions Leaves 8 Dead, Over 50 Wounded

COLOMBO (Reuters) ― At least eight pris­on­ers were killed and more than 50 injured in clash­es with guards at a Sri Lankan prison, offi­cials said on Mon­day, as author­i­ties tried to quell a protest over ris­ing coror­navirus infec­tions in

Iran Holds Funeral For Slain Military Nuclear Scientist

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran held a funer­al ser­vice Mon­day for the slain sci­en­tist who found­ed its mil­i­tary nuclear pro­gram two decades ago, with the Islam­ic Republic’s defense min­is­ter vow­ing to con­tin­ue the man’s work “with more speed and

Paris Police Officers To Remain In Custody After Beating Black Music Producer

PARIS (Reuters) ― Three Paris police offi­cers being held over the beat­ing of a Black music pro­duc­er dur­ing an arrest a week ago will remain in cus­tody for now, Paris pros­e­cu­tor Remy Heitz said on Sun­day. Heitz

‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’ Kaavan Starts Trip To Cambodia Sanctuary

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Kaa­van, dubbed the “world’s loneli­est ele­phant” after lan­guish­ing alone for years in a Pak­istani zoo, was read­ied Sun­day for his flight to a sanc­tu­ary in Cam­bo­dia and the much-need­ed com­pa­ny of oth­er ele­phants. The

Thai Pro-Democracy Protesters Rally Outside Army Base

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s inde­fati­ga­ble pro-democ­ra­cy activists took to Bangkok’s streets again Sun­day, this time to protest the army as they push for­ward with their cam­paign for sweep­ing reforms, includ­ing to the nation’s monar­chy. Around 800 protesters

Hong Kong’s Leader Says She Relies On ‘Piles Of Cash’ Because Of U.S. Sanctions

Hong Kong’s chief exec­u­tive, Car­rie Lam, said in an inter­view Sat­ur­day that she has no bank account and relies upon “piles of cash” for her finances because of U.S. sanc­tions against the city.  Lam told the Hong

Iran’s Supreme Leader Vows Revenge Over Slain Scientist

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Sat­ur­day demand­ed the “defin­i­tive pun­ish­ment” of those behind the killing of a sci­en­tist who led Tehran’s dis­band­ed mil­i­tary nuclear pro­gram, as the Islam­ic Repub­lic blamed Israel for a slay­ing that has

Second-Largest Australian State Goes 28 Days Without Any New Infections

SYDNEY (Reuters) ― Australia’s sec­ond-largest state, Vic­to­ria, once the country’s COVID-19 hotspot, said on Fri­day it has gone 28 days with­out detect­ing any new infec­tions, a bench­mark wide­ly cit­ed as elim­i­nat­ing the virus from the com­mu­ni­ty. The

Tokyo Olympics Announces Test Events Ahead Of 2021 Games

TOKYO (AP) — The post­poned Tokyo Olympics are get­ting a kick­start. Local orga­niz­ers on Fri­day announced a series of 18 test events set to begin in March and run into May. The Tokyo Olympics are

Iranian Scientist Linked To Military Nuclear Program Killed

DUBAI, Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates (AP) — An Iran­ian sci­en­tist that Israel alleged led the Islam­ic Republic’s mil­i­tary nuclear pro­gram until its dis­band­ing in the ear­ly 2000s was killed in a tar­get­ed attack that saw gun­men use explo­sives and machine