Japan Scrambles Fighter Jet After Chinese Warplanes Approach Disputed Islands
TOKYO — Japan's top government spokesman has warned China against expanding its military activity in the skies over disputed East China Sea islands after eight Chinese warplanes flew near the area on Sunday.
Al-Shabab Militarily Defeated, Says Somalia
UNITED NATIONS — Somalia's Foreign Minister Abdisalam Omer says that as a result of successful joint operations by the Somali military and the African Union's peacekeeping force "we have militarily defeated the evil that is al-Shabab."
Suspect in Deadly Washington State Mall Shooting Captured
BURLINGTON, Wash. — The suspect in a shooting at a Washington state mall that left five dead is in custody, authorities said Saturday.
Indonesia, Candidate for UN Security Council
JAKARTA — Indonesia announced Friday its candidacy for membership on the U.N. Security Council, saying its commitment and contribution to the world's body make it a true partner for world peace.
MH370 Wreckage Hunter Determined to Solve Mystery
CANBERRA, Australia — The fedora, the bomber jacket and the consuming quest invite comparisons to Indiana Jones. Blaine Gibson, though, hasn't matched the film hero's triumph in finding the legendary chest containing the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
4 Dead in Shooting at Mall North of Seattle
SEATTLE — Authorities in Washington state say four people have been killed during a shooting at a mall north of Seattle and that at...
Mannequin Caught Driving in Carpool Lane
BREA, Calif. — A California driver has been cited for using a mannequin — not the required human being — to drive in the carpool lane.
US Police Puzzled by Reports of Suspicious Clowns
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Police are encouraging caution amid a rash of public complaints and social media reports in a number of states of people dressed like clowns and acting suspiciously, even if they think many are knucklehead pranksters or simply bogus.
Fishermen Who Fled Slavery in US Sue Boat Owner
SAN FRANCISCO — Two Indonesian fishermen who escaped slavery aboard a Honolulu-based tuna and swordfish vessel when it docked at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf are suing the boat's owner for tricking them into accepting dangerous jobs they say they weren't allowed to leave.
Rat Couturier Amongst Winners of Ig Nobel Prize
BOSTON — A Swede who wrote a trilogy about collecting bugs, an Egyptian doctor who put pants on rats to study their sex lives and a British researcher who lived like an animal have been named winners of the Ig Nobels, the annual spoof prizes for quirky scientific achievement.
