International

Monarch Airlines collapses leaving 110,000 stranded abroad

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Monarch Airlines ceased trading Monday, triggering a move by the British government to bring home 110,000 customers stranded abroad. The British airline and its holidays business entered administration, with KPMG appointed to oversee the financial chaos. The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority described the situation as “the biggest ever UK airline failure,” adding that “all future holidays and flights provided by these companies have been cancelled and are no longer operating.” […]

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Syria’s deadliest month of 2017 claims 3,000 lives

by Layal Abou Rahal Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – Syria’s war killed at least 3,000 people including 955 civilians in September, the deadliest month of the conflict this year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said on Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed and millions displaced since the war erupted in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests. It has since spiralled into a complex conflict involving world powers, […]

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Vanuatu’s volcano evacuation gathers pace

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – The mass evacuation of a volcano-threatened Vanuatu island is running ahead of schedule as a ramshackle armada of civilian boat ferries people to safety, officials said Monday. The entire 11,000 population of Ambae, in the north of the Pacific archipelago, has been ordered to leave after the Manaro Voui volcano rumbled to life and rained rock and ash on villages last week. The evacuation to nearby islands was scheduled for completion […]

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Glenn Close honoured with Icon Award at Zurich film festival

(Reuters) —  Hollywood actress Glenn Close received a Golden Icon award at the Zurich Film Festival on Sunday (October 1) and emotionally dedicated the prize to her actress daughter Annie Starke. Close met cheering fans on the green carpet before receiving the award in front of a full auditorium in Zurich’s Cinema Corso. The six-time Oscar nominated star was recognized for her achievements in film, which have included star turns in ‘Fatal Attraction’, ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ […]

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Two dead after Las Vegas Strip shooting: police

LOS, ANGELES, United States (AFP) – At least two people were killed and more than 20 wounded when a gunman went on a shooting spree on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday, police and US media reports said. Police said that the shooter was taken “down” after officers swarmed over the famous boulevard following reports of multiple shots being fired from the Mandalay Bay casino. “At this time we do have a suspect down,” Las […]

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One Las Vegas shooting suspect “down”; At least 2 people dead, 24 injured, local media say

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Police said that a person suspected of opening fire on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday was “down,” and that “numerous” people were injured when multiple shots were fired from the Mandalay Bay casino. “At this time we do have a suspect down,” Las Vegas police officer Steve Gomez told reporters, without elaborating. “We have numerous victims right now,” he added. Local news reported two people dead, 24 wounded.

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Police responding to shooter in Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Police swarmed the Las Vegas strip late Sunday following reports of multiple shots fired from the Mandalay Bay casino, police and US media reported. “We’re investigating reports of an active shooter near/around Mandalay Bay Casino,” police said on Twitter. Several people including a police officer had been shot at a nearby outdoor concert, the Las Vegas Sun newspaper reported. The Las Vegas hospital was taking in “several” people with […]

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Seven killed in Cameroon as anglophones declare ‘independence’

by Reinnier Kaze with Amaury Hauchard in Libreville Agence France-Presse BUEA, Cameroon (AFP) – At least seven people were killed in Cameroon’s restive anglophone belt at the weekend as a separatist group made a symbolic declaration of independence. The separatists chose October 1, the anniversary of the official reunification of the anglophone and francophone parts of Cameroon, to declare independence for “Ambazonia,” the name of the state they want to create. Since November, the anglophone […]

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Brother of gunman who attacked French Jews goes on trial

by Pierre Rochiccioli Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Five years ago, Mohamed Merah went on a nine-day shooting spree in southern France, killing three soldiers and gunning down a teacher and three children at a Jewish school before being shot dead by police. On Monday, his brother’s trial opens under tight security in Paris, where he faces charges of helping to plan the assault. Abdelkader Merah is the first to face a trial arising […]

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Cuba, Bolivia, remembering “Che” 50 years after death

by Alexandre Grosbois Agence France-Presse HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) – A half-century after his death, Ernesto “Che” Guevara will be remembered in ceremonies next week in Cuba and in Bolivia, whose CIA-trained troops sent shockwaves around the world when they executed the Cold War revolutionary icon in 1967. In Cuba — where schoolchildren still begin their day with a raised fist salute and chant “Pioneers for communism, we will be like Che” — President Raul Castro […]

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Women on trial for Kim Jong-Nam murder plead not guilty

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP) – Two women pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, at the start of their trial in Malaysia over the Cold War-style assassination that shocked the world. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong entered their pleas through interpreters at Shah Alam High Court, outside the capital Kuala Lumpur. The murder charge was read first to Aisyah, 25, who was wearing traditional Malay dress, […]

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