Both the New York Giants and Wink Martindale blinked at the same time. After several days of a staredown as to who would bite the bullet first, the G-Men and the defensive coordinator have parted ways, the team announced Wednesday. Reports circulated earlier in the 2023 season that Martindale and …
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Six Turkish soldiers were killed Friday in an attack on a military base in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. Authorities blamed Kurdish militants. Five died in the assault and another soldier succumbed to his wounds later. Another seven soldiers were wounded, two of them seriously, …
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic says it has launched an investigation into an allegation of child sexual abuse received this week against one of its peacekeepers. A statement Thursday says the country that contributed the peacekeeper has been asked to investigate as soon as …
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SANTIAGO, Chile – A magnitude-6.0 earthquake has struck northern Chile, but authorities say they’ve had no reports of injuries or damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake’s epicenter was 35 miles (57 kilometers) north-north-west of San Pedro de Atacama. It occurred Wednesday at 10:52 a.m. local time (9:52 a.m. …
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QUITO, Ecuador – Flights to the Galapagos islands were canceled for the day and Ecuadorean soldiers fired tear gas to clear roads blocked by residents protesting cost-cutting legislation that will strip them of subsidies they call essential to absorb high living costs. Hundreds took part in the nine-hour strike Friday …
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CAIRO – An Egyptian appeals court has granted a retrial for a top militant and 15 others accused of killing 25 Egyptian police officers in 2013. Saturday’s ruling overturns previous convictions ranging from a death sentence to 15 years in prison. The attack in 2013 saw militants ambush two minibuses …
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PANAMA CITY – A Panamanian court has sentenced two North Koreans to 12 years in prison in absentia for arms trafficking. The two men left the country in 2014. The alleged smugglers were crew members on a North Korean ship that attempted to pass through the Panama Canal with contraband …
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SANAA, Yemen – Al-Qaida’s Yemeni branch has killed two men accused of spying for the United States and hung their bodies off a bridge. Witnesses say al-Qaida gunmen in the southern city of Mukalla read out charges before shooting the two men, one of whom was accused of guiding the …
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Little more than two years after United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-moon inaugurated a new justice system to safeguard employee rights, the judges he appointed to the main tribunal have unanimously charged that the U.N. chief is trying to “undermine the integrity and independence” of their court in a bid to …
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Reports of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s resorting to bartering for essential imports in order to bypass economic restrictions show signs that sanctions have been effective in economically pressuring and isolating Iran, according to experts. As a fresh round of sanctions hit Iran again this week, the country’s hard-line regime …
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