International News

London airport evacuated after ‘CS gas’ incident

  • LONDON, Oct 22 (APP/AFP): A suspected CS tear gas spray was found at London City Airport after passengers and staff were evacuated Friday following a “chemical incident” that left 27 travellers feeling unwell and halted flights. London’s innermost airport re-opened three hours after the incident was first reported, after 500 people were evacuated and several […]

  • Quebec toughens suit against CP over train disaster

    MONTREAL, Oct 22 (APP/AFP) – The Canadian province of Quebec has toughened its lawsuit against Canadian Pacific Railway for a rail disaster that killed 47 people in 2013, according to a recently filed court document. Quebec alleges the giant Canadian rail company had direct responsibility for one of the worst rail disasters in the country’s […]

  • 55 killed in Cameroon train derailment: minister

    YAOUNDI, Oct 22 (APP/AFP): Fifty-five people were killed and almost 600 injured when a packed Cameroon passenger train derailed on Friday while travelling from the capital Yaounde to the economic hub Douala, the transport minister said. The train, crammed with people due to road traffic disruption between the two cities, came off the tracks just […]

  • Clinton says Trump stance on vote results threatens US democracy

    CLEVELAND, Oct 22 (APP/AFP): Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton on Friday accused her opponent Donald Trump of “threatening” American democracy by refusing to pledge to accept the outcome of the presidential election. “We know the difference between leadership and dictatorship, and the peaceful transition of power is one of the things that sets us […]

  • At least 19 dead in Russian helicopter crash in Siberia: investigators

    MOSCOW, Russia, Oct 22, (APP/AFP) – At least 19 people were killed when a helicopter crashed in northwestern Siberia, Russia’s Investigative Committee said Saturday. Investigators said in a statement that an Mi-8 helicopter carrying 22 people had crashed Friday night outside the city of Novy Urengoy and that “19 people have died from multiple injuries […]

  • Venezuela opposition accuses government of ‘coup’

    CARACAS, Oct 22 (APP/AFP): A furious Venezuelan opposition accused the Socialist government Friday of a staging a coup by blocking its drive for a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro. “A coup d’etat has been carried out in Venezuela,” Henrique Capriles, a leading figure in the center right-dominated MUD coalition, told a press conference, a […]