CAIRO – Officials say two separate road accidents in Egypt Sunday have killed 23 Egyptians and injured 17 others. Husam Gamil, director of emergency services for the Red Sea governorate, says one accident occurred when a passenger bus flipped over near the resort city of Hurghada, killing 11 people and …
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Deutsche Bank’s net profit rose in the second quarter, but legal expenses stemming from investigations of the bank’s past conduct also increased and the bank’s new co-CEO said its financial performance was unsatisfactory. John Cryan said Thursday that Deutsche Bank needed to cut costs, shed unprofitable activities …
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Hamas is reportedly claiming that it will “protect” its hostages taken during the war with Israel and will only release them “when circumstances on the ground allow.” The comments surfaced Monday in a video message from Abu Obeida, whom Reuters says is the spokesman of the Palestinian terrorist group’s armed …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan provincial official says that the death toll from a massive avalanche in a mountainous valley near the capital Kabul rose to 198 as bulldozers and other machinery began clearing roads and rescue teams were able to reach remote villages that have been cut off for …
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BERLIN – Switzerland has signed an accord with Australia aimed at cracking down on tax evaders. The joint declaration signed Tuesday in Canberra will see the countries automatically share tax information on each other’s citizens by 2018. Swiss Finance Ministry spokesman Mario Tuor said it’s the first time Switzerland has …
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TAIPEI, Taiwan – A Taiwan court has sentenced a university student to death Friday for killing four passengers on a commuter train last year. Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said Friday the New Taipei City district court sentenced the 21-year-old Cheng Chieh to die for the attack, the first in …
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MANILA, Philippines – Officials say four Filipinos are among nine foreigners abducted by still-unidentified armed men from an oil field in central Libya and their abductors have yet to communicate any demand. Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said Monday the Philippines is working with the Filipinos’ employers, Austrian-owned …
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MADRID – Spain’s Banco Sabadell has made a 1.7 billion-pound ($2.6 billion) cash offer to buy Britain’s TSB, which last year split off from bailed-out Lloyds Banking Group. TSB Banking Group PLC shares soared 26 percent in London following its Thursday statement that Sabadell made an offer valuing each TSB …
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BEIRUT – Syrian government warplanes pounded a suburb of Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 18 people and scattering shattered concrete blocks and mangled cars in the streets, activists said. The Local Coordination Committees activist collective and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday’s air raids targeted the …
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LONDON – A candidate in Britain’s national election has quit the race after a newspaper accused him of plotting with a far-right group to stir up racial tensions in order to win votes. The Conservative Party said Monday that Afzal Amin was no longer its candidate in Dudley North. His …
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