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World News For The Year 2016 and Month Feb

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Sikh Army captain sues US military over grooming policy tests

Captain Simratpal Singh filed suit against the US military after being ordered to undergo "extraordinary, targeted, repetitive testing" before receiving permanent permission to wear a beard and long hair for his religion, court papers said.
2016-03-01 03:29:32 Read More

Democrats in New Zealand first to vote in 'Super Tuesday'

The vagaries of the international dateline meant that US citizens living in Wellington got to vote almost a day ahead of many back home when they cast ballots just after midnight Tuesday local time. Wellington was the first of 111 cities in 41 countries outside the US to cast ballots.
2016-03-01 03:17:13 Read More

Pentagon boosts cyber war against IS group

Defence Secretary Ashton Carter and the US military's top officer, General Joe Dunford, told reporters the United States was determined to "accelerate" the anti-IS campaign, and indicated cyber warfare is playing an increasingly important role in doing so.
2016-03-01 03:15:23 Read More

Pentagon boosts cyber war against IS group

Clashes as France clears Calais migrant camp

Makeshift huts went up in flames on Monday in an angry backlash as workers, guarded by scores of French police, began pulling down tents and shelters in the sprawling migrant camp in Calais. There were no reports of injuries.
2016-03-01 02:57:00 Read More

Hecklers disrupt Donald Trump rally, photographer thrown to ground

A Donald Trump rally in Virginia was repeatedly disrupted on Monday by protesters, including some from the Black Lives Matter movement, in a stark display of the divisions the Republican front-runner's presidential campaign has long been accused of sowing.
2016-03-01 02:46:22 Read More

One dead, four missing as flooding hits Haiti

One person died and four others were missing in flooding that hit Haiti, leaving at least 9,600 houses in the deeply impoverished Caribbean country under water, officials have said.
2016-03-01 01:02:37 Read More

Police officer fatally shoots man in North Carolina

A police officer in Raleigh, North Carolina fatally shot a man wanted on a drug charge, prompting protests amid accusations that the victim was shot in the back.
2016-03-01 01:00:49 Read More

Super Tuesday to weed out laggards

2016-02-29 20:02:21 Read More

Pakistan hangs ex-governorâ€™s killer, protests erupt

The elite police guard who gunned down former Punjab governor Salman Taseer in Islamabad in 2011 was hanged to death on Monday in Pakistanâ€™s garrison city of Rawalpindi after the president turned down his appealfor mercy.
2016-02-29 19:53:30 Read More

Pakistan hangs ex-governorâ€™s killer, protests erupt

US elections: 'Super Tuesday' holds key for hopefuls

12 US states will hold primaries and caucuses on Tuesday to pick their choice of Republican and Democratic nominations for the presidential elections scheduled for later this year. Donald Trump is leading the Republican race, while Hillary Clinton is ahead on the Democratic side.
2016-02-29 17:34:50 Read More

UK turns to India to fill doctors, nurses vacancies

UK is turning to India in an attempt to fill thousands of vacancies for doctors and nurses in its state-funded National Health Service, it emerged today, but "unwise regulations" and changing visa regime have been making the British medical system less attractive for Indian doctors.
2016-02-29 16:21:28 Read More

Suicide bombing at Iraqi funeral kills at least 14

Iraqi officials say a suicide bombing at a funeral north of Baghdad has killed at least 14 people and wounded 45. Local security officials say a senior local leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a powerful Shiite militia, was killed in the attack in Muqdadiyah.
2016-02-29 15:49:24 Read More

Trump, Clinton emerge dominant ahead of 'Super Tuesday': poll

2016-02-29 14:54:45 Read More

China to conduct over 20 satellite launches in 2016

A total of 15 launches are significant projects or first flights, People's Daily quoted the official as saying. The country will send several rockets in space, including Tiangong-2, an orbiting space lab and Shenzhou-11, a manned spacecraft with two people on board.
2016-02-29 14:24:28 Read More

UK PM David Cameron calls for 'greater Britain'

British PM David Cameron on Monday wrote a passionate column to launch the first new national daily in the UK in 30 years to call for Britain to stay in the European Union. "The choice is clear: between a greater Britain and the great unknown," Cameron wrote in reference to June 23 referendum.
2016-02-29 13:38:46 Read More

Sri Lankan school empties over false AIDS rumour

2016-02-29 12:50:21 Read More

Study: Racial bias may influence sentencing in US

A study published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology opine that in some cases skin colour of the convict may influence the quantum of sentence in US courts. African American offenders are likely to be handed tougher sentences than their white counterparts for similar offences.
2016-02-29 12:40:35 Read More

Hundreds of French farmers killing themselves every year

Campaigners have warned that 600 agricultural workers kill themselves every year amid growing concern about suicide in France. The decrease in pay that has come from food prices being lowered has played a contributing role in the high rate of suicide in the industry.
2016-02-29 12:19:35 Read More

Migrants try to run Greece-Macedonia border fence

Migrants were resisted as they tried to force through a fence on Greece-Macedonia border. Reports say police had to fire tear-gas to control the crowd trying to break through a barbed-wire fence. Macedonia and other Balkan states have restricted the daily number of migrants allowed to enter.
2016-02-29 11:57:41 Read More

India's ambassador to China presents credentials to Xi

India's new ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale on Monday presented his credentials to Chinese President Xi Jinping. A fluent Chinese speaker, Gokhale is known to be one of the most knowledgeable officials, who is well-versed with China affairs.
2016-02-29 11:53:29 Read More

Donald Trump retweets Mussolini quote, sparks controversy

2016-02-29 11:50:12 Read More

Donald Trump retweets Mussolini quote, sparks controversy

2016-02-29 11:50:12 Read More

Life in Raqqa: Insider reveals how ISIS installed its reign of terror

An activist living in Raqqa has described how ISIS moved quickly to assert its authority when it took over the city, with one militant telling him off for smoking and asking another man why his wife was not wearing the veil.
2016-02-29 11:33:36 Read More

Iran reformists cheer election gains, hardliners play down shift

The outcome shown in the latest results on Monday was a blow to the conservative Islamic establishment, although it retains decisive power due to Iran's unique dual system of clerical and republican rule.
2016-02-29 11:32:00 Read More

Ireland waits for answers after 'earthquake' election

It is not clear when final results will be known after Friday's vote but weeks of political bargaining and a potential re-run could lie ahead after a swing to anti-establishment and anti-austerity candidates that echoed recent elections in other eurozone countries like Spain.
2016-02-29 11:30:42 Read More

Former TEPCO bosses indicted over Fukushima disaster

Three former executives of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant operator were indicted on Monday over the 2011 atomic accident. This will be the first criminal trial linked to the disaster. A judicial review panel composed of ordinary citizens ruled in July that the three men should be put on trial.
2016-02-29 11:17:58 Read More

Nawaz Sharif took money from Osama bin Laden, claims book

2016-02-29 11:15:12 Read More

Russian woman holding severed head of child detained by police

A woman has been arrested after she brandished a child's severed head outside a metro station in Moscow. The woman was filmed walking around and shouting "I am a terrorist." Russia's Interior Ministry said they believe the head belonged to a four-year-old girl who the woman had been babysitting.
2016-02-29 10:59:37 Read More

In a switch, some migrants build a life in the Balkans

Most newcomers immediately move on toward wealthy European Union nations such as Germany, Austria or Sweden. Ishaq, however, is among a handful of migrants choosing to try their luck in less obvious places such as impoverished, postwar non-EU Serbia.
2016-02-29 10:57:08 Read More

Hong Kong independence group surprises with vote result

A pro-democracy candidate won a Hong Kong weekend by-election while a rival from a radical pro-independence group arrested on riot charges placed a surprising third in a vote seen as a measure of political tension in the Chinese city.
2016-02-29 10:29:43 Read More

Pak team to complete Pathankot probe this week

The Pakistani team investigating the Pathankot terror attack will complete its probe this week, a top official said on Monday, days after three suspects in the high-profile case were remanded to police custody.
2016-02-29 10:24:34 Read More

Iraq death toll from IS bombing of Baghdad market now at 73

In Iraq, the death toll from devastating back-to-back market bombings carried out by the Islamic State group the previous day in eastern Baghdad climbed to 73 on Monday, officials said. Three medical officials confirmed the latest death toll, which rose from the toll of 59 reported late on Sunday.
2016-02-29 10:10:53 Read More

UN to aid deliveries in Syria as truce enters day three

The United Nations prepared to deliver aid to thousands of besieged civilians in Syria on Monday as a fragile ceasefire entered its third day largely intact despite accusations of violations.
2016-02-29 10:10:36 Read More

Indonesia hopes village spending will counter radicalism

Indonesia, on alert against rising militancy, will boost the state funds it sends directly to thousands of villages across the Muslim-majority country to reduce poverty and counter radicalism. The fund is aimed at leapfrogging bureaucratic hurdles to transfer money directly to villages.
2016-02-29 09:58:42 Read More

Prince William and Kate Middleton to arrive in Mumbai on April 10

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton will arrive here on April 10 for their first ever visit to India, an official statement said on Monday. They will then leave for Delhi before spending time in Assam's Kaziranga National Park.
2016-02-29 09:52:06 Read More

6,500 refugees stuck at Greek-Macedonian border

Thousands of refugees were stuck on Greece's border with Macedonia, overflowing from a packed camp into the surrounding fields, as they waited for Macedonian authorities to let them continue their trek through the Balkans.
2016-02-29 09:49:57 Read More

Mexico issues alert after theft of radioactive material

Five Mexican states were put on alert after a truck carrying a container of potentially dangerous radioactive material was stolen, the interior ministry said.
2016-02-29 09:38:49 Read More

No automatic extension of sanctions against Russia: Hungary PM

The European Union is expected to hold discussions about whether Russia has fulfilled the Minsk agreement on Ukraine and there will not be an automatic extension of sanctions against Moscow, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday.
2016-02-29 09:07:01 Read More

Common EU path is only way to tackle migrant crisis: German foreign minister

European Union countries must work together to deal with the migrant crisis troubling the bloc and avoid blaming each other, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Greek daily Ta Nea in an interview on Monday.
2016-02-29 08:00:01 Read More

Japan, China hold high level talks on North Korea

Top diplomats from Japan and China met in Tokyo on Monday to discuss possible responses to North Korea in the wake of the recent nuclear and missile tests carried out by Pyongyang.
2016-02-29 07:51:13 Read More

Australian man jailed for 'attempt to muder' of corpse

An Australian man was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment for attempting to murder a dead man, in a case lawyers believe may be the world's first.
2016-02-29 07:36:52 Read More

5 Ku Klux Klan members linked to violent brawl released

Five Ku Klux Klan members who were arrested following a vicious brawl in Anaheim were released because evidence shows they acted in self-defense, police said on Sunday.
2016-02-29 07:02:05 Read More

5 Ku Klux Klan members linked to violent brawl released

Five Ku Klux Klan members who were arrested following a vicious brawl in Anaheim were released because evidence shows they acted in self-defense, police said on Sunday.
2016-02-29 07:02:05 Read More

China expects to lay off 1.8 million workers in coal, steel sectors

China on Monday said that it expects to lay off 1.8 million workers in the coal and steel sectors as part of efforts to reduce industrial overcapacity. It has vowed to deal with excess capacity and eliminate hundreds of loss-making firms that are being kept alive by local governments trying to avoid job losses.
2016-02-29 06:35:47 Read More

First Iran vote after nuclear deal gives reformists momentum

Iranian reformists appear have won all 30 seats representing the nation's capital in parliament, a definitive rebuke to the hard-liners opposing President Hassan Rouhani's efforts to open the economy to the West. None of Iran's three main political camps are expected to win an outright majority though.
2016-02-29 06:09:41 Read More

China investigates Hong Kong bookseller over illegal sales

Chinese police are investigating a detained Hong Kong bookseller for selling books illegally through mail, in mainland China, an official Chinese newspaper said Monday, the latest twist in a case that has raised concerns over erosion of civil rights in Hong Kong.
2016-02-29 06:00:48 Read More

China investigates Hong Kong bookseller over illegal sales

Clinton and allies preparing for Trump's nomination

Hillary Clinton, fresh off her South Carolina primary landslide, is shifting her focus to Republican front-runner Donald Trump as her party seeks consensus on the best ways to challenge the billionaire's unpredictable nature in a general election campaign.
2016-02-29 05:47:57 Read More

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Localists gain foothold as democracy camp wins key Hong Kong vote

Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong won a key by-election on Monday, with one young activist who advocates independence from China also taking tens of thousands of votes in closely-watched polls at a time of rising political tension.
2016-02-29 05:47:12 Read More

Brazil justice minister to quit as Lula probe tension grows

Brazil's Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardoso plans to resign, fed up with rising attacks from his workers' party over a police probe into the activities of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, two Brazilian newspapers reported on Sunday.
2016-02-29 05:28:26 Read More

North Korea says detained US student confessed to stealing political slogan

An American student held in North Korea since early January was detained for trying to steal a propaganda slogan from his Pyongyang hotel and has confessed to "severe crimes" against the state, the North Korea's official media said on Monday.
2016-02-29 05:11:31 Read More

Singapore reports more visitors in 2015, but they spent less

Singapore welcomed 0.9 percent more international visitors in 2015, but tourism receipts fell for the first time since 2009 as an uncertain global economic outlook and weak currencies in some of the top markets kept a lid on spending.
2016-02-29 04:55:40 Read More

3 former executives charged in Fukushima disaster

Three former Japanese utility executives have been formally charged for alleged negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, becoming the first ones from the company to go to criminal court.
2016-02-29 04:48:43 Read More

Pakistan hangs ex-policeman over governor's murder

Pakistani authorities on Monday executed commando Mumtaz Qadri for the murder of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer in 2011.
2016-02-29 04:29:25 Read More

Islamist group kills 30 in twin blasts in Somali town

Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group bombed a busy junction and a nearby restaurant in the town of Baidoa on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and leaving 40 injured.
2016-02-29 04:18:05 Read More

British PM threatened with 'no confidence vote' over EU referendum

Conservative ministers and senior backbenchers in the Parliament have threatened a "no confidence vote" if British Prime Minister David Cameron fails to stop the "blue on blue" attacks on fellow Conservatives.
2016-02-29 01:01:16 Read More

Canada fulfils promise to take 25,000 Syrian refugees

Canada has met a self-imposed deadline to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees fleeing their country's civil war, officials said, fulfilling a campaign promise by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
2016-02-29 00:16:47 Read More

Four killed in US plane crash

Four people, including two children, were killed in a plane crash on Sunday in Navasota, a city southeast of College Station in the US state of Texas.
2016-02-29 00:11:26 Read More

Trump blames India for stealing jobs, again

At the height of debate in 2004 on flight of jobs, an issue that always attains high pitch during an election, there was a joke about outsourcing President Bushâ€™s job to India.Â
2016-02-28 23:45:28 Read More

Trump blames India for stealing jobs, again

Gunmen kill pro-government Sunni cleric in Yemen's Aden

Gunmen killed a pro-government Sunni Salafist cleric on Sunday in Yemen's main southern city of Aden, home to a growing jihadist presence, a security official said. Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Adani was shot dead as he was heading to a mosque near his home, the official said.
2016-02-28 15:23:22 Read More

Swiss reject plan to automatically expel foreign criminals

Swiss voters have rejected a proposal by a nationalist party to automatically expel foreigners who commit even low-level crimes, Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported hours after polls closed. The outcome comes as a blow to the Swiss People's Party that had campaigned for the plan.
2016-02-28 15:02:32 Read More

22 killed in bombings near Baghdad market

Bombings near a market in a Shiite area of northern Baghdad killed at least 22 people on Sunday, security and medical officials said. The bombings were the deadliest attacks to hit the capital this year.
2016-02-28 14:50:29 Read More

Swiss seen to reject proposal to expel foreign criminals

2016-02-28 14:05:59 Read More

IS hacks UK solar firm site in revenge

2016-02-28 13:50:50 Read More

Ceasefire violated 15 times in Syria, says Opposition

Syria's main opposition grouping recorded 15 violations by government troops and allied forces on the first day of a landmark truce, a spokesman told reporters on Sunday.
2016-02-28 13:41:19 Read More

Robert Mugabe celebrates 92nd birthday by eating giant birthday cake in town beset by drought

Robert Mugabe has marked his 92nd birthday by eating a giant cake at a $1 million party in a town stricken by drought. Zimbabwe's president said the country would not accept aid if it came with conditions that the country should accept gay rights.
2016-02-28 13:21:18 Read More

British Muslim girls being forced into marriage via internet

Imams in the UK and abroad have been conducting ceremonies using Skype -- so girls can be married remotely before "being put on a plane and consummating the marriage at the earliest opportunity", according to Freedom, a charity. Forced marriage was made illegal in England, Wales and Scotland in 2014 but there has been only one conviction and it did not involve a child.
2016-02-28 13:16:53 Read More

Asian man's finger cut-off in racist attack in UK

2016-02-28 13:00:21 Read More

Asian man's finger cut-off in racist attack in UK

2016-02-28 13:00:21 Read More

Nations need to share burden of helping migrants, says Pope Francis

Pope Francis says a concerted response is needed to Europe's migrant problem so that countries share the burden of helping those fleeing war and other "inhumane" situations equally. Pope Francis has praised Greece and other countries for offering "generous" help while being on the frontline of the arrivals.
2016-02-28 12:24:02 Read More

Greece says up to 70,000 migrants may be 'trapped' next month

Greece on Sunday said the tally of refugees and migrants on its soil could more than triple next month, reaching as many as 70,000 people, as a cap on border crossings by Balkan countries left them "trapped" in the country.
2016-02-28 11:33:52 Read More

Greece says up to 70,000 migrants may be 'trapped' next month

South Carolina Primary: Hillary Clinton did better with black voters than Barack Obama in 2008

2016-02-28 11:15:08 Read More

Saudi Arabia sentences a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism on Twitter

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism in hundreds of social media posts. The 28-year-old man admitted to being an atheist and refused to repent, saying that what he wrote reflected his own beliefs.
2016-02-28 10:42:12 Read More

Israel welcomes Syria truce but hints could attack if threatened

Israel has welcomed the cessation of hostilities in neighbouring Syria but hinted on Sunday it could still launch attacks there if it saw a threat. Israeli officials had earlier been skeptical about the prospects of a truce.
2016-02-28 10:29:58 Read More

America's passion for guns intact as shooting toll rises

Over the past week, two gunmen killed at least nine people in unrelated rampages in Michigan and Kansas.
2016-02-28 09:37:11 Read More

6 people die in new explosion in Russia's Arctic mine: Official

Six people died - most of them rescuers - in a new explosion in a mine in northern Russia where 26 miners went missing following an accident three days ago.
2016-02-28 07:59:07 Read More

China to launch second space lab

As part of its space lab programme, China also plans to launch the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft, which will carry two astronauts on board, in the fourth quarter of this year. By 2022, China also plans set up its own space station.
2016-02-28 07:51:58 Read More

China to launch second space lab

'Girl burned herself to be less attractive for IS': Tales of Yazidis healing in Germany after 'hell'

One 8-year-old was repeatedly sold and raped, while another girl set herself on fire to make herself less attractive to her jihadist captors. "They have been through hell," said a doctor who heard their stories of brutal torture. The UN has described the IS attack on Yazidis as possible genocide.
2016-02-28 05:20:51 Read More

Donald Trump again blames India for taking away American jobs

Donald Trump, the controversial Republican presidential frontrunner, has again blamed India for taking away jobs from Americans, pledging to bring them back if elected president even as the 'Trump mania' appeared to have picked up in the US ahead of "Super Tuesday" showdown.
2016-02-28 05:06:38 Read More

Three stabbed, 13 arrested at KKK rally in California

Three people were stabbed, one of them critically, and 13 others were arrested in California on Saturday when a Ku Klux Klan rally erupted into clashes with counter-protesters, witnesses and police said.
2016-02-28 04:56:17 Read More

Syria ceasefire: Why the 'temporary truce' is not all that it seems

A top Russian military official has said the country's military will suspend its bombing campaign in Syria for 24 hours in all areas of where armed groups said they would abide by a ceasefire, going further than terms initially set out in a cessation of hostilities agreement brokered with the US.
2016-02-28 03:17:03 Read More

British PM challenges Brexit supporters to admit risks

Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday challenged supporters of a British exit from the European Union to admit the risks involved, as the battle for votes stepped up ahead of the June referendum.
2016-02-28 01:36:12 Read More

British PM challenges Brexit supporters to admit risks

Democrat Clinton wins South Carolina primary

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won the South Carolina primary over rival Bernie Sanders on Saturday, several networks projected, propelling her into next week's crucial "Super Tuesday" voting in 11 states on a wave of momentum.
2016-02-28 00:18:13 Read More

2nd former Mexican president unloads on Donald Trump

Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday joined his predecessor in office in unloading on Donald Trump, calling the Republican front-runner's campaign racist and saying his discourse on immigration is fueling anti-American sentiment around the world.
2016-02-27 23:28:00 Read More

Indonesian mayor claims there is a link between breastfeeding and homosexuality

An Indonesian mayor has suggested poor nutrition is responsible for homosexual or transgender children.
2016-02-27 22:57:50 Read More

Indonesian mayor claims there is a link between breastfeeding and homosexuality

An Indonesian mayor has suggested poor nutrition is responsible for homosexual or transgender children.
2016-02-27 22:57:50 Read More

'Donâ€™t want to upset balanceâ€™: Kerry defends F-16 sale to Pakistan

A cascade of falsehoods, misrepresentation, and assorted mendacity is flowing from the Obama administration as it announced its determination to push forward with the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan amid mounting objection from US lawmakers.
2016-02-27 22:09:03 Read More

Syria ceasefire: Why the 'temporary truce' is not all that it seems

Greek migrant camp overflows as Balkan states cap arrivals

Thousands are stuck at Greek migrant camps on borders with Balkan states. Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia have restricted the daily number of refugees allowed to enter or cross over
2016-02-27 15:54:43 Read More

Pakistan arrests 20 Indian fishermen

Pakistan has arrested 20 Indian fishermen and seized their boats for allegedly violating its territorial waters off the coast of Arabian Sea, a maritime official said on Saturday. The four boats of the fishermen were also seized.
2016-02-27 15:28:06 Read More

France records first sexually-transmitted Zika

A first case of Zika spread through sexual transmission has been recorded in France after a woman was infected when her partner returned from Brazil, health minister Marisol Touraine said. The couple lives in the Paris area.
2016-02-27 14:47:21 Read More

Thousands join anti-Nuke march in London

Thousands of people joined a protest in central London on Saturday against the renewal of Britain's nuclear weapons system Trident. Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's main opposition Labour party, were set to address a rally following the march.
2016-02-27 14:36:42 Read More

US details cases of nine pregnant women with Zika virus

All the women reported common symptoms of Zika virus infection, including fever, rash and or red eyes and all were confirmed in lab tests to have Zika virus infections. Two of the nine women chose abortion and one who gave birth to a baby with microcephaly, while two of the women miscarried.
2016-02-27 13:51:30 Read More

Air strikes kill 15 militants in south Waziristan: Pak media

At least 15 suspected militants were killed on Saturday during air strikes conducted by Pakistan military fighter jets in south Waziristan. According to official statements, over 3,500 militants have been killed in operation Zarb-e-Azb.
2016-02-27 13:27:36 Read More

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Donald Trump 'reminds me of Hitler', says former Mexican president Vicente Fox

Mexico's former president Vicente Fox has compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. "He's going to take that nation [the US] back to the old days of, uh, conflict, war and everything," Fox said in a phone interview, referring to Trump. "I mean, he reminds me of Hitler. That's the way he started speaking."
2016-02-27 13:23:01 Read More

Donald Trump 'reminds me of Hitler', says former Mexican president Vicente Fox

Asked to switch seats, 81-year-old charges airline with sexism

2016-02-27 13:02:33 Read More

Slain blogger Avijit Roy's daughter remembers him a year on: 'My father taught me to be bold and unafraid'

2016-02-27 12:58:07 Read More

Slain blogger Avijit Roy's daughter remembers him a year on: 'My father taught me to be bold and unafraid'

2016-02-27 12:58:07 Read More

'All it takes is a fake ID' to access UK's nuclear weapons systems: Trident whistleblower

"All you need to get on board is a couple of fake IDs," Trident whistleblower William McNeilly said. He described going on patrol with 180 people who all brought unchecked bags on board. "All it would take would be for one of them to have a bomb," he said.
2016-02-27 12:48:28 Read More

580 social media accounts for spreading 'rumour'

2016-02-27 12:30:09 Read More

ASEAN nations concerned about South China Sea situatiion

Foreign ministers from 10 ASEAN countries have said that they were "seriously concerned" by recent developments in the disputed South China Sea and will seek a meeting over the issue with China. The disputed region has witnessed raised tensions over the actions of the Chinese military.
2016-02-27 12:12:37 Read More

ASEAN nations concerned about S China Sea situatiion

Foreign ministers from 10 ASEAN countries have said that they were ``seriously concerned'' by recent developments in the disputed South China Sea and will seek a meeting over the issue with China. Chinese military build up has raised tensions in the region.
2016-02-27 12:12:37 Read More

UN urges Pak to resolve Afghan refugees' status

2016-02-27 12:09:27 Read More

Suicide bomb attack near Kabul defence ministry

A Taliban suicide attack near the defence ministry in Kabul on Saturday killed nine people and wounded 13 others, police said, hours after another deadly blast in Afghanistan's restive east. The attacks come amid fresh efforts by Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the US to restart peace talks.
2016-02-27 11:58:02 Read More

9 dead, 13 injured in suicide attack in Kabul

In a first, UN chief aspirants to be quizzed by members

The election of the next UN secretary general will be "historic" and "game-changing" as the member states will interact and question all potential candidates with equal representation being given to women aspirants for the first time in its 70-year-old history.
2016-02-27 11:50:48 Read More

Fight against ISIS difficult, but US will 'destroy' the terror group, says Obama

Conceding that the fight against Islamic State remains "difficult", President Barack Obama on Saturday said the US will "destroy" the barbaric terror group and asserted that ending the Syrian conflict would be the key in this endeavour.
2016-02-27 11:39:55 Read More

China warns of continuing terrorist threat in Xinjiang

Terrorism still poses a threat in China's restive northwestern region of Xinjiang despite a massive security presence and the passage of tough new anti-terrorism legislation, a top Chinese anti-terrorism officer was quoted on Saturday as saying.
2016-02-27 11:24:42 Read More

US will 'destroy' ISIS: Obama

Conceding that the fight against Islamic State remains "difficult", President Barack Obama said the US will destroy the barbaric terror group and asserted that ending the Syrian conflict would be the key in this endeavour.
2016-02-27 11:14:33 Read More

Russia halts all bombing sorties over Syria for one day: military

The Russian military said its warplanes would not fly any sorties over Syria on Saturday in support of a ceasefire and to rule out any possible "bombing mistakes". Sergei Rudskoi, a senior representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, said that this was in accordance with a UN Security Council resolution.
2016-02-27 10:31:04 Read More

Russia halts all bombing sorties over Syria for one day: military

Nepal forms committee to probe deadly plane crash-landing

Nepal today formed a four-member committee to probe the crash-landing of a small plane in a remote area that killed both the pilots, a day after the second aviation tragedy hit the country within three days. The probe committee has been formed, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation.
2016-02-27 10:01:43 Read More

Irish exit poll shows no clear winners as government hammered

Ireland's dominant political forces were left considering an unprecedented alliance on Saturday after two exit polls suggested voters would kick Prime Minister Enda Kenny's coalition government out of office.
2016-02-27 08:32:18 Read More

Japan lost nearly a million people in 5 years, census says

Japan's population shrank by nearly a million during the past half-decade, official census figures confirmed on Friday, an unprecedented drop for a society not ravaged by war or other deadly crisis, and one that helps explain the country's persistent economic woes.
2016-02-27 08:30:55 Read More

Donald Trump intimidates critics by riling up Twitter followers

With his enormous online platform, Trump has badgered and humiliated those who have dared cross him during the presidential race. He has latched on to their vulnerabilities, mocking their physical characteristics, personality quirks and, sometimes, their professional setbacks.
2016-02-27 08:28:58 Read More

Trump, Rubio in war of words ahead of 'Super Tuesday'

Ahead of a key multi-state vote next week, the ongoing verbal duel between Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and rival Marco Rubio has escalated. Rubio called trump "a clown", Trump fired back calling Rubio a "nervous Nellie", a "lightweight" and a "choker".
2016-02-27 07:24:49 Read More

Suicide bomber kills at least 10 in eastern Afghanistan

"A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle detonated his explosives in a market in Asadabad the provincial capital, 10 people were killed and over 40 were injured." Ghani Mosamem, spokesman for the provincial governor told AFP.
2016-02-27 06:52:01 Read More

US to go ahead with F-16 sale to Pakistan, state department says

"We support the proposed sale of eight F-16s to Pakistan to assist Pakistan's counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations. Pakistan's current F-16s have proven critical to the success of these operations to date," state department spokesperson Helaena W White said.
2016-02-27 06:26:08 Read More

US to go ahead with F-16 sale to Pakistan, state department says

Donald Trump 'claimed he could have had sex with Princess Diana' in interview months after her death

In a 1997 interview, Trump and radio show host Howard Stern discussed the late Princessâ€™s attractiveness and whether the billionaire magnate would have been able to â€œnailâ€ Diana. Trump claimed Diana had sent him the â€œmost beautiful, warm letterâ€ after he did her a personal favour.
2016-02-27 05:39:02 Read More

Australia sends relief ship to Fiji in wake of Cyclone Winston

Australia is sending a relief ship to Fiji to assist in the recovery effort after Cyclone Winston, tore through the island nation last Saturday.The ship is carrying three helicopters and 60 tonnes of supplies, including water purification equipment and medical supplies.
2016-02-27 05:31:54 Read More

Every man in Iranian village 'executed on drugs charges'

Every man in an Iranian village has reportedly been executed by the government on drug charges. â€œIranian authorities have repeatedly admitted that the death penalty has not solved the problem of drug trafficking, but they still continue to execute people for drug charges,â€ Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, a spokesperson of Iran Human Rights said.
2016-02-27 05:30:17 Read More

Kiera Larsen: 10-year-old girl dies after throwing herself in front of car to save toddlers' lives

A 10-year-old girl has died after throwing herself in the way of a runaway car in order to save the lives of two toddlers. Kiera Larsen is said to have instinctively pushed the girls out of the way, but the vehicle struck her and pushed her through a fence.
2016-02-27 05:24:41 Read More

One of the longest hunger strikes in history has come to an end

A Palestinian journalist has agreed to end his 94-day hunger strike after it was announced he would be released earlier than planned. Mr al-Qiq was arrested at his home on November 21, 2015, for his alleged involvement in Islamist group Hamas.
2016-02-27 05:16:33 Read More

One of the longest hunger strikes in history has come to an end

A Palestinian journalist has agreed to end his 94-day hunger strike after it was announced he would be released earlier than planned. Mr al-Qiq was arrested at his home on 21 November for his alleged involvement in Islamist group Hamas.
2016-02-27 05:16:33 Read More

Nigeria's Senate leader vows to shelve social media curbs

Proposed laws to limit social media in Nigeria will not be passed, the leader of the country's Senate said on Friday, after rights groups voiced doubts about curbs on freedom of speech. The proposal covered publications sent through text message, tweets, WhatsApp or any social media post.
2016-02-27 05:06:52 Read More

US Air Force unveils picture of new stealth bomber

The all-black plane has a distinctive, zigzagging shape and a super-low profile that will make it hard to spot on radar, and bears more than a passing resemblance to the Air Force's B-2 bomber, which is also made by Northrop Grumman.
2016-02-27 05:03:35 Read More

U.S. officials, touring missile defence site, voice concern about N. Korea

American deputy defence secretary and other officials were confident American missile defences could counter the nuclear threat from Pyongyang despite a mixed record of success in testing. This was the second day of sending message to North Korea about its nuclear ambitions
2016-02-27 04:57:54 Read More

Iran starts election count to set post-sanctions power balance

The twinned elections for parliament and a leadership body called the Assembly of Experts are seen by some analysts as a potential turning point that could shape the future for the next generation, in a country where nearly 60% of the 80 million population is under 30.
2016-02-27 04:54:45 Read More

Man wants to take MI5 to court 'because they won't stop asking him to become a spy'

A taxi driver is considering taking MI5 to court over what he says are persistant requests asking him to become a spy. Christopher Catney, who is related to a former IRA member, says the intelligence agency is harrassing him to work with it as an informant.
2016-02-27 04:48:04 Read More

Kansas gunman had just been served restraining order

A factory worker, identified as Cedric Larry Keith Ford, killed three people and wounded 17 in a shooting rampage in Kansas had a criminal record and had just been served with a restraining order, the local sheriff said Friday. The order was served 90 minutes before the rampage began.
2016-02-27 04:30:15 Read More

Rescuers say 'no contact' with 26 missing miners in Russia's Arctic

Rescuers have failed to make contact with 26 missing miners as frantic search operations continued over a day after a pit collapse in northern Russia killed at least four workers on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin tasked the government with creating a special commission over the accident.
2016-02-27 04:15:28 Read More

Turkey warns of 'further measures' against Kurdish fighters in Syria

Turkey is prepared to take further measures against Kurdish fighters in Syria, a senior official said. Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told foreign reporters that Ankara was dismayed at the level of support to People's Protection Units militia, which Turkey considers to be a terror group.
2016-02-27 04:03:20 Read More

Syria civil war: State-of-the-art technology gives President Assadâ€™s army the edge

In an army that has lost well over 60,000 dead in almost five years of hard fighting, Syriaâ€™s officers have suddenly discovered that the new Russian technology has coincided with a rapid lowering of their casualties.
2016-02-27 03:24:10 Read More

Putin says 'foreign enemies' seek to disrupt Russian elections

2016-02-27 02:20:51 Read More

New N Korean rocket turns enemy tanks into 'boiled pumpkin'

Pyongyang's state media said leader Kim Jong-Un had watched tests of the portable, laser-guided rocket and declared it had the "longest firing range in the world". Kim called for the weapon to go into mass production as soon as possible and for it to be deployed to frontline units.
2016-02-27 02:18:37 Read More

US, Russia-brokered cease-fire goes into effect across Syria

A cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia went into effect across Syria on Saturday, marking the biggest international push to reduce violence in the country's devastating conflict, but the Islamic State group and al-Qaida's branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, were excluded.
2016-02-27 00:55:03 Read More

Ireland set to oust government, no obvious replacement: Exit poll

Ireland looked set to kick Prime Minister Enda Kenny's coalition government out of office in an election on Friday with no clear alternative in sight, an exit poll indicated, threatening to plunge the country into a period of political instability.
2016-02-27 00:30:15 Read More

Trump wins Christie backing, marches toward Super Tuesday

2016-02-26 23:10:08 Read More

Only Musharraf be tried for treason: Pakistan SC

Spelling further trouble for military ruler Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday ruled that only he should be tried on the charge of treason for subverting the Constitution in 2007.
2016-02-26 23:01:01 Read More

Wall of words: Trump engages in fencing with Mexico ex-prez

â€œPoor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States,â€ a Mexican leader famously declaimed about the countryâ€™s fate. Left to Donald Trump, Mexico will not be close to the US either; if anything, it will be CLOSED to the United States.
2016-02-26 22:53:51 Read More

Fireworks at GOP debate, Rubio targets Trumpâ€™s ethics, biz success

Senator Marco Rubio, alarmed by Donald J Trumpâ€™s ascendancy and worried that his presidential chances were slipping away, unleashed a barrage of attacks on the real estate mogulâ€™s business ethics, hiring practices and financial achievements in Thursdayâ€™s debate, forcefully delivering the onslaught that Republican leaders had desperately awaited.
2016-02-26 22:45:54 Read More

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2 US senators oppose F-16 sale to Pakistan

The Obama administrationâ€™s move to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to a country that is sometimes described as a â€œfrenemyâ€ has run into torrid opposition in Washington with lawmakers raking up Pakistanâ€™s support to terror groups to oppose the deal.
2016-02-26 22:27:31 Read More

US test-fires 2nd intercontinental missile in a week to stress its power to Russia, North Korea

Deputy defence secretary Robert Work, who witnessed the launch, said the US tests, conducted at least 15 times since January 2011, send a message to strategic rivals like Russia, China and North Korea that Washington has an effective nuclear arsenal.
2016-02-26 16:37:24 Read More

Special visa for SAARC businessmen from April

2016-02-26 14:32:26 Read More

11 dead in Papua New Guinea jailbreak bid, report says

Police in Papua New Guinea shot and killed 11 prisoners and wounded 17 after a mass prison breakout in the Pacific nation's second largest city. More than 30 prisoners attacked two guards at the Buimo prison in Lae, nearly 320km north of the Port Moresby, before escaping, the report said.
2016-02-26 13:36:54 Read More

Turkish journalists released from jail in Istanbul

Two Turkish journalists, Cumhuriyet newspaper's editor in chief Can Dundar and its Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul, held in jail for the last three months on hugely controversial charges of revealing state secrets, were released on Friday after Turkey's top court ruled their rights had been violated.
2016-02-26 13:24:41 Read More

Amid crisis, Greece orders islands to slow migrant traffic

Greece's government on Friday ordered authorities on islands near Turkey to reduce the number of migrants allowed to travel by ferry to the mainland, where thousands of people are stranded in increasingly desperate conditions following border closures in the countries to the north.
2016-02-26 13:09:38 Read More

Japan population fell nearly 1 million in 2010-15

Japan's latest census confirmed the hard reality long ago signaled by shuttered shops and abandoned villages across the country: the population is shrinking. Japan's population stood at 127.1 million last fall, down 0.7 per cent from 128.1 million in 2010, according to results of the 2015 census.
2016-02-26 12:54:56 Read More

Japan's population fell nearly 1 million in 2010-15

Syria opposition agrees to two-week truce statement

The Syrian opposition said on Friday armed groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad would respect a two-week week truce beginning at midnight, but said the government and its allies must not launch attacks on the pretext of fighting terrorism.
2016-02-26 12:43:24 Read More

Diner finds rare pearl worth $600 in her seafood dish

In a bizarre incident, a woman in US found a very rare pearl worth $600 in her clam dish while dining at an Italian restaurant. The Quahog clam has been known to produce a pearl on a rare occasion, but it is even more rare to find one that was near perfect in its symmetry and produced naturally.
2016-02-26 12:23:37 Read More

Iâ€™m not paying for the f***ing wall: Former Mexican President to Trump

Former Mexican president, Vincente Fox has responded bluntly to Donald Trumpâ€™s pledge to build a wall along the US southern border and make Mexico pay for it. â€œIâ€™m not going to pay for the f***ing wall,â€ said Fox. Trump responded by saying that the wall â€œjust got ten feet tallerâ€.
2016-02-26 10:40:48 Read More

Donald Trump's march stirs growing sense of dread among US Republicans

US Republicans in Washington are coming to grips with what many of them not long ago considered an unimaginable reality: Donald Trump is likely to be their presidential nominee and standard-bearer.
2016-02-26 09:55:29 Read More

India signals possible deficit revisions in Budget 2016

The Economic Survey report called India "a haven of stability" in a gloomy international landscape but, as Group of 20 finance ministers gathered for talks in Shanghai, warned too of possible currency turmoil in Asia after China's recent devaluation.
2016-02-26 09:07:41 Read More

Iranians vote in first parliament elections since nuke deal

2016-02-26 08:54:36 Read More

Railways: How China sped past India

At the time of Independence, India had a massive lead over China in terms of total track length. Today, Chinaâ€™s network is 150% of Indiaâ€™s, it does not have a railways ministry and has added 21,943 kms of rail network since 1947.
2016-02-26 07:09:53 Read More

Donald Trump called 'crazy zealot' as rivals attack him

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Friday came under scathing attack from rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio who blasted the real estate mogul on his immigration stand and for hiring foreigners in his business projects, as the debate turned shriller ahead of the crucial "Super Tuesday".
2016-02-26 07:07:45 Read More

India to push UN to include Masood Azhar on terrorist list

India will push the UN to include the name of Masood Azhar, leader of the proscribed Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist group, in its list of designated terrorists, an external affairs ministry official said.
2016-02-26 06:24:23 Read More

Five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi pictured wearing homemade 'Messi 10' football shirt receives real jersey

A young boy from Afghanistan who was pictured wearing a football shirt made from a plastic bag penned with the name "Messi" has now been given the real thing.
2016-02-26 06:10:19 Read More

How people reacted to the sight of a 'child bride' in Times square

In his description for the video, the 21-year-old YouTube star writes: "New Yorker's didn't stand for a child getting married to an older man, and neither should anywhere else in the world be ok with it!"
2016-02-26 05:58:43 Read More

How people reacted to the sight of a 'child bride' in Times square

UK records a fall in non-EU migrant arrivals

Six myths about immigration debunked as latest figures show fall in non-EU arrivals. Migrants gets extra attention or benefits are also explored and with facts collected from various agencies of the United Kingdom the myths are debunked.
2016-02-26 05:18:12 Read More

UK migration: Six myths about immigration debunked as latest figures show fall in non-EU arrivals

Isis commander 'killed by captured Iraqi woman' forced to act as a sex slave

The Isis commander, only referred to by his nom de guerre Abu Anas, was allegedly murdered by an unidentified Iraqi woman on 5 September in Mosul, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) spokesperson Saeed Mamouzini told al-Sumari TV.
2016-02-26 05:15:53 Read More

Cannibalism: Survivor of the 1972 Andes plane crash describes the 'terrible' decision he had to make to stay alive

It was Friday the 13th of October in 1972 when an Uruguayan aircraft carrying the Old Christians rugby team and their friends and family went down in the mountains in Argentina, near the border with Chile. After two months, 16 survivors were rescued and became the inspiration for numerous documentaries, movies and books â€” most notably the 1993 film "Alive," which was based on a book by the same name.
2016-02-26 05:09:52 Read More

Donald Trump taps foreign workforce for his Florida club

Leading Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has promised to restore jobs taken by illegal immigrants, but his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach has frequently pursued temporary visas for foreign workers.
2016-02-26 05:01:01 Read More

US, backed by China, proposes tough North Korea sanctions at UN

The United States used the nearly two months of bilateral negotiations that at one point involved President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart to win China's support for unusually tough measures intended to persuade its ally North Korea to abandon its atomic weapons programme.
2016-02-26 04:41:11 Read More

To post or not to post: Defiant Pakistani teens' growing dilemma

Strict religious and familial controls still dictate behaviour of many Pakistani teenagers. The "duck-face" selfie shot, which is almost ubiquitous on the social media pages of teens in the West, can present a hazard in Pakistan.
2016-02-26 03:36:02 Read More

Donald Trump: Sexual assault allegations resurface ahead of Super Tuesday

A woman has claimed that she is sticking by her 1997 allegations that the Republican made unwanted sexual contact. The woman alleged that the incident had left her â€œemotionally devastated and distraughtâ€. She had dropped the $125 million lawsuit one month after filing it.
2016-02-26 03:34:05 Read More

Asian sex abusers to be stripped of UK citizenship and deported

Theresa May, UK Home Secretary, is planning to significantly increase her departmentâ€™s use of legal powers that allow serious criminals with dual nationality to have their British citizenship withdrawn, Whitehall sources say.
2016-02-26 03:26:50 Read More

Resolution introduced in US House to block sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan

A top US lawmaker has introduced a "joint resolution" in the House of Representatives to express Congress's disapproval over an arms deal with Pakistan which includes the sale of eight nuclear-capable F-16 fighter jets to the latter.
2016-02-26 03:18:48 Read More

Resolution introduced in US House to block sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan

Japan census: Population down nearly 1 million since 2010

2016-02-26 03:07:18 Read More

Japan census: Population down nearly 1 million since 2010

2016-02-26 03:07:18 Read More

Barack Obama warns Russia 'world will be watching' Syria ceasefire

US President Barack Obama put the onus for upholding a ceasefire in Syria firmly on the regime and its Russian ally, warning Moscow and Damascus that the "world will be watching." "A lot of that is going to depend on whether the Syrian regime, Russia, and their allies live up to their commitments," he said in remarks at the State Department.
2016-02-26 03:01:43 Read More

Barack Obama warns Russia 'world will be watching' Syria ceasefire

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz gang up against Donald Trump in debate

Republican rival Marco Rubio attacked front-runner Donald Trump over his position on illegal immigration and his huge wealth on Thursday, using a debate to try to thwart Trump from making massive gains in the presidential race next week.
2016-02-26 03:01:40 Read More

Gunman kills up to four in Kansas shooting spree

An employee killed up to four people and wounded as many as 20 others in a shooting spree that ended at his work site in Hesston, Kansas, on Thursday where he was shot and killed by authorities, the local sheriff told reporters.
2016-02-26 01:34:35 Read More

At least 4 dead, 30 wounded in Kansas shooting

At least four people were killed and up to 30 wounded Thursday when a former employee opened fire at a lawn mower factory in a small Kansas town, police said.
2016-02-26 01:34:35 Read More

Two suicide bombers kill 15 at Shia mosque in Baghdad

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a Shia mosque in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 15 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants.
2016-02-26 01:29:14 Read More

European Parliament calls for Saudi arms embargo

The European Parliament called on the European Union to impose an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia on Thursday, saying Britain, France and other EU governments should no longer sell weapons to a country accused of targeting civilians in Yemen.
2016-02-26 00:21:54 Read More

China brings lavish funerals under lens of anti-graft campaign

2016-02-26 00:17:43 Read More

10 EU nations agree to bar entry of refugees

Austria and nine Balkan states have agreed on several measures to choke off the flow of refugees from Greece, effectively imposing their own response to the migrant crisis while the European Union has been paralysed over what to do.
2016-02-26 00:11:32 Read More

Sandersâ€™ tweets go multi-lingual to woo voters

In an American electoral playbook that is in a constant state of revision as its inventive political campaigns drum up new ideas to woo the electorate, Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders may have hit a new vein: Tweeting in Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Spanish in an effort to connect to voters.
2016-02-26 00:00:40 Read More

US proposes sharp ramping up of North Korea sanctions at UN

The United States presented a draft UN Security Council resolution on Thursday that would dramatically tighten existing restrictions on North Korea after its January 6 nuclear test and create the toughest UN sanctions regime in over two decades.
2016-02-25 23:03:17 Read More

Syria ceasefire process on despite US sabotage attempts, Russia says

Russia said on Thursday the Syria ceasefire process was under way despite what it said were attempts by some US officials to sabotage it, while reiterating that Russian warplanes would continue pounding what it called terrorist groups.
2016-02-25 17:45:34 Read More

Student admitted to hospital after leaving tampon in for 9 days

Emily Pankhurst, 20, says she initially blamed exam stress when she started to feel weak and bloated. When admitted doctors said she was suffering from sepsis (blood poisoning) as a result of Toxic Shock Syndrome, an infection caused by bacteria forming on the tampon.
2016-02-25 17:30:17 Read More

Prince Harry to visit Nepal in March

Britain's Prince Harry will travel to Kathmandu next month on a maiden visit to Nepal and meet people affected by last year's devastating earthquakes. He will visit Nepal between March 20 and 23.
2016-02-25 16:42:46 Read More

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Prince Harry to visit Nepal in March

Britain's Prince Harry will travel to Kathmandu next month on a maiden visit to Nepal and meet people affected by last year's devastating earthquakes. The prince will visit Nepal between March 20 and 23.
2016-02-25 16:42:46 Read More

BBC culture of â€˜fearâ€™ helped cloak Jimmy Savileâ€™s sex abuse, probe finds

An inquiry into sexual abuse at Britain's BBC by late presenter Jimmy Savile on Thursday found a culture of "fear" around whistleblowing that helped him hide his crimes for decades and persists to this day. The report found Savile had abused 72 people of both the sexes. His youngest victim was aged just eight.
2016-02-25 16:34:35 Read More

Greece recalls its ambassador from Austria in migrant row

Greece recalled its ambassador from Austria and warned it would not be treated as "Europe's Lebanon" as the migrant crisis strained relations between EU states to breaking point. Talks in Brussels descended into chaos over Austria's decision to call a western Balkans meeting without inviting Greece.
2016-02-25 16:16:50 Read More

â€˜FMUSLMSâ€™ vanity licence plate revoked in US

Minnesota officials seized a "FMUSLMS" licence plate and apologized for issuing it at a driver's request, saying on Wednesday that approval procedures for so-called vanity plates were under review. An uproar over the licence plate erupted when a resident posted a photograph on social media.
2016-02-25 14:34:31 Read More

Minnesota apologizes, revokes â€˜FMUSLMSâ€™ vanity licence plate

Pakistan province passes law to protect women against violence

Lawmakers in Pakistan's largest province, Punjab on Wednesday gave unprecedented protection to female victims of violence, in a bid to stem a rising tide of gender-related abuse in a country ranked as the world's third most dangerous place for women.
2016-02-25 13:58:26 Read More

UN cites torture, murder, impunity in largely lawless Libya

A UN human rights report has documented thousands of cases of beheadings, arbitrary detention and torture involving electrocution and beatings with pipes and cables in an increasingly lawless Libya, where impunity has grown since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi nearly five years ago.
2016-02-25 12:41:28 Read More

Divided EU seeks to avoid migrant â€˜humanitarian crisisâ€™

European interior ministers tried to resolve deep divisions over the migrant crisis, with Greece lashing out at its partners for creating a humanitarian crisis and officials warning the EU's unity was at stake. Over 100,000 people are arriving in Europe so far this year on top of one million in 2015.
2016-02-25 12:24:10 Read More

Egyptian president Sisi 'put on sale' on eBay

2016-02-25 12:23:11 Read More

Pak military trains IS in Afghanistan: Ex-IS man

2016-02-25 12:03:07 Read More

Grassroots anti-drug activists attacked in Myanmar

Pat Jasan, a grassroots anti-drug organization, whose members are on a march through northern Myanmar to destroy opium poppies in farmers' fields say 14 of their members were wounded when they were attacked with automatic weapons and hand grenades.
2016-02-25 11:46:09 Read More

North Korea tells people to work harder in loyalty campaign

North Korea is urging its people to hunker down and work harder with a "70-day campaign of loyalty'' before a major meeting of its ruling Workers' Party in May. Thousands of Pyongyang residents went to Kim Il Sung Square on Thursday afternoon to show their commitment to the drive.
2016-02-25 11:16:04 Read More

North Korea tells people to work harder in loyalty campaign

Pakistan shuts down 254 religious seminaries

167 suspected seminaries in Sindh, 13 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, two in Punjab, and 72 unregistered seminaries in Sindh have been closed in Pakistan as part of a crackdown on religious seminaries involved in extremism.
2016-02-25 09:59:26 Read More

Things looking up for displaced Iraqis as IS loses ground

The nightmare for the kids may be nearing an end with the liberation of key cities like Ramadi from IS and Iraqi forces successes against the terror group. But they are scarred for life and would take years to overcome the trauma of having been forced to flee their homes in northern Iraq's Mosul after it fell to IS terrorists in June 2014.
2016-02-25 08:57:04 Read More

Things looking up for displaced Iraqis as IS loses ground

Why China is an economic power and India only a challenger

Many economists agree that the centre of world's economy is shifting towards Asia. While the dominance of USA and other developed countries in global GDP has slipped since 1990, the share of China and India is today roughly the same as the four largest economies of Western Europe. However, from a similar base in 1990, China's share has grown eight times more than Indiaâ€™sâ€¦
2016-02-25 06:36:10 Read More

Emergency workers find bodies of Nepal plane crash victims

Emergency workers have found the bodies of 19 people killed when their plane crashed into a mountainside in western Nepal with the loss of all 23 passengers and crew. Police and army returned to the crash site at first light after abandoning recovery efforts late on Wednesday due to bad weather.
2016-02-25 06:33:18 Read More

Donald Trump's wife strives for normalcy - while seated on gold throne

One of the questions that has dogged Donald Trump's campaign to be US president has focussed on just what sort of First Lady his wife, Melania, might be.
2016-02-25 06:07:30 Read More

How a brutal metal tool used to punish women shows Isis's worrying new barbarity

2016-02-25 05:04:00 Read More

Fijians urged to immediately bury those who died in cyclone

Fijians in remote places were being urged to immediately bury those who died in a powerful cyclone rather than waiting for autopsies. Government said that many remote islands still do not have electricity or refrigeration, so people should bury the dead in the interests of public health and safety.
2016-02-25 04:48:58 Read More

Australia to boost defence spending by $21 billion

Australia will increase defence spending by nearly A$30 billion ($21.57 billion) over the next 10 years, seeking to protect its interests as the United States and its allies grapple with China's rise in the Asia-Pacific region.
2016-02-25 04:27:57 Read More

Islamic State bomb supply chain includes 7 Indian firms: Report

Companies from 20 countries, including seven firms from India, are involved in the supply chain of components that end up in Islamic State explosives, a study found on Thursday, suggesting governments and firms need to do more to track the flow of cables, chemicals and other equipment.
2016-02-25 04:08:54 Read More

Islamic State bomb supply chain includes 7 Indian firms: Report

US to boost freedom of navigation moves in South China Sea: Admiral

The United States, which is worried by China's military buildup to assert dominance in the South China Sea, will increase freedom-of-navigation operations there, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday.
2016-02-24 22:22:25 Read More

US to boost freedom of navigation moves in South China Sea: Admiral

Hungary to hold referendum on EU's plan for refugee quotas

Hungary will hold a referendum on European Union plans to create a system of mandatory quotas for refugees, an initiative that Hungary's government has rejected, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday.
2016-02-24 22:16:05 Read More

Iran arrests father of jailed US citizen: Family

Siamak Namazi, a dual US-Iranian citizen, was detained by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in October while in Iran visiting family. Officials have yet to announce charges against him.
2016-02-24 22:14:21 Read More

Iran arrests father of jailed US citizen: Family

Brazil court authorizes probes of former Rousseff top aide, Sao Paulo mayor

Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday authorized formal investigations into President Dilma Rousseff's former chief of staff, as well as the mayor of the country's largest city and an opposition senator, for potential corruption.
2016-02-24 22:11:25 Read More

Greece will not be turned into refugee warehouse: PM Tsipras

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged European Union countries to honor the bloc's decisions on sharing the burden of the refugee crisis, saying that if they did not, Athens would block future agreements.
2016-02-24 22:08:41 Read More

Ahead of election, Iran's leader warns of Western 'plot'

Iran's top leader warned voters on Wednesday the West was plotting to influence elections pitting centrists close to President Hassan Rouhani against conservative hardliners in a contest that could shape the Islamic Republic for years to come.
2016-02-24 22:05:45 Read More

Trump hits jackpot in Nevada

Mocked by most liberal elite but gaining momentum among a crosssection of conservatives, maverick billionaire Donald Trump swept party polls in the state of Nevada on Tuesday, emerging within striking distance of the Republican nomination for the presidential race.
2016-02-24 22:02:37 Read More

Johnson & Johnson to pay $72m for cancer death linked to talcum powder

2016-02-24 20:11:38 Read More

Johnson & Johnson to pay $72m for cancer death linked to talcum powder

2016-02-24 20:11:38 Read More

Outrage over Trump's remark on loving 'the poorly educated'

The eccentric real estate billionaire rattled off a list of those groups who swept him to victory, "We won with young. We won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated," said Trump
2016-02-24 17:57:00 Read More

UN carries out first humanitarian airdrop in Syria

The United Nations carried out its first humanitarian airdrop in Syria to help civilians besieged by Islamic State jihadists, the UN aid chief said. UN agencies are working to scale up aid deliveries to Syria before a ceasefire comes into force at midnight Friday to shore up peace efforts.
2016-02-24 17:35:29 Read More

Ex-military chiefs say Britain 'stronger' within EU

In the wake of threats from jehadi groups and a resurgent Russia, Britain will be safer and stronger within the EU than outside it. This is the opinion expressed by 12 former military chiefs in a letter signed and delivered to a leading British daily.
2016-02-24 16:22:12 Read More

Ex-military chiefs say Britain 'stronger' within EU

No joint communique at the end of the Nepal PM's Delhi visit

2016-02-24 16:19:20 Read More

In China, gang returns stolen guide dog with apology note

A Chinese guide dog stolen from a blind masseur has been returned by the dognappers with a note of apology that said: "Please forgive us." Qiaoqiao, a seven-year-old black Labrador, was taken by a gang of men in a grey van while being taken on a walk outside Beijing.
2016-02-24 15:39:32 Read More

Nuclear deterrence a 'factor of stability' in South Asia: Pakistan

Describing its nuclear arsenal as a "factor of stability in South Asia", Pakistan today said it will maintain a full-spectrum deterrence and take steps to effectively respond to the threats to its national security.
2016-02-24 15:31:02 Read More

Israel says Iran building terror network in Europe, US

Israel's defense minister is accusing Iran of building an international terror network that includes "sleeper cells'' that are stockpiling arms, intelligence and operatives to be ready to strike on command in places including Europe and the US.
2016-02-24 15:03:48 Read More

â€˜Personal reasonsâ€™ behind Italian studentâ€™s murder in Egypt

Egypt's interior ministry says investigators believe that "personal reasons" were behind the torture and murder of the Italian student Giulio Regeni, whose body was found in Cairo this month, over a week after he went missing. Regeni disappeared in Cairo on the evening of January 25.
2016-02-24 14:21:16 Read More

Cologne sex attackers may never be caught, top cop says

Cologne's police chief Juergen Mathies conceded that most perpetrators may never be caught over the spate of groping and other attacks on New Year's Eve that inflamed public debate about a huge influx of refugees and migrants.
2016-02-24 13:50:34 Read More

Humanitarian fears hang over Balkans migrant talks

Balkan countries along the well-trodden migrant path towards north Europe met to explore ways to stem the flow despite growing fears that tighter controls will spark a humanitarian crisis, particularly in Greece. Athens has angrily protested at being excluded from the ministerial meeting in Vienna.
2016-02-24 13:40:03 Read More

Spainâ€™s Socialists sign first pact to form government

Spain's Socialist party signed an agreement on Wednesday with liberal newcomer party Ciudadanos to support the Socialists' bid to form a government next week, but they are still way short of a majority. The Socialists were to continue talks with Podemos in the hope of reaching agreement.
2016-02-24 13:25:50 Read More

Scramble to reach Fiji cyclone victims as toll hits 42

The death toll from Cyclone Winston jumped to 42 as concerns grew for remote Fijian villages still waiting for help after the most powerful storm in the Pacific nation's history. The Red Cross said the body count was likely to rise further as word filtered back from remote corners of the nation.
2016-02-24 13:16:11 Read More

Woman hijacks New York bus after being told to stop smoking

The driver asked her to put out the cigarette as the bus moved through Harlem on Tuesday morning. She started shouting and refused to get off the bus, forcing the driver to pull over. As the driver moved to unload passengers, the woman jumped into the driverâ€™s seat and sped off.
2016-02-24 12:29:19 Read More

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Woman hijacks New York bus after being told to stop smoking

Wreckage of missing plane found in Nepal; 23 dead

Rescuers found the wreckage of a small plane carrying 23 people that crashed in bad weather on Wednesday into a mountain in central Nepal, police said. All those aboard, including two foreigners, were confirmed dead.
2016-02-24 11:17:20 Read More

Obama canâ€™t identify with black experience: Ben Carson

Ben Carson tried to reinvigorate his chances at the Republican presidential nomination by questioning Barack Obamaâ€™s blackness. He suggested that Obama, whose mother was white and who spent his formative years in Hawaii, could not truly relate to the struggles of black people.
2016-02-24 09:31:16 Read More

Missing Nepal plane crashes, all 23 aboard dead

A small plane crashed in Nepal on Wednesday in bad weather, killing all 23 people on board, police said, the country's second air disaster in as many years. The Twin Otter aircraft, operated by private Tara Air, was on a flight from Pokhara to Jomsom when it lost contact with the control tower.
2016-02-24 09:08:28 Read More

Ousted Thailand PM Thaksin's influence shows signs of waning

2016-02-24 08:28:25 Read More

Donald Trump's third straight win has rivals looking for answers

Donald Trump's decisive win is likely to further frustrate Republican establishment figures who, less than a month ago, were hoping that the outspoken billionaire's insurgent candidacy was stalled after he lost the opening nominating contest in Iowa to Cruz.
2016-02-24 07:55:42 Read More

Brazil will make Olympics safe from Zika virus: WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan said on Tuesday that Brazil is doing a good job tackling the Zika virus and ensuring that the Olympic games it will host in August will be safe for athletes and visitors.
2016-02-24 07:15:58 Read More

Vienna is world's best city to live in: Survey

Austria's capital Vienna is the best place in the world to live, according to an international survey on quality of life that has no Indian city in the top 100.
2016-02-24 07:07:51 Read More

Tech mogul Vinod Khosla asks for $30 million to reopen beach

Billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla wants California to give him $30M for public access to his beach. The offer hasnâ€™t gone down too well with the state which has seen increasing resentment over issues of wealth, and has seen protests and lawsuits to let the public back in.
2016-02-24 06:54:32 Read More

China sends fighter jets to South China Sea island

China has sent fighter jets to a disputed island in the South China Sea, where it deployed surface-to-air missiles earlier this month, US government sources said.
2016-02-24 06:22:38 Read More

China sends fighter jets to South China Sea island

China has sent fighter jets to a disputed island in the South China Sea, where it deployed surface-to-air missiles earlier this month, US government sources said.
2016-02-24 06:22:38 Read More

Trump wins Nevada caucuses, collecting third straight victory

Donald Trump was declared the winner of the Nevada caucuses on Tuesday night, gaining a third consecutive victory in an early-voting state and strengthening his position in the Republican presidential race. Trump's victory serves as a setback for his chief competitors, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio of Florida, who must now try to break Trumpâ€™s winning streak in the coming weeks.
2016-02-24 06:14:49 Read More

Small plane with 23 people on board missing in Nepal

A small plane with 21 people on board has gone missing in mountains in Nepal, an official said on Wednesday.
2016-02-24 05:55:25 Read More

Small plane with 23 people on board missing in Nepal

A small plane with 21 people on board has gone missing in mountains in Nepal, an official said on Wednesday.
2016-02-24 05:55:25 Read More

Mars recalls Snickers, Milky Way, Celebrations and other chocolates in 55 countries after plastic found in bars

US chocolate maker Mars said on Tuesday it's recalling candy bars and other items in 55 countries in Europe and elsewhere after plastic was found in one of its products.
2016-02-24 05:32:17 Read More

Guantanamo Bay: Why was it set up, what are the controversies and why does Obama want to close it?

2016-02-24 05:03:44 Read More

Spaniel dumped by roadside with dead puppies in a bag found with 'tears in her eyes'

A spaniel found dumped by the roadside her dead puppies in a chip shop bag had tears in her eyes, the cyclist who found her said.
2016-02-24 05:00:18 Read More

Starbucks barista learns sign language to talk to deaf customer

Ibby Piracha, 23, buys coffee from his neighborhood Starbucks in Leesburg, Virginia, two or three times a week. Each time Piracha, who is deaf, steps to the counter and types his order into his phone for the barista to see.
2016-02-24 04:39:46 Read More

Plane with 21 on board missing in Nepal

A small plane with 21 people on board has gone missing in mountains in Nepal, an official said on Wednesday.
2016-02-24 04:18:22 Read More

Bolivia rejects Evo Morales bid for fourth term: Results

Bolivia's President Evo Morales lost his bid to seek a fourth term, his first direct election defeat since taking office in 2006, according to official results of a referendum with nearly all votes counted.
2016-02-24 03:47:54 Read More

Zika may have been sexually transmitted in 14 cases in US

US health officials are investigating 14 reports of the Zika virus that may been transmitted through sex, including to several pregnant women, raising new questions about the role sexual transmission is playing in the growing outbreak.
2016-02-24 03:43:13 Read More

Tornadoes kill 3, injure dozens in Louisiana, Mississippi

One of the most hard-hit areas is the town of Convent, in southern Louisiana. Two people were killed there, said police said. Authorities were still looking for people believed to be trapped under the debris. Thirty people were injured, and seven of them were in critical condition.
2016-02-24 03:31:00 Read More

China acting like a bully: US senator McCain

US Senator John McCain McCain, chairman of the powerful Senate armed services committee, on Tuesday expressed strong concerns over rapid Chinese militarisation, apprehending that this might disturb decades of peace in the Asia-Pacific region.
2016-02-24 03:30:21 Read More

US Senate committee chairman questions Pakistan F-16 deal

The chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee on Tuesday sharply questioned US plans to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, questioning Pakistani actions he described as threatening US troops as they try to stabilize Afghanistan.
2016-02-24 03:24:32 Read More

US Senate committee chairman questions Pakistan F-16 deal

High school girl arrested after students stabbed at Canadian school

A police official said that cops were called to Dunbarton High School in Pickering, Ontario, on Tuesday morning after a report about a female waving a knife around. He said six students and two staff members sustained minor injuries.
2016-02-24 03:06:39 Read More

Ten dead in Mali tribal violence

2016-02-24 02:36:05 Read More

China deploys fighter jets to contested island in South China Sea

China has deployed fighter jets to the same contested island in the South China Sea to which it also has sent surface-to-air missiles, US officials said Tuesday.
2016-02-24 00:14:32 Read More

Fiji cyclone death toll rises to 36: Red Cross

The death toll from the Fiji super-cyclone hit 36 on Wednesday, with fears it will continue to climb as relief teams reach isolated communities, the Red Cross said.
2016-02-24 00:11:38 Read More

Fiji cyclone death toll rises to 36: Red Cross

The death toll from the Fiji super-cyclone hit 36 on Wednesday, with fears it will continue to climb as relief teams reach isolated communities, the Red Cross said.
2016-02-24 00:11:38 Read More

Ten dead in Mali tribal violence: Officials

At least 10 people were killed in northern Mali in the last week in reprisal killings over the murder of a tribal elder, officials told AFP on Tuesday.
2016-02-23 22:58:09 Read More

China moves to halt â€˜weird, xenocentricâ€™ architecture

China is home to at least 10 White Houses, three Arcs de Triomphe and one Eiffel Tower. But 2016 might signal the end for Chinaâ€™s more grandiose architecture.
2016-02-23 22:54:40 Read More

Pak parliament is worldâ€™s first to run only on solar power

Energy-starved Pakistanâ€™s parliament has become the worldâ€™s first solarpowered legislative body.
2016-02-23 22:50:59 Read More

Drone do that! Robots killing jobs in America

There was a robot invented in America that catches thieves. In the US, it caught 10 thieves; in Australia, it caught 100. In China, it caught 1,000.
2016-02-23 22:35:04 Read More

Obamaâ€™s last-ditch bid to shut Guantanamo prison

President Barack Obama on Tuesday submitted a plan to the Republican-controlled US Congress to close down the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, the island prison that earned infamy post-9/11 for extra-judicial punishment and torture.
2016-02-23 22:29:43 Read More

Italy summons US envoy over reports Berlusconi was spied on

2016-02-23 17:40:07 Read More

Ancient Hindu temple in Peshawar being 'secretly' demolished, say locals

An ancient Hindu temple in this northwestern Pakistani city is being demolished secretly in the name of repair with a commercial plaza set to come up on its land. The ancient Hindu temple located in Karimpura in Peshawar's old city is being demolished in the name of repairs, several inhabitants of the area said.
2016-02-23 15:32:14 Read More

Ancient Hindu temple in Peshawar being 'secretly' demolished

Why some of the biggest companies in the UK didn't sign the pro-EU letter

2016-02-23 15:26:52 Read More

Why some of the biggest companies in the UK didn't sign the pro-EU letter

2016-02-23 15:25:31 Read More

7,000 Hindus in Malaysia wrongly documented as Muslims: NGOs

Eight Hindu NGOs said they are assisting 500 Hindus, while some 7,000 others throughout the country were affected by the "system failure"â€‹, as they were wrongly documented as Muslims on their national identity cards.
2016-02-23 15:09:55 Read More

Climbing pagodas banned in ancient Myanmar capital

Visitors to Myanmar's ancient capital Bagan will no longer be able to climb the venerated pagodas for a view of the country's most famous archaeological site following a government edict railing against "disgraceful" tourist behaviour.
2016-02-23 15:04:25 Read More

Climbing pagodas banned in Myanmar capital

Beijing building radar on South China Sea island

Beijing is installing radar facilities on its artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, an American think tank has said, in a move analysts warned would "exponentially improve" the country's monitoring capacities.
2016-02-23 14:41:13 Read More

Donald Trump on protester: â€˜Iâ€™d like to punch him in the face

2016-02-23 13:30:14 Read More

Republican hopeful Donald Trump looks to take Nevada

Donald Trump leads the march in Nevada for the Republican nomination in the coming US presidential elections. He has registered emphatic victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Hillary Clinton has won the Democrat caucuses from the state.
2016-02-23 12:02:57 Read More

Ebola nurse admitted to UK hospital for third time

2016-02-23 11:26:54 Read More

Nepal heaves sigh of relief as fuel rationing lifted

2016-02-23 11:19:34 Read More

10 untranslatable words from around the world

It may come as a surprise that despite the increasingly globalized society we live in and the fact that learning foreign languages are encouraged, there remains some foreign words which have no English translation.
2016-02-23 09:19:56 Read More

Pak parliament becomes first in world to run entirely on solar power

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a simple ceremony switched on solar-powered building of parliament in capital Islamabad. First announced in 2014, the venture has been funded by the Chinese government as an act of friendship, with the solar power plant costing around $55 million.
2016-02-23 09:00:49 Read More

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Teen gets sex change, parents retract newspaper birth announcement in heart-warming fashion

When 19-year-old Elizabeth Anne Bogert decided to start identifying as a man, his parents reacted in an innovative, witty and touching way.
2016-02-23 08:09:41 Read More

US to China: Hawaii is not South China Sea

2016-02-23 08:04:00 Read More

US to China: Hawaii is not South China Sea

The US has strongly refuted the Chinese claim that what it is doing in the disputed South China Sea is akin to the US's deploying of defence facilities in Hawaii, saying no other country has a claim on Hawaii.
2016-02-23 08:04:00 Read More

Islamic State rigs currency rates in Mosul to prop up finances

Islamic State militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul are manipulating the exchange rate between US dollars and Iraqi dinars to squeeze money out of local people as coalition bombers attack the group's finances.
2016-02-23 07:30:21 Read More

China may be installing new radar on South China Sea outposts: US thinktank

Recent satellite images showed that China appeared to have constructed a buried bunker and lighthouse on the northern portion of the feature, a helipad, communications equipment and a quay with a loading crane.
2016-02-23 07:28:13 Read More

China may be installing new radar on South China Sea outposts: US thinktank

Nepal ends fuel rationing after supply from India improves

Relief came as Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli visited India, where he met Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and cleared up differences over Nepal's adoption of its first post-monarchy constitution last September.
2016-02-23 07:23:25 Read More

How Bush spent $130 million running for President with nothing to show for it

When Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, formally entered the presidential campaign in June 2015, there was already more money behind him than every other Republican candidate combined. When he suspended his campaign on February 20, 2016 in South Carolina, Bush had burned through the vast majority of that cash by spending on advertising, public relations, image consultants, traveling, parking and pizza without winning a single state.
2016-02-23 07:21:08 Read More

The real Zika conspiracy: Are Brazilian authorities downplaying the virus?

The Brazilian government is facing criticism from health workers in the areas worst-hit by the Zika virus, due to a perceived lack of support and a failure to provide official diagnosis.
2016-02-23 07:19:09 Read More

Sister of slain Muslim student challenges Donald Trump after 'pig blood' comments

2016-02-23 07:14:28 Read More

Syrian Parliamentary elections to be held in April

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has announced April 13 as the date for the country's next Parliamentary elections. This comes soon after Russia and the US agreed upon a partial truce to avoid hurting mutual interests in the war ravaged country.
2016-02-23 06:04:59 Read More

Uber driver charged with six murders in US shooting rampage

Jason Brian Dalton, 45, was charged with six counts of murder for mass shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Sunday. Uber's tracking system is expected to help police trace the vehicle during the series of shootings. President Obama on Monday decried the nation's epidemic of gun-related deaths.
2016-02-23 05:43:22 Read More

Samjhauta Express to resume run from Thursday

The Lahore-Delhi Samjhauta Express will resume operations from Thursday, according to Pakistan Railway officials. The train service was suspended following Jat protests in Haryana, that affected rail and road links to Delhi.
2016-02-23 04:56:06 Read More

Historian rejects claim Adolf Hitler had a micropenis

A historian has urged caution over claims that Adolf Hitler had a micropenis. Two historians had claimed the German dictator suffered from a condition that can lead to several complications with the penis - one of means the man has a "micropenis".
2016-02-23 04:47:26 Read More

12 militants killed in Karachi encounter

Police in Pakistan's Karachi kill 12 militants in a raid on their hideout. Officials said the militants belonged to the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan groups.
2016-02-23 04:17:30 Read More

Donald Trump's favorite excuse? It was just a 'retweet'

Donald Trump has repeated inaccurate and racially charged crime statistics, reposted pledges of support from white supremacists and retweeted dubious questions about the citizenship of his presidential rivals to an online following of more than 6 million people on Twitter alone.
2016-02-23 03:38:46 Read More

Donald Trump's favorite excuse? It was just a 'retweet'

Will bring back jobs from countries like China, India: Donald Trump

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has alleged that countries like China and India are taking away jobs from the US and vowed to bring them back for Americans. Trump made the remarks while predicting that he will earn a "tremendous amount" of support from African-Americans.
2016-02-23 03:12:39 Read More

Drunk Air India passenger urinates in aisle, fined Â£1,000

A drunk passenger on an Air India flight from India to Birmingham was slapped with a hefty 1,000 pound penalty for urinating in the aisle, shocking the crew and sparking angry protests from other passengers.
2016-02-23 02:54:51 Read More

A snake colony on uninhabited island in US?

The US state of Massachusetts is planning to set up a colony of venomous rattlesnakes on an uninhabited is and, sparking fears that the serpents could escape and attack people.
2016-02-23 01:19:04 Read More

Iranian media outlets add to bounty for killing Rushdie

Salman Rushdie imposed in 1989 over the publishing of his book 'The Satanic Verses'.
2016-02-22 23:42:47 Read More

#ObamaAndKids: Inseparable

Coddling and kissing babies (and glad-handling their parent voters) is a rite of passage in American politics going back to the 19th century.
2016-02-22 23:33:53 Read More

Syria ceasefire set for Saturday: US, Russia

The United States and Russia announced Monday that a landmark "cessation of hostilities" in war-torn Syria will take effect on February 27.
2016-02-22 23:15:10 Read More

Pentagon due to submit Guantanamo closure plan

Military officials are poised to submit to Congress a much-anticipated report on how to close the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, a spokesman said Monday.
2016-02-22 23:08:45 Read More

British PM warns on Brexit risks as sterling plunges

Prime Minister David Cameron warned Monday that a vote to leave the EU would risk Britain's economic and national security, as uncertainty over the outcome of the June referendum sent the pound plunging.
2016-02-22 22:50:00 Read More

Keywan Karimi: I am not scared of the 223 lashes

After the five years of his six-year prison term were dropped, Iranian directorÂ KeywanÂ KarimiÂ tellsÂ TOIÂ that he is planning to make cinema in jail
2016-02-22 19:08:11 Read More

The workers' rights at stake if Britain leaves the EU

UK workersâ€™ employment rights are at stake if Britain votes to leave the EU.
2016-02-22 15:57:33 Read More

IS frees Syrian Christians held since 2015

2016-02-22 15:34:10 Read More

IS frees Syrian Christians held since 2015

2016-02-22 15:34:10 Read More

Taliban suicide bomber kills at least 13 in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber targeting a police commander killed at least 13 people on Monday, including nine civilians, in Afghanistan's northern Parwan province, an official said. The Taliban claimed responsibility in an email sent to media.
2016-02-22 14:37:42 Read More

Islamic State threat forces US, Russia to push for Syria agreement

The US and Russian Presidents are likely to talk soon to seek an agreement to avoid hurting each other's interests in the Syrian war. The leaders will discuss the terms of implementing the deal which would apply to fighting between non-jihadist rebel forces and regime troops backed by Moscow and Tehran.
2016-02-22 13:46:09 Read More

The Dancing Queen: 106-year-old Virginia McLaurin shakes a leg with Barack Obama!

The super-senior citizen was overjoyed to visit the White House and meet the 'black president'!
2016-02-22 13:31:04 Read More

China's foreign minister to visit US amid rising East Asia tensions

China's foreign minister Wang Yi will visit the US from Tuesday, his ministry said, as the two powers grapple over weapons systems on the Korean peninsula and in the South China Sea. The three-day trip comes with Beijing and Washington at loggerheads over militarisation in the South China Sea.
2016-02-22 12:32:47 Read More

China's foreign minister to visit US: Beijing

hina's foreign minister Wang Yi will visit the US from Tuesday, his ministry said, as the two powers grapple over weapons systems on the Korean peninsula and in the South China Sea. The three-day trip comes with Beijing and Washington at loggerheads over militarisation in the South China Sea.
2016-02-22 12:32:47 Read More

Crowd 'cheers' as fire breaks out at home for refugees in Germany

2016-02-22 11:08:22 Read More

Jealous of newborn, US dad tries to shoot wife

A man tried to shoot his wife while she breastfed their 4-month-old, because he was jealous of how much time she spent with the baby, she told police.
2016-02-22 10:52:59 Read More

US secretly agreed North Korea talks before nuke test: Report

The talks were offered despite a longstanding condition that North Korea first move to cut its nuclear arsenal. Instead the nuclear weapons program was to be part of the talks, the Journal said in its Monday edition.
2016-02-22 10:08:15 Read More

US secretly agreed North Korea talks before nuke test: Report

The talks were offered despite a longstanding condition that North Korea first move to cut its nuclear arsenal. Instead, the nuclear weapons program was to be part of the talks, the reports said.
2016-02-22 10:08:15 Read More

China signals no South China Sea backdown

China's South China Sea military deployments are no different from US deployments on Hawaii, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday, striking a combative tone ahead of a visit by foreign minister Wang Yi to the United States this week.
2016-02-22 10:03:48 Read More

Australia announces voting reforms, signalling possible early polls

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull introduced a bill on electoral reform on Monday, signalling a potential dissolution of parliament and an early election to break political deadlock.
2016-02-22 07:40:18 Read More

Australia announces voting reforms, signalling possible early polls

U.S. urges wider challenge to China's claims in South China Sea

Australia and other countries should follow the U.S. lead and conduct "freedom-of-navigation" naval operations within 12 nautical miles of contested islands in the South China Sea, a senior U.S. naval officer was reported as saying on Monday.
2016-02-22 06:57:51 Read More

US urges wider challenge to China's claims in South China Sea

Australia and other countries should follow the US lead and conduct "freedom-of-navigation" naval operations within 12 nautical miles of contested islands in the South China Sea, a senior US naval officer was reported as saying on Monday. Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, the commander of the US Navy's Seventh Fleet discussed growing concerns over Beijing's military expansion in the disputed region.
2016-02-22 06:57:51 Read More

8-year-old boy sexually abused, killed in Pakistan

An eight-year-old boy was found dead after being kidnapped and sexually abused in Pakistan's Balochistan province. His body was found in a pond on the outskirts of Dera Murad Jamali town on Sunday.
2016-02-22 06:51:56 Read More

Suspected Islamist militants stab to death Hindu priest in Bangladesh

Suspected Islamist militants stabbed to death a Hindu priest at a temple in Bangladesh on Sunday, and shot and wounded a devotee who went to his aid. Bangladesh has experienced a wave of militant violence in recent months, including a series of bomb attacks on mosques and Hindu temples.
2016-02-22 06:51:51 Read More

Suspected Islamist militants stab to death Hindu priest in Bangladesh

I'm a Muslim & I love you: Egypt-born man to Trump

The Egyptian-born businessman who came to the United States in 1981 and became a citizen two decades later said that he strongly backs Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US until authorities can determine if they pose a threat.
2016-02-22 04:57:59 Read More

I can act as presidential as any other US leader, says Trump

The tycoon is romping to victory almost unchallenged with a campaign short on substance and long on bravado. While pressing claims that he already knew how to be presidential, Trump conceded the race for the Republican nomination was far from over after emerging victorious in South Carolina.
2016-02-22 04:34:25 Read More

Vietnam's City of Ghosts, where the dead live in style

In a country deeply influenced by Buddhist thought, people take ancestor worship seriously. And as a result, they have invested heavily in decorating the aesthetics of the tombs - from Buddhist-style temples to Gothic tombs, with a hefty sprinkling of Roman-esque columns.
2016-02-22 03:17:53 Read More

Evo Morales looks set to narrowly lose Bolivia referendum: Exit polls

Bolivian President Evo Morales looked set to narrowly lose a referendum on whether the leftist leader can seek to stay in power for a fourth term, according to exit polls on Sunday.
2016-02-22 01:27:03 Read More

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US rejected North Korea peace treaty bid: State Dept

The United States said Sunday it received a North Korean proposal to discuss a peace treaty for the Korean peninsula but rejected it when Pyongyang refused to consider reducing its nuclear arsenal.
2016-02-21 23:52:06 Read More

Russia's defence minister on surprise visit to Iran

Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Sunday started a previously unannounced visit to Tehran with the conflict in Syria high on his agenda, Iranian state media reported.
2016-02-21 22:37:32 Read More

John Kerry urges Palestinians, Israelis to ease tensions

US Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Sunday and discussed tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, the US State Department said.
2016-02-21 22:31:37 Read More

Big wins for Clinton, Trump; Bush bows out

Frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fended off challenges from their respective Democratic and Republican rivals to stay ahead in the race to the White House, as a little more clarity emerged in the seemingly interminable US presidential elections, with its multiple rounds of debates, primaries, and caucuses in the run up to nomination process.
2016-02-21 22:26:11 Read More

Why Donald Trump could win the US Republican presidential nomination

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has in the past eight months defied his critics and proven his White House bid is not simply a surreal stunt.
2016-02-21 16:22:44 Read More

At least 30 dead in bombings south of Damascus: state TV, monitor

At least 30 people were killed on Sunday in a series of attacks, including a car bombing, near a Shiite shrine south of Syria's capital, state television and a monitor said. The Syrian state broadcaster said a car bombing and two suicide attacks ripped through the area of the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, killing 30 and wounding dozens.
2016-02-21 16:21:44 Read More

At least 30 dead in south of Damascus bombings: state TV, monitor

Cambodia builds $40,000 lakeside toilet for Thai princess's visit - and plans to demolish it when she leaves

The visit of a Thai princess to one of Cambodiaâ€™s poorest provinces has sparked controversy after at least $40,000 was spent building an air-conditioned outhouse in anticipation of her arrival. The luxury toilet has been assembled on the banks of the protected Lake Yeak Laom in Ratanakkiri province.
2016-02-21 16:11:01 Read More

5.9-magnitude moderate quake hit Pakistan, no casualty reported

A 5.9-magnitude moderate earthquake on Sunday jolted parts of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakthunkhwa province but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The epicentre of the quake was at Hindu Kush mountain range inside Afghanistan at a depth, PDMA said.
2016-02-21 14:02:53 Read More

5.9-magnitude moderate quake hits Pakistan, no casualty reported

Germany mulling military training mission in Tunisia: Report

Germany is considering sending troops to Tunisia to help train soldiers in the fight against the Islamic State group, a newspaper report said on Sunday.
2016-02-21 14:01:20 Read More

Death toll rises as Fiji cleans up after cyclone

Fiji began a massive clean-up on Sunday after the most powerful cyclone in the Pacific nation's history left a trail of destruction, killing six people, flattening scores of homes and crippling infrastructure.
2016-02-21 13:54:59 Read More

Thousands surround Japan parliament in protest at US base plan

Thousands of protesters formed a human chain around Japan's parliament on Sunday in protest at the planned construction of a new US base on the southern island of Okinawa. Some 28,000 people surrounded the building holding banners reading "No more US bases in Okinawa" and "Follow the will of Okinawa".
2016-02-21 13:45:49 Read More

Thousands surround Japan parliament in protest at US base plan

Thousands surround Japan parliament in protest at US military base plan

Prince William's palace staff may go on strike

Prince William and wife Kate's Kensington Palace staff may go on strike in protest against a 3,000 pound pay cut. The staff have been asked to accept reduced working hours, which will hit their annual earnings hard, 'The Sunday Times' reported.
2016-02-21 11:53:19 Read More

Pope Francis calls for worldwide ban on death penalty

ope Francis on Sunday called for a worldwide ban on the death penalty, saying the commandment "You shall not kill" was just as valid for the guilty as for the innocent. "I appeal to the consciences of those who govern to reach an international consensus to abolish the death penalty," he said.
2016-02-21 11:49:58 Read More

Urdu in Pakistan schools contributed to political tensions: Unesco

Warning that language can serve as a "double-edged sword", the Unesco said the continued use of Urdu in Pakistani schools has led to political tensions in the multi-ethnic country and recommended that children be taught in a language they understand.
2016-02-21 11:31:46 Read More

Freedom of information: German boy requests government to release exam papers

2016-02-21 09:28:37 Read More

US pulls out B-1 bombers from ISIS fight

2016-02-21 09:14:16 Read More

Priest killed in Bangladesh

2016-02-21 08:47:03 Read More

Would return to US with guarantee of fair trial: Snowden

2016-02-21 08:39:57 Read More

Double bomb attack kills 25 in Syria's Homs: state media

At least 25 people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday in a double car bomb attack in the central Syrian city of Homs, a monitor said. The bombings appeared to have caused extensive damage, ripping the fronts off shops surrounding the site and mangling cars and minibuses.
2016-02-21 08:30:09 Read More

Double bomb attack kills 25 in Syria's Homs: Syrian media

China to limit land available for homes

China will reduce or stop issuing land for new residential housing projects in areas where there is a supply glut, the latest in a series of measures aimed at clearing a property overhang weighing on the economy.
2016-02-21 07:52:49 Read More

9-year-old girl among 6 killed in Michigan shootings, suspect detained

A man drove around a western Michigan city shooting people at three locations on Saturday, including a Cracker Barrel restaurant and a Ford dealership, leaving six dead and three injured, two of them critically, police said.
2016-02-21 07:50:52 Read More

Brazil uses drones to combat Zika virus

Several cities in Brazil are using drones to detect and destroy the breeding grounds of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits Zika virus. Sao Paulo is flying drones over shuttered residences to check for signs of the mosquito in gardens, terraces and other places where they might breed.
2016-02-21 07:44:46 Read More

Fiji super cyclone kills five, raises fears of health crisis

Downed power lines and flooding are hampering relief efforts in Fiji after one of the most powerful storms recorded in the southern hemisphere tore through the Pacific island nation, flattening remote villages and killing at least five people.
2016-02-21 07:35:39 Read More

North Korea confirms new military chief

2016-02-21 07:10:39 Read More

Fiji cleans up after 'strongest ever' cyclone

Fiji began a massive clean-up on Sunday after the most powerful cyclone in the Pacific island nation's history left a trail of destruction, killing at least one person and crippling vital infrastructure.
2016-02-21 06:11:36 Read More

At least 6 killed in Michigan shootings: Reports

At least six people have been shot and killed in Kalamazoo County, in the northern US state of Michigan, local media reported late Saturday citing police. Witnesses said the shooter was a male driving an SUV.
2016-02-21 05:38:39 Read More

US shooter in Michigan kills at least six: Local media

After Paris terror attacks, France struggles with faith on the job

France's strict legal separation of religious and civic life â€” a legacy of the French Revolution known as laicitÃ© â€” is a brand of secularism that coexists uneasily with Islamic traditions, making workplace negotiations about religious practice particularly difficult and prone to misunderstandings.
2016-02-21 04:49:34 Read More

Jeb Bush drops out of the Republican race for president

Republican candidate Jeb Bush ended his campaign for US presidency on Saturday after a disappointing finish in South Carolina. He was lagging far behind in South Carolina, where his well-organized campaign was outmatched by insurgent billionaire Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
2016-02-21 02:47:42 Read More

Move to Recycle Bin -Â and save the earth

Sustainability was on show at the recent Stockholm Design Week, and young designers proved that green will be the colour of urban life in the future.
2016-02-21 00:53:14 Read More

Fiji cleans up after 'strongest ever' cyclone

Fiji began a massive clean-up on Sunday after the most powerful cyclone in its history battered the Pacific island nation, leaving a trail of destruction.
2016-02-21 00:18:18 Read More

Hillary Clinton wins Nevada Democratic caucuses: US networks

Hillary Clinton has won Saturday's Democratic presidential caucuses in Nevada, US networks projected, giving her a much-needed victory over rival Bernie Sanders in the race for the White House nomination.
2016-02-20 22:50:27 Read More

Trump takes S.Carolina, Clinton wins in Nevada

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump grabbed a big win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, while Democrat Hillary Clinton breathed life into her sluggish campaign with a victory over Bernie Sanders in Nevada.
2016-02-20 22:50:27 Read More

Trump takes S.Carolina, Clinton wins in Nevada

First US trials of suspected Islamic State sympathizers begin

A US Air Force veteran and former airplane mechanic charged with trying to join the Islamic State will be among the first Americans to go on trial as a result of the US government's pursuit of dozens of suspected sympathizers of the militant group.
2016-02-20 22:05:48 Read More

US air strike on Libya kills two abducted Serbians

A US air strike in Libya believed to have killed an Islamic State group operative behind the mass murder of tourists on a Tunisian beach also killed two kidnapped Serbian embassy employees, Belgrade said Saturday.
2016-02-20 21:57:32 Read More

Women think Irish men are the sexiest, survey finds

Irish men are the worldâ€™s sexiest, according to a survey of thousands of jet-setting women.
2016-02-20 17:26:29 Read More

Britain to hold historic EU referendum on June 23

Britain will hold a historic referendum on whether to stay in the European Union on June 23, Prime Minister David Cameron announced. He also warned that leaving the 28-nation bloc would be a "leap in the dark". He said the vote would be one of the biggest decisions in the UK.
2016-02-20 15:28:31 Read More

Mexican woman with Zika gives birth to healthy child

A woman with a confirmed case of the Zika virus in Mexico gave birth to a "clinically healthy" baby boy, health ministry said. The woman, from the town of Pijijiapan, delivered the six pound (2.8kg) boy in a hospital in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez on Friday.
2016-02-20 15:02:23 Read More

Uganda's Yoweri Museveni wins disputed polls; rival detained

Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of the presidential election, with more than 60 per cent of the votes. The main opposition party, however, has rejected the results as fraudulent. Museveni's nearest rival, opposition leader Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change party, got 35 per cent, according to final results announced by the election commission.
2016-02-20 14:22:24 Read More

Four-year-old sentenced to life in prison for murder in Egypt

An Egyptian court has sentenced a four-year-old boy to life imprisonment for â€œcommitting murderâ€ when he was just one-year-old. He was convicted of four counts of murder, eight of attempted murder, one for vandalising property and another count of threatening police officers - all before his second birthday.
2016-02-20 14:15:33 Read More

Four-year-old sentenced to life in prison for murder in Egypt

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France orders expulsion of big swath of Calais migrant camp

Authorities have issued an expulsion order for hundreds of migrants living in a huge swath of the Calais camp in northern France. They have asked that they remove their makeshift homes and possessions within four days. Authorities estimate that 800-1,000 migrants live in that sector, crammed with shops, cafes, mosques and churches.
2016-02-20 12:30:20 Read More

Russia criticizes rejection of Syria resolution

Kremlin is disappointed by the rejection of a proposed United Nations resolution aimed at stopping cross-border shelling and foreign ground intervention in the Syrian conflict. Syria's government says Turkish artillery shelling inside Syria is an "outrageous violation" of international law.
2016-02-20 11:30:29 Read More

After 43 years in solitary imprisonment, US inmate Albert Woodfox freed

The last inmate of a group known as the "Angola Three" pleaded no contest to manslaughter in the 1972 death of a prison guard and was released after more than four decades in prison. Albert Woodfox and two other men became known as the "Angola Three" for their decades-long stays in isolation.
2016-02-20 11:28:30 Read More

Non-bailable arrest warrant issued against Pervez Musharraf

A non-bailable warrant was issued against former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf. A local court of Islamabad issued the order in connection with the murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi, who was killed in a military crackdown in 2007.
2016-02-20 11:01:24 Read More

Flight cancelled as powerful cyclone bears down on Fiji

Severe tropical cylone Winston, with average winds of 220km per hour and gusts of up to 315km per hour, was forecast to hit Fiji, according to the Fiji meteorological office. It warned its residents to brace for the onslaught of the category five super-storm while it cancelled international flights and activated evacuation centres across the country.
2016-02-20 10:51:12 Read More

7 killed, 9 injured after lightning struck a house in Pak

Seven persons including four women and two children of the same family were killed and nine others injured on Saturday when lightning struck a two-storey house in Pakistan's Punjab province. The roof of the house collapsed after lightning hit the house, entrapping the residents under the rubble.
2016-02-20 10:24:27 Read More

Fiji hunkers down as Cyclone Winston nears main islands

Cyclone Winston was forecast to pass between the two main populated islands overnight. Many domestic and international flights were canceled and authorities urged people to secure their homes and not venture outside.
2016-02-20 09:36:37 Read More

Militants blew up new government school in Waziristan

Militants blew up part of a newly constructed government school in Pakistan's South Waziristan region late Friday night, the latest in a string of attacks on educational institutions.
2016-02-20 09:36:35 Read More

First Zika case confirmed in South Africa

The first case of Zika involving a Colombian businessman was confirmed by the South African health authorities on Friday.
2016-02-20 09:12:12 Read More

First Zika case confirmed in South Africa

The first case of Zika involving a Colombian businessman was confirmed by the South African health authorities on Friday.
2016-02-20 09:12:12 Read More

Democrat Sanders looks to prove minority appeal in Nevada

Nevada's Democratic caucuses give Sanders his first chance to prove he can win over black and Hispanic voters and compete nationally as the presidential race moves to states with more diverse populations.
2016-02-20 07:20:29 Read More

Kizza Besigye arrested after police raided his party headquarters

Kizza Besigye, who stood second in the partial results of Uganda's elections, was arrested again on Friday after police stormed his party headquarters in the capital. The police raid came as people continued to vote at dozens of polling stations in the wider Kampala area, where voting was extended in 36 sites for a second day after delays on Thursday that Commonwealth election observers called "inexcusable".
2016-02-20 06:41:41 Read More

Veteran Museveni leads count in Uganda election

Partial results in Uganda's chaotic election gave veteran president Yoweri Museveni a solid lead as the US urged him to "rein in" the police after his main challenger was detained for the third time this week. As voting concluded on Friday, provisional results gave the 71-year-old leader 63 per cent of the vote with nearly half of polling centres counted.
2016-02-20 06:41:41 Read More

The next world war will be in the South China Sea. Ask Thucydides...

China has converted thousands of merchant ships for military use, developed a "carrier killer" missile specifically designed to sink American aircraft carriers, tested hypersonic glide vehicles said to be capable of striking the US with nuclear warheads.
2016-02-20 06:31:11 Read More

Thousands marry in mass ceremony in South Korea

About 3,000 couples from 62 countries tied the knot in South Korea on Saturday, in a mass wedding ceremony conducted by the Unification Church founded by the late Reverend Sun Myung Moon. A further 12,000 couples worldwide participated in the ceremony via the Internet, said Ryu Kyeung-seuk, president of the South Korean headquarters of the church.
2016-02-20 06:18:56 Read More

Thailand targeting 1.1 mn indian travellers this year

Thailand was usually seen as a budget-seekers paradise in India, but in recent times, the country has also found takers among luxury travellers.
2016-02-20 05:07:06 Read More

Cyclone Winston approaches Fijian capital

Tropical Cyclone Winston is bearing down on the main island of Fiji with local authorities warning of life-threatening conditions from destructive winds, torrential rain and storm surges. At 5am local time on Saturday the Category 4 storm was 320 km east-northeast of the Fijian capital Suva and producing average wind speeds of 220 km per hour.
2016-02-20 04:45:34 Read More

Fight over Ted Cruz's ballot eligibility moves to courtrooms

Lawsuits challenging the Texas Republican's eligibility for the ballot have been filed in states including Illinois, New York and Alabama.
2016-02-20 04:33:55 Read More

Gunmen kill 3 police officers in central Pakistan

Two gunmen shot and killed three police officers in an attack on a patrol team in the central city of Faisalabad.
2016-02-20 04:25:55 Read More

Nasa sees record number of astronaut applications

Nasa has received a record 18,300 resumes from people keen on becoming astronauts, the US space agency has said.
2016-02-20 04:03:11 Read More

Seoul: North conducted artillery drill near sea border

South Korea's front-line soldiers near the northwest island of Baengnyeong heard several explosions and also saw flashes from what the military believes were shells fired from North Korean coastal guns at around 7:20am, said an official from Seoul's Defense Ministry, who didn't want to be named, citing office rules.
2016-02-20 03:36:39 Read More

Umberto Eco, author of 'The Name of the Rose,' dies at 84

Italian author Umberto Eco, who became famous for the 1980 international blockbuster "The Name of the Rose", died on Friday, Italian media reported. He was 84. ``The Name of the Rose,'' a murder mystery set in the 14th century, was published in 1980 and caught on with readers worldwide.
2016-02-20 03:17:21 Read More

Kurdish-led force seizes ISIS stronghold in northeast Syria

2016-02-20 02:38:39 Read More

IS beheads 15-yr-old Iraqi for listening to pop music

The Islamic State has reportedly beheaded a teenager for listening to pop music and shot dead two others for missing Friday prayers, in an ongoing crackdown on personal freedoms in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul.â€‹
2016-02-20 01:58:35 Read More

IS beheads 15-yr-old Iraqi for listening to pop music

Trump calls for boycott until Apple unlocks shooter's phone

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called on Friday for a boycott of Apple Inc products until the tech company agreed to help the US government unlock the cellphone of one of the killers in last year's San Bernardino, California, shooting.
2016-02-19 23:10:51 Read More

In setback, Syrian peace talks not to resume next week

In another setback to international efforts to resolve Syria's devastating civil war, peace talks are not to resume next week in Geneva, a UN.
2016-02-19 23:05:12 Read More

Despite deadly strike, US wary of Libya engagement: Experts

In what was only the second time the United States hit an IS target in Libya, the air strike early Friday saw warplanes and drones obliterate a training center near the city of Sabratha west of Tripoli.
2016-02-19 22:58:42 Read More

Cameron seals 'Brexit' deal after marathon EU summit

European leaders finally sealed a deal Friday on British Prime Minister David Cameron's reforms after hours of haggling at a marathon summit, paving the way for a referendum on whether Britain will stay in the EU.
2016-02-19 22:53:28 Read More

Saudi Arabia will run out of groundwater in 13 years

Saudi Arabia has started taxing water for residents to try and address the soaring cost of debt as oil revenues decline.
2016-02-19 21:14:58 Read More

Isis commander behind Tunisia attacks likely killed in US strike

A US air strike targeting Isis training camp in Libya today likely killed a senior militant who was linked to two major attacks in Tunisia last year in which nearly 60 people lost their lives, the Pentagon said. Isis operative Noureddine Chouchane alias Sabir, a Tunisian national and senior facilitator of the group in Libya, likely killed in the attack.
2016-02-19 17:42:42 Read More

Russia demands meeting at UN over fears of Turkish ground operation in Syria

Russia called for a UN security council meeting on Friday over fears of a possible Turkish ground operation in Syria, after Ankara mooted a possible joint intervention with Gulf and western allies. Turkey has called for a joint ground operation in Syria with its international allies.
2016-02-19 17:24:25 Read More

Russia demands UN meet over fears of Turkish ground operation in Syria

Harper Lee, author of â€˜To Kill a Mockingbirdâ€™, dies

Harper Lee, who wrote one of America's most enduring literary classics, 'To Kill a Mockingbird', about a child's view of right and wrong and waited 55 years to publish a second book with the same characters from a very different point of view, has died at the age of 89, an Alabama news site reported on Friday.
2016-02-19 15:58:41 Read More

Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' dies: Report

Harper Lee, who wrote one of America's most enduring literary classics, "To Kill a Mockingbird," about a child's view of right and wrong and waited 55 years to publish a second book with the same characters from a very different point of view, has died at the age of 89, local Alabama news site reported on Friday.
2016-02-19 15:58:41 Read More

German court rejects challenge on bestiality ban

Germany's highest court on Thursday threw out a challenge against a ban on bestiality brought by two individuals who "feel sexually attracted to animals". A man and a woman had alleged that a law passed in 2013 against having sex with animals violated their "right to sexual self-determination".
2016-02-19 14:39:44 Read More

German court rejects challenge on bestiality ban

Idyllic Italian town to ban tourists after being swamped by millions of visitors

The tourism sector has arguably been one of the biggest casualties of the global financial crash; as hotels and resorts struggle to stay afloat and visiting figures have plummeted.
2016-02-19 14:21:55 Read More

Idyllic Italian town to ban tourists after being swamped by millions of visitors

China set to ban all foreign media from publishing online

China is set to ban foreign media companies from publishing any content online without the governmentâ€™s approval from next month, it has been announced. This means only companies wholly Chinese owned will be able to publish online, subject to strict self-censorship in line with the governmentâ€™s views.
2016-02-19 12:47:06 Read More

Zimbabweâ€™s main hydropower dam running out of water after drought

Zimbabwe's main hydropower dam could stop producing electricity in six months if water levels keep falling after the nation's worst drought in more than two decades, threatening deeper power cuts. Zimbabwe and neighbouring Zambia both rely heavily on the Kariba dam for electricity.
2016-02-19 12:36:28 Read More

Japanese lawmaker criticized for linking Obama to slaves

A Japanese lawmaker has been criticized for saying US President Barack Obama was a descendant of black slaves and so would have been an unthinkable presidential choice in America's early history. Kazuya Maruyama, a lawmaker in PM Shinzo Abe's ruling party, apologized hours after making the remark.
2016-02-19 12:17:01 Read More

Donald Trump softens stand against Pope Francis after US-Mexico wall row

Hours after calling Pope Francis's explosive remarks against him "disgraceful", Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump in a damage-control move appeared to have mellowed down his outburst saying he does not "like fighting with Pope".
2016-02-19 12:05:35 Read More

Austria snubs EU with migrant cap launch as rift widens

Austria on Friday introduced a new daily cap on asylum seekers that could trigger a domino effect of border clampdowns on the Balkan migrant trail from Greece up to northern Europe. The move sparked anger from the European Union, which hopes on sealing a pact with Turkey to stem the migrant crisis.
2016-02-19 11:54:59 Read More

Warplanes strike Libyaâ€™s Sabratha, scores killed

Warplanes carried out air strikes early on Friday morning in the western Libyan city of Sabratha, killing as many as 40 people, the city's mayor said. New York Times, citing a western official, said US jets carried out the attack targeting a senior Tunisian operative of Islamic State.
2016-02-19 11:45:10 Read More

US warplanes strike Libyaâ€™s Sabratha, over 40 killed

US fighter aircraft carried out air strikes early on Friday morning in the western Libyan city of Sabratha, killing as many as 40 people, the city's mayor said. New York Times, citing a western official, said US jets carried out the attack targeting a senior Tunisian operative of Islamic State.
2016-02-19 11:45:10 Read More

US warplanes strike Islamic State in Libya, kill 40 people

Endangered dolphin dies in Argentina after beach-goers pass it around for photos

An endangered dolphin was killed after beach-goers reportedly pulled it from the water in order to take photos with it.
2016-02-19 09:17:25 Read More

In a resilient North Korea, can sanctions work?

"Sanctions and pressure will never work on the DPRK, which has been exposed to all kinds of sanctions and blockade for decades," its state-run Korean Central News Agency wrote in an editorial last week.
2016-02-19 09:14:48 Read More

In a resilient North Korea, can sanctions work?

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EU reform deal will be 'final offer,' David Cameron told

Under plans put forward at a meeting of EU leaders any agreement would contain wording making clear that the deal represented the EUâ€™s â€˜final offerâ€™ to Britain and could not be re-opened in the event of a â€˜leaveâ€™ vote.
2016-02-19 08:55:13 Read More

Gulf Arab states race to release youth potential in age of cheap oil

The collapse in oil prices is forcing governments of Gulf Arab states to make good on old promises to turn their growing youth populations into a workforce that can compete globally.
2016-02-19 08:03:06 Read More

Would send cease-and-desist letters to China: Donald Trump

In his fresh anti-China tirade, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has said if elected to the White House he would send "cease-and-desist" letters to China and other nations that are "ripping us off".
2016-02-19 07:54:31 Read More

Pakistan, with 324 executions in 2015, ranks third worldwide

Juveniles, mentally ill prisoners, and prisoners who had been tortured or had not received fair trials were among those executed, the report found in an analysis of media reports and data from courts, prisons and legal teams.
2016-02-19 07:33:19 Read More

Turkey blames Kurdish militants for Ankara bomb; vows reprisals

Turkish Prime Minister blamed a Syrian Kurdish militia fighter working with Kurdish militants inside Turkey for a suicide car bombing that killed 28 people in the capital Ankara, and he vowed retaliation in both Syria and Iraq.
2016-02-19 07:27:30 Read More

Beijing's air quality improving, despite winter setback, official says

The thick smog that shrouded the city for 22 days over November and December had distorted the picture of Beijing's environmental record since 2014, city official Yu Jianhua said. Environmental concerns had prompted authorities to force a total of 718 firms to move out of Beijing in 2015.
2016-02-19 07:21:42 Read More

Donald Trump softens stand against Pope after US-Mexico wall row

Pope's comments on Donald Trump's Christianity spark jokes on Twitter

Pope Francis's remarks that Donald Trump is "not Christian" due to his views on immigration sparked jokes on social media, and the pope quickly became a trending topic on Twitter in the United States. "Watching Trump fight with the Pope might be the most fun you can have with your clothes on," tweeted actor Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks).
2016-02-19 07:02:34 Read More

South Korean prosecutors raid Volkswagen office in emissions probe

Volkswagen and Audi face a flurry of legal complaints globally after Volkswagen admitted in September to falsifying US emissions tests on some of its diesel cars. A spokesman for Volkswagen Korea confirmed the raid but provided no other details, and reiterated that the company is cooperating with the probe.
2016-02-19 07:00:32 Read More

Ted Cruz faces litigation over eligibility to run for Prez

Top Republican candidate Ted Cruz has been slapped with a lawsuit challenging his eligibility to serve as US president over citizenship issues, raising doubts about his status ahead of the crucial South Carolina primary.
2016-02-19 06:23:00 Read More

China to make permanent residency easier for foreigners

Guidelines issued by China's Cabinet aim to expand the categories of foreigners in China eligible to obtain the Chinese equivalent of a US green card. Procedures will also be simplified and restrictions relaxed on foreign students seeking jobs in the country.
2016-02-19 06:20:59 Read More

Pathankot terror attack: Pakistan police lodge FIR against unidentified personsÂ

According to a report in Pakistani newspaper Dawn, an FIR, number 06/2016, was registered at a police station inÂ GujranwalaÂ under sections 302, 324 and 109 of the Pakistan Penal Code and sections 7 and 21-I of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
2016-02-19 05:57:18 Read More

Pathankot terror attack: Pakistan police lodge FIR against unidentified personsÂ

Aid worker who rescued a boy from starvation reveals how she is working to save Nigeria's 'witch children'

n aid worker whose rescue of an emaciated two-year-old boy made headlines around the world has spoken about how she gave up everything in Denmark to help â€œthe witch children of Nigeriaâ€.
2016-02-19 05:52:56 Read More

88 Years: That's how long it took a US president to visit Cuba

US President Barack Obama says he will travel to Havana next month â€œto advance progress and improve lives of the Cuban peopleâ€.
2016-02-19 05:37:26 Read More

Pope suggests contraception can be accepted in Zika crisis

Pope Francis has suggested women threatened with the Zika virus could use artificial contraception, saying "avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil" in light of the global epidemic. But calls abortion a "human evil"
2016-02-19 05:11:21 Read More

ISIS 'beheads teenage boys for listening to pop music and missing Friday prayers'

The ISIS jihadist group has reportedly beheaded a teenage boy for listening to pop music and shot dead two others for missing Friday prayers, as part of a crackdown on personal freedoms in the group's Iraqi stronghold of Mosul.
2016-02-19 04:57:42 Read More

Suspected plane debris found in Vietnam

Vietnamese authorities have started examining suspected plane debris, the media reported on Friday.
2016-02-19 04:35:48 Read More

Nawaz Sharif, Narendra Modi likely to meet in Washington next month

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Shairf is likely to meet his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Washington next month on the sidelines of a nuclear summit hosted by US President Barack Obama, a media report said on Friday.
2016-02-19 04:06:46 Read More

North Korea satellite tumbling in orbit again: US

The satellite update came as a key congressional watchdog agency said the US military had not demonstrated its ability to protect the United States against a possible North Korea missile attack.The report said that the missile defense system, or the Ground-based Midcourse Defense, had only demonstrated â€œa partial capability against small numbers of simple ballistic missile threats.â€
2016-02-19 03:19:18 Read More

North Korea satellite tumbling in orbit again: US

Australia warns Beijing over threat of conflict in South China Sea

Australia urged China on Friday to refrain from the "militarisation of islands" to avoid walking into a conflict, a day after the United States slammed Beijing for deploying missiles in the disputed South China Sea.
2016-02-19 03:08:50 Read More

Australia warns Beijing over threat of conflict in South China Sea

UN says conflict in Ukraine has affected 580,000 children

The conflict in Ukraine has ``deeply affected'' 580,000 children close to the front lines and in areas in the volatile east not under government control, the U.N. children's agency said late Thursday.
2016-02-19 02:44:53 Read More

Pope Francis says Donald Trump 'not Christian' in a sign of global concern

Pope Francis forcefully injected himself into the US presidential campaign on Thursday, assailing Republican candidate Donald Trump's views on US immigration as "not Christian" in a sign of growing international concern at the billionaire businessman's election prospects.
2016-02-19 02:30:14 Read More

Swine flu outbreak claims over 300 lives in Ukraine

At least 313 people have died of influenza epidemic in Ukraine during the cold season, the country's health ministry said on Thursday. Health officials said most of the deaths were caused by the H1N1 flu or swine flu, but they failed to give a specified number in this regard.
2016-02-19 02:29:46 Read More

Swine flu outbreak claims over 300 lives in Ukraine

Hottest January smashes global temperature record

2016-02-18 22:48:19 Read More

Obama to be 1st US prez to visit Cuba in 88 years

2016-02-18 22:25:32 Read More

Indiaâ€™s soft power trumps language hurdle in Iraq

2016-02-18 22:09:01 Read More

Seven dead in south Sudan UN base attack: Ban

An outbreak of fighting at a UN peacekeeping base sheltering civilians in South Sudan has killed at least seven people and injured 40, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday.
2016-02-18 19:28:36 Read More

Iraq court sentences 40 to death over 2014 Tikrit massacre

An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced 40 men to death over the June 2014 massacre by jihadists and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits in Tikrit. The court in Baghdad found 40 of 47 defendants guilty of involvement in the "Speicher" massacre where reports says 1,700 men were killed.
2016-02-18 17:52:04 Read More

Russian warplane sale to Iran would violate arms ban, US says

The US says Russia's proposed sale of fighter jets to Iran would violate a UN arms embargo extended as part of the nuclear accord with Tehran. The US state department says transferring the Sukhoi-30 planes requires the UN security council's approval.
2016-02-18 17:45:44 Read More

Pope Francis says Donald Trump cannot claim to be a Christian

Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump cannot claim to be a Christian, Pope Francis said on Thursday, after the billionaire vowed to build a border wall to keep out immigrants.
2016-02-18 17:20:28 Read More

Chinese students jailed in US for kidnapping and assault

2016-02-18 16:09:51 Read More

Chinese students jailed in US for kidnapping and assault

Three students from China were sentenced on Wednesday to years in prison after prosecutors said they stripped, beat and burned two classmates. The defendants and victims were "parachute kids" who studied in Southern California while their parents remained back home.
2016-02-18 16:09:51 Read More

Hungry mice thwart fix for traffic chaos in Brussels

As if the European Union doesn't have enough crises, now traffic chaos in its congested capital Brussels is being blamed on hungry mice. The capital's regional parliament has been told that repairs are being held up as original construction plans have been destroyed â€” apparently eaten by rodents.
2016-02-18 15:57:55 Read More

Top UK varsities condemn police action in JNU

Eight top universities in the UK including Oxford and Cambridge today came out in support of JNU, strongly criticising the police action in its campus as a "direct attack on dissent and debate". Â Â Â
2016-02-18 15:49:06 Read More

Investigators 'preparing to change their minds' on what happened to MH370

Investigators searching for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are reportedly preparing to revive theories that the plane may have been brought down deliberately.
2016-02-18 15:33:08 Read More

Egypt to shut NGO that documents alleged rights abuses

Egyptian authorities have ordered the closure of a prominent local non-governmental organization â€” Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation for Victims of Violence and Torture â€” that documents alleged human rights abuses and treats torture victims, the NGO and security sources said.
2016-02-18 15:21:21 Read More

Ghana bus collides with tomato truck, 53 killed

A regional police official said 53 people were killed when a bus collided head-on with a truck carrying tomatoes in Kintampo, central Ghana, the country's deadliest road accident in recent memory. A survivor's father said there was "devastation" at the scene, with bodies strewn on the road.
2016-02-18 14:48:07 Read More

53 killed as Ghana bus collides with tomato truck

A regional police official says 53 people were killed when a bus collided head-on with a truck carrying tomatoes in Kintampo, central Ghana, the country's deadliest road accident in recent memory. A survivor's father said there was "devastation" at the scene, with bodies strewn on the road.
2016-02-18 14:48:07 Read More

Three killed in Afghan army raid on clinic run by Swedish aid group

Two patients and a caretaker were killed during an overnight raid by Afghan forces on a health clinic in the central province of Wardak, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, the aid group which runs the facility. The group said the attack is a gross violation of the Geneva Convention.
2016-02-18 14:34:16 Read More

Barack Obama plans historic Cuba visit within weeks, talks on expanding trade begin

US President Barack Obama will travel to Cuba within weeks, a senior administration official said on Wednesday, making a historic visit as part of an effort to end more than a half-century of estrangement and forge normalized relations with a Cold War adversary.
2016-02-18 13:45:16 Read More

North Korea â€˜preparing to attack Southâ€™; Seoul calls for tough â€˜terrorâ€™ law

Seeking to push through a sweeping "anti-terrorism" law that has been blocked by opposition parties. South Korean spy agency said it believed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had ordered his military to prepare for acts against the South.
2016-02-18 13:13:22 Read More

Syrian Kurd behind deadly Ankara car bombing, Turkey says

A Syrian national with links to Syrian Kurdish militia carried out the suicide bombing in Ankara that targeted military personnel and killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens of others, Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday.
2016-02-18 12:54:46 Read More

Teenager with no arms and legs told he must prove he is disabled to keep benefits

A teenager whose arms and legs were amputated after he nearly died from meningitis was ordered to attend a work assessment or risk losing his disability benefits, his parents have said.
2016-02-18 12:11:49 Read More

US confirms China deployed missiles on disputed island

A US official has confirmed that China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, as the United States expressed growing concern over China's increased "militarization" in the region.
2016-02-18 11:47:17 Read More

US confirms China deployed missiles on disputed island

Turkey launches airstrikes on Kurdish positions after Ankara bombing

"Turkey will not shy away from using its right to self-defence at any time, any place or any occasion. Our determination to retaliate to these attacks, in Turkey and abroad, which aim at our unity, togetherness and future, is increasing with such actions," president Erdogan said.
2016-02-18 09:20:25 Read More

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US and EU warn China on need to respect South China Sea ruling

China disputes South China Sea territory with several other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as well as the Philippines.
2016-02-18 09:01:03 Read More

9 policemen, 7 terrorists killed in Pakistan

At least nine tribal police personnel and seven terrorists were killed in three separate incidents at a tribal agency in Pakistan's restive northwestern region bordering Afghanistan.
2016-02-18 08:36:42 Read More

9 policemen, 7 terrorists killed in Pakistan

Car bomb attack on military in Turkish capital kills 28

The Turkish military condemned what it described as a terrorist attack on the buses as they waited at traffic lights in the administrative heart of the NATO member's capital.
2016-02-18 07:16:00 Read More

Maldives opposition leader jailed for 12 years for role in protests

Under pressure from foreign governments, President Abdulla Yameen's government released Nasheed last month to let him seek medical treatment in London.
2016-02-18 07:14:36 Read More

North Korea preparing for attack on South Korea: Report

South Korea's spy agency has told ruling party officials that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered preparations for launching attacks on South Korea, in the latest sign of high tensions on the Korean peninsula after the North's recent nuclear test and missile launch.
2016-02-18 06:51:10 Read More

Atheism is as natural as religion, study suggests

Atheism is as natural as religion, new research suggests, throwing doubt onto the notion humans are preprogrammed to believe in deities.
2016-02-18 04:47:11 Read More

Barack Obama expected to visit Cuba in March: Reports

US President Barack Obama is likely to make a historic visit to Cuba next month, the first sitting American president to go to the island nation in 80 years, as the two Cold War-era foes make efforts to normalise their ties, a media report has said.
2016-02-18 04:15:45 Read More

Jewish school teaching pupils 'women's only role is to clean and cook' in north London, Ofsted says

A Jewish boysâ€™ school has been criticised by Ofsted after it discovered pupils share a â€œuniversal viewâ€ that a womanâ€™s only role is to â€œlook after children, clean the house and cookâ€. The school, which charges annual fees of Â£2,860, was found to be prioritising the â€œethos of its faithâ€ over educational standards.
2016-02-18 04:09:26 Read More

28 killed in Ankara bomb attack on Turkish military

At least 28 people were killed and 61 wounded by a car bomb targeting the Turkish military in the heart of the capital Ankara, the latest in a string of attacks to shake the country. The blast struck a convoy of military vehicles Wednesday night.
2016-02-18 04:02:09 Read More

Ted Cruz overtakes Trump in latest Republican President poll

For the first time, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has fallen behind Ted Cruz in national polls, according to a new poll.
2016-02-18 03:15:17 Read More

Ted Cruz Overtakes Trump in latest Republican President poll

For the first time, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has fallen behind Ted Cruz in national polls, according to a new poll.
2016-02-18 03:15:17 Read More

Pope decries global 'human tragedy' of forced migration

Pope Francis has decried the "human tragedy" of what he described as "forced migration" worldwide during a huge mass at Mexico's border with the United States. Francis made a point of holding the service in Ciudad Juarez, which lies across from El Paso, Texas, to pray for migrants who risk their lives crossing the border between the two nations.
2016-02-18 03:15:13 Read More

Nikki Haley endorses Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio

Indian-American South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has endorsed Marco Rubio which will give a major boost to the Florida Senator's presidential ambition ahead of the state's pivotal Republican primary.
2016-02-18 03:05:55 Read More

US state may ban restroom for transgenders

2016-02-18 01:55:37 Read More

Germany mulls no-fly zone in northern Syria

2016-02-18 01:50:28 Read More

University of Texas allows guns in classrooms

The University of Texas at Austin has begrudgingly agreed to allow students to carry guns into classrooms. Some faculty members have threatened to quit rather than allow students to carry guns in their classrooms, saying it's too threatening in an environment that is meant to encourage debate
2016-02-17 22:56:46 Read More

Parmesan cheese on pasta may be wood pulp

2016-02-17 22:33:32 Read More

Iraqi top clericâ€™s fatwa turning tide against IS

2016-02-17 22:08:04 Read More

Israel army chief warns troops to use only 'necessary' force

Israel's top soldier is warning his troops not to use excessive firepower in combating a wave of Palestinian violence in which many youthful attackers have died in the act. "When there's a 13-year-old girl holding scissors or a knife and there is some distance between her and the soldiers, I don't want to see a soldier open fire and empty his magazine."
2016-02-17 17:29:39 Read More

Blast rocks Turkish capital, governor says 18 dead

A powerful explosion shook the Turkish capital Ankara on Wednesday, with plumes of smoke seen rising over an area close to a residential compound for the military. The Dogan news agency said the blast targeted a passing military vehicle and many were wounded.
2016-02-17 17:21:39 Read More

Blast rocks Turkish capital, governor says five dead

Blast rocks Turkish capital, 28 killed

Radioactive material stolen in Iraq raises security fears

Iraq is searching for "highly dangerous" radioactive material stolen last year, according to an environment ministry document and seven security, environmental and provincial officials who fear it could be used as a weapon if acquired by Islamic State. The material went missing in November 2015.
2016-02-17 16:49:25 Read More

50,000 homeless after south Syria flare-up: UN

An intensification of fighting between pro-government forces and rebels in southern Syria has left nearly 50,000 civilians homeless in the heart of winter, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
2016-02-17 15:17:37 Read More

Egypt orders arrest of Facebook page administrator after â€˜unfaithful wivesâ€™ comments

Egypt ordered the arrest of a Facebook page administrator whose assertion on a popular television talk show that a third of married women in the conservative country are unfaithful caused a social media uproar. Taymour el-Sobky was, accused of slandering Egyptian women and damaging their honour.
2016-02-17 14:24:55 Read More

UN condemns use of child soldiers in Afghanistan

The United Nations on Wednesday condemned all sides in Afghanistan's conflict for using child soldiers, noting that while government forces have curbed the practice, insurgent groups continue to train large numbers of fighters under the age of 18.
2016-02-17 14:07:08 Read More

Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi surfaces after 18 months, report says

Fresh footage of Islamic State head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has surfaced, apparently showing the reclusive terror leader making a rare public appearance and talking to children at a mosque in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Analysts said that one of the other men in the footage is Baghdadi's "body double".
2016-02-17 13:37:59 Read More

Suicide bombing kills 13 in Yemeni city

At least 13 soldiers were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a military camp in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Wednesday, a security official told Xinhua.
2016-02-17 13:25:31 Read More

WHO launches $56 million Zika response plan

The World Health Organization on Wednesday released its initial response plan to the Zika virus outbreak, launching a funding appeal for the $56 million (50 million euros) operation.
2016-02-17 13:08:55 Read More

Apple opposes order to help unlock California shooterâ€™s phone

Apple opposed a court ruling that ordered it to help the FBI hack an an iPhone recovered from a San Bernardino shooter, heightening a dispute between tech companies and law enforcement over the limits of encryption. CEO Tim Cook said the court's demand threatened the security of Apple's customers.
2016-02-17 12:52:01 Read More

'Mother made daughter eat 30 pet goldfish'

A Japanese mother forced her teenage daughter to eat more than 30 of her pet goldfish as a punishment, police and media alleged, as the country grapples with a record number of child abuse cases.
2016-02-17 12:26:04 Read More

'Mother made daughter eat 30 pet goldfish'

China has deployed missiles on disputed island, Taiwan says

China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, Taiwan said, as Beijing insisted it had a right to build "self-defence" systems in the region. China has controlled all of the Paracels since seizing several from South Vietnam towards the end of the Vietnam War.
2016-02-17 11:22:00 Read More

China has deployed missiles on disputed island, Taiwan says

Apple ordered to unlock San Bernardino gunmanâ€™s phone

The order concerns an iPhone 5C that belonged to Syed Rizwan Farook, the gunman who, together with his wife Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people and injured 22 when they opened fire on a social services agency in California last year.
2016-02-17 09:16:20 Read More

UK town builds statue to local hero - and takes 40 years to notice it's the wrong man

Stockton-on-Tees has made several failed attempts to commemorate the 19th century inventor of the friction match.
2016-02-17 08:36:46 Read More

Town builds statue to local hero - and takes 40 years to notice it's the wrong man

Stockton-on-Tees has made several failed attempts to commemorate the 19th century inventor of the friction match.
2016-02-17 08:36:46 Read More

Sale of F-16 jets should not be of concern to India: Pentagon

"We think this is a capability that will help Pakistan in its counter-terrorism effort and we think that's in the national security interests of the United States,"Â Â Pentagon press secretary Peter CookÂ said.
2016-02-17 07:33:32 Read More

Man 'raped five women' after meeting them on dating site

Jason Lawrance also stands accused of attempting to rape a sixth woman and sexually assaulting a seventh.
2016-02-17 06:12:59 Read More

Barack Obama believes Donald Trump will not be president

US President Barack Obama believes Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump would not be elected as his successor as being a president is tougher than hosting a reality show and Americans are too "sensible" to elect him.
2016-02-17 05:36:54 Read More

Americans too 'sensible' to elect Donald Trump: Obama

"I continue to believe that Mr Trump will not be president. And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people. And I think they recognize that being president is a serious job," Obama told reporters.
2016-02-17 05:28:41 Read More

Americans too 'sensible' to elect Donald Trump: Obama

Young Saudis see cushy jobs vanish as oil prices plunge

With oil revenues crashing and the numbers of young people reaching the workforce growing by the day, jobs have become harder to get as the government cuts costs and pushes Saudis toward the private sector, where job security and salaries are lower on average.
2016-02-17 04:49:34 Read More

China opposes deployment of THAAD missile defence system in South Korea

China unequivocally opposes the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD), an advanced US missile defence system, in South Korea, vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui said on Tuesday.
2016-02-17 04:05:28 Read More

US stealth jets fly over South Korea amid North Korea standoff

Pyongyang will likely view the arrival of the planes as a threat as they are an apparent display of US airpower aimed at showing what the US can do to defend its ally South Korea from potential aggression from North Korea.
2016-02-17 03:34:03 Read More

China sends missiles to contested South China Sea island: Taiwan

China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it controls in the South China Sea, Taiwan and US officials have said. Satellite images have reportedly shown Chinese missiles and radar deployed on Woody Island in the Paracel chain.
2016-02-17 02:46:34 Read More

China sends missiles to contested South China Sea island: Report

The images, from ImageSat International, show two batteries of eight surface-to-air missile launchers as well as a radar system on Woody Island, part of the Paracel Island chain in the South China Sea, according to Fox News.
2016-02-17 02:46:34 Read More

China sends missiles to contested South China Sea island: Fox News

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Iran could decide fate of first global oil deal for 15 years

The fate of the first global oil deal in 15 years could be decided when OPEC members travel to Iran to persuade the country to participate in a deal to freeze output levels, possibly by offering Tehran special terms.
2016-02-17 02:40:41 Read More

Obama scolds senators for Supreme Court threat

US President Barack Obama told senators he has a constitutional duty to nominate a new justice after death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, and reminded them of their constitutional obligation to "do their job" and vote to approve or reject his nominee.
2016-02-17 02:33:30 Read More

Trump won't be Prez, it's not holding a show: Obama

2016-02-16 23:46:06 Read More

To find aliens, China will displace 10k humans

China will move nearly 10,000 people to make way for the worldâ€™s largest radio telescope which promises to help humanity search for alien life, state media reported on Tuesday.
2016-02-16 23:00:57 Read More

15 civilians dead in Syria coalition air raids

2016-02-16 22:38:57 Read More

Did Shakespeare have a secret son?

William Shakespeare may have had an illegitimate son for whom the legendary bard penned a sonnet, a new book has claimed.
2016-02-16 22:26:45 Read More

10-year-old Indian girl wows brainiacsâ€™ meet

10-year-old Pune writer and middle-schooler quite extraordinarily debuted as the opening speaker at the TED2016 (Technology, Entertainment, Design), a nerdy conference of some of the worldâ€™s smartest people.
2016-02-16 22:15:04 Read More

US comedian Chelsea Handler makes bizarre revelation about sex life

American comedian Chelsea Handler has made a bizarre statement on her sexual life, stating that she likes to get candid with everybody who works for her. Handler talked about her sex life while appearing on TV show "CONAN".
2016-02-16 16:35:58 Read More

Nepal's internal problems will end soon, Prime Minister KP Oli says

Promising to end Nepal's internal problems soon, Prime Minister KP Oli on Tuesday said the proposed political committee to address the demands of the Madhesis will be formed before his fence-mending India visit this week.
2016-02-16 16:22:01 Read More

Former UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies at 93: Venezuelan envoy

Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has died, Venezuelan UN Ambassador Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno, president of the UN Security Council for February, said on Tuesday. He was 93. An Egyptian, Boutros-Ghali served one five-year term as UN chief from 1992 to 1996.
2016-02-16 16:03:26 Read More

Former UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies at 93: Venezuelan envoy

145-year-old letter, delivered by balloon, turns up in Australia

A letter from a man to his mother flown out of Paris by hot air balloon during the Prussian siege has turned up in Australia's National Archives, which on Tuesday said it was keen to know the family's fate. In the Franco-Prussian War the Germans surrounded Paris for more than four months in 1870.
2016-02-16 15:26:50 Read More

Pakistan to approach India to allow probe team visit Pathankot

Pakistan would approach India to allow a special investigation team to visit Pathankot to gather relevant information about the terrorist attack at an airbase in the Punjab town, Radio Pakistan reported.
2016-02-16 15:18:28 Read More

Chinaâ€™s radio telescope to displace humans in search for aliens

China will move nearly 10,000 people to make way for the world's largest radio telescope which promises to help humanity search for alien life, state media reported on Tuesday. The "FAST" telescope, nestled between hills in the southwestern province of Guizhou, is due to start operation this year.
2016-02-16 15:15:17 Read More

Uighurs deny Bangkok bombing, lawyer says confession forced

Two Chinese Uighurs - Adem Karadag and Yusufu Mieraili - on Tuesday denied involvement in a deadly shrine bombing in the Thai capital, and a lawyer said one had been beaten up and threatened with deportation to force an earlier confession.
2016-02-16 14:58:52 Read More

â€˜Human errorâ€™ caused deadly German train crash

German prosecutors on Tuesday said human error was to blame for a train crash that killed 11 people and charged a 39-year-old signalling worker with negligence leading to the accident. Two commuter trains travelling at high speed crashed head-on near the spa town of Bad Aibling last Tuesday.
2016-02-16 14:20:08 Read More

Hillary Clinton barks like a dog to attack Republican rivals

The 68-year-old former US Secretary of State was in the middle of a speech about how, in her view, Republicans say things that are not true, when she recalled a radio advertisement featuring a barking dog that she said ran in rural Arkansas while her husband, Bill Clinton, was running for office.
2016-02-16 14:16:04 Read More

Rape victim whose parents took opposing sides in court sent to live with her father

A family court judge has made decisions about the future of a teenage girl whose parents took opposites sides after her brother went on trial accused of raping her.
2016-02-16 14:15:10 Read More

Russia rejects â€˜war crimesâ€™ claims in Syria

Russia on Tuesday rebuffed claims that its warplanes bombed a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in northern Syria on Monday that killed at least nine as Syrian government forces and a predominantly Kurdish coalition made gains against rivals in the country's north.
2016-02-16 14:11:57 Read More

Russia rejects â€˜war crimesâ€™ claims in Syria

China province offers women â€˜menstrual leaveâ€™ days off during their period

It is not the first Chinese province to bring in the law. Menstrual leave, as it is known, is already in place for women in the northern Shanxi province and central Hubei province.
2016-02-16 12:20:51 Read More

Australia police seize meth-filled bras

Australian police discovered millions of dollars worth of drugs hidden inside a shipment of bras, part of what they said on Monday was the country's biggest ever liquid methamphetamine bust.
2016-02-16 10:49:25 Read More

Cracking down on North Korea is difficult. Here's why

Repeatedly over the past six weeks, since the morning North Korea surprised the world with its fourth nuclear test, the United States, South Korea, Japan and their allies have vowed to get tough on Pyongyang.
2016-02-16 09:41:58 Read More

Two-year-old Nigerian boy accused of being a witch rescued by aid workers

'Thousands of children are being accused of being witches and we've both seen torture of children, dead children and frightened children'
2016-02-16 09:34:40 Read More

China to relocate people for world's largest radio telescope

China's Guizhou province is expected to evacuate over 9,000 residents for the protection of the world's largest radio telescope before its completion in September, authorities said on Tuesday.
2016-02-16 08:41:50 Read More

Turkey vows 'harsh reaction' as missiles hit Syria town

Turkey warned Kurdish militia fighters in northern Syria they would face the "harshest reaction" if they tried to capture a town near the border, and accused Russia of a missile attack there that killed at least 14 civilians.
2016-02-16 08:35:22 Read More

China space telescope to displace humans in search for aliens

FAST, built at a cost of 1.2 billion yuan, will dwarf the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico as the world's largest radio telescope, which is some 300 metres in diameter. In the past China has relocated hundreds of thousands of people to make way for large infrastructure projects such as dams and canals.
2016-02-16 08:31:13 Read More

Palestinians renovate church at Jesus' birthplace

After two years of painstaking work, experts have completed the initial phase of a delicate restoration project at the Church of the Nativity, giving a much-needed face-lift to one of Christianity's holiest sites.
2016-02-16 06:07:22 Read More

Palestinians renovate church at Jesus' birthplace

China in focus as Obama hosts ASEAN leaders

The US and ASEAN nations can advance a shared vision of a regional order where disputes are resolved through peaceful means, President Barack Obama has said as he welcomed leaders from the region for talks expected to discuss Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea.
2016-02-16 04:54:59 Read More

South Korea's Park says time to play hardball with North Korea

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Tuesday said a fundamentally new approach was needed to derail North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, marked by an uncompromising, assertive response to Pyongyang's provocations.
2016-02-16 04:08:38 Read More

4 US reporters arrested in Bahrain on uprising's anniversary

"The allegation that they were in any way involved in illegal behavior or anything other than journalistic activities is impossible," Ayala said in a statement.
2016-02-16 03:51:05 Read More

4 US reporters arrested in Bahrain on uprising's anniversary

"The allegation that they were in any way involved in illegal behavior or anything other than journalistic activities is impossible," Ayala said in a statement.
2016-02-16 03:51:05 Read More

Nadia Murad: Yazidi survivor kept as ISIS sex slave describes moment her family was massacred

A Yazidi woman who was kept as a sex slave for three months by Isis has described the moment her family was massacred.
2016-02-16 03:50:18 Read More

Obama to visit Vietnam in May

Obama accepted the invitation by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung during a meeting at a summit of Southeast Asian nations in California.
2016-02-16 03:48:06 Read More

George Bush: Jeb a 'strong and steady hand' for president

Former president George W Bush, campaigning for his brother for the first time, told a raucous crowd on Monday that Jeb had the temperament and backbone to be commander in chief. "I've seen Jeb in action. He'll be a strong and steady hand when confronted with the unexpected," Bush said of his brother.
2016-02-16 03:20:55 Read More

South Korea's leader warns of North Korea collapse

President Park Geun-hye, in a nationally televised parliamentary address defending her decision to shut down a jointly run factory park in North Korea, said South Korea will take unspecified "stronger and more effective'' measures to make North Korea realize its nuclear ambitions will result only in speeding up of its "regime collapse."
2016-02-16 03:13:33 Read More

Millennials making quitting more common?

2016-02-16 01:45:58 Read More

Millennials making quitting more common?

2016-02-16 01:45:58 Read More

Scalia, Srinivasan and the court of intrigue

At the best of times, Washington DC, the US capital, has a reputation for political intrigue and shenanigans unmatched by and out-of-sync with the rest of the country.
2016-02-15 23:48:10 Read More

Syria says proposed ceasefire 'difficult'

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad poured cold water on an internationally backed plan for a ceasefire to begin later this week, saying it would be "difficult" to implement.
2016-02-15 22:50:32 Read More

Russia confirms first imported Zika case

Russia's sanitary and epidemiological watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Monday confirmed the first case of Zika virus in the country.
2016-02-15 22:44:19 Read More

'Obama may pressure Republicans with court pick'

Hillary Clinton predicted on Monday that President Barack Obama will nominate someone who's already been confirmed by the Senate to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
2016-02-15 22:34:52 Read More

UN rights expert 'warns' Kim Jong Un

UN human rights expert on North Korea wants supreme leader Kim Jong Un to know that he and other senior officials can be held accountable if they are found responsible for crimes against humanity committed under their leadership.
2016-02-15 22:21:02 Read More

Poland wants jail term for use of â€˜Polish death campâ€™

Poland is drawing up new regulations to punish use of the phrase "Polish death camps" when referring to wartime Nazi concentration camps on Polish soil. The Nazis operated their most infamous death camps, such as Auschwitz, in occupied Poland rather than in Germany.
2016-02-15 16:58:20 Read More

Despite threats, thousands join anti-polio drive in Pakistan

More than 100,000 health workers fanned out across Pakistan on Monday, stepping up a drive to eliminate the polio virus this year from one of its last bastions, despite continuing militant threats to vaccination teams. The country accounts for more than 70 per cent of the world's cases of polio.
2016-02-15 16:01:42 Read More

Despite threats, thousands join anti-polio drive in Pakistan

Jumping donkey leaps to fame in Egyptian village

A donkey has leapt to fame in a small Egyptian village by defying her species' well-known stubbornness and jumping hurdles on command. A 14-year-old farmer living in the Nile Delta, discovered his donkey's natural talent when she leapt over an irrigation canal one day, and decided to train her.
2016-02-15 15:28:29 Read More

Zimbabwe impounds US cargo plane carrying body and cash

Zimbabwe aviation authorities impounded a US-registered cargo jet, a senior official said on Monday, with a dead body and millions of South African rand reportedly on board. A Zimbabwean official confirmed the development and said the plane was registered with Florida-based Western Global Airlines.
2016-02-15 13:39:33 Read More

Virgin Atlantic flight turned back to Heathrow after â€˜laserâ€™ incident

A British pilots' union demanded action after a laser beam dazzled the co-pilot on a New York-bound flight, forcing the Virgin Atlantic jet to turn back shortly following take-off from London's Heathrow. A BA pilot's eye was damaged in November 2015 by a strong laser was beamed into his cockpit.
2016-02-15 13:20:08 Read More

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Pope John Paul II had â€˜intense relationshipâ€™ with married woman, report says

Pope John Paul II had a close relationship with a married woman which lasted over 30 years, according to letters which feature in a documentary being shown by the BBC on Monday. However, the documentary does not claim he broke his vow of celibacy with Polish-born woman Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka.
2016-02-15 13:08:44 Read More

Ehud Olmert becomes first Israeli PM to go to prison

Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert started serving a 19-month jail sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice, becoming the first Israeli PM to be imprisoned. Olmert walked into the Maasiyahu prison hours after he released a video making a plea to Israelis meant to salvage his legacy.
2016-02-15 12:58:21 Read More

School, hospital bombed in Syrian border town, â€˜14 deadâ€™

At least 14 civilians were killed when missiles hit a children's hospital, a school and other locations in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz near the Turkish border, a medic and two residents said. They said at least five missiles hit the hospital and the school, where refugees were sheltering.
2016-02-15 12:45:35 Read More

School, hospital bombed in Syrian border town, â€˜14 deadâ€™

Pakistan university reopens one month after deadly attack

Gunmen stormed Bacha Khan university in the northwestern town of Charsadda on January 20, killing teachers and students in a rampage that left 21 dead.
2016-02-15 09:29:30 Read More

Assad 'will be removed by force' if peace talks fail, Saudi foreign minister says

Saudi Arabia has sent troops and fighter jets to a Turkish military base ahead of a possible ground invasion of Syria.
2016-02-15 06:54:26 Read More

The country on the verge of famine - where $6bn has gone missing

South Sudan is on the verge of going bust, its dollar reserves (its only means of buying food and goods from abroad) standing at zero. Now there is an expectation that the International Monetary Fund may be asked to step in.
2016-02-15 06:48:36 Read More

Eagles of Death Metal's first full show post Paris attacks

Rockers Eagles of Death Metal returned to the stage in Stockholm, Sweden to perform their first full gig since terrorists opened fire at their show in Paris, France in November last year.
2016-02-15 05:41:12 Read More

Pope wants Mexico free of 'merchants of death'

Pope Francis urged Mexicans on Sunday to reject the devil and build a nation free of "merchants of death" during an open-air mass with 300,000 people in a crime-ridden city.
2016-02-15 05:36:37 Read More

Kim Jong-un promises more satellite launches

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has promised to launch more satellites into space amid widespread condemnation of last week's long-range rocket launch, the media reported on Monday.
2016-02-15 05:27:14 Read More

Kim Jong-un promises more satellite launches

9 standout quotes from the Republican debate (And Donald Trump was responsible for five of them)

The Republican presidential debate on Saturday was the most heated and controversial to date. Donald Trump once more took centre stage, as a South Carolina audience watched the billionaire tycoon trade insults and vitriol with his rivals.
2016-02-15 02:40:37 Read More

Elderly take the floor in Seoulâ€™s â€˜old-age discosâ€™

The army veteran is one of thousands of retired South Koreans hitting the dance floors at â€œColatecsâ€ â€” special discos for the elderly that are flourishing across the country.
2016-02-15 02:02:16 Read More

Sri Srinivasan: Obamaâ€™s best bet to check oppn

As Democrats and Republicans square up for a titanic fight over the replacement for deceased SC Justice Antonin Scalia, political partisans in America are scouring records to check the ideological orientation of Sri Srinivasan, the Indian-American who President Obama is widely expected to nominate to the bench.
2016-02-15 01:31:40 Read More

India-born Sri Srinivasan may become judge in US Supreme Court

British rock band Viola Beach reported killed in car crash in Sweden

Britain's Foreign Office said five men, which Swedish media reported were the four members and manager of the rock band Viola Beach, were killed when their car crashed in Sweden early on Saturday morning.
2016-02-15 01:03:26 Read More

'The Revenant' wins big in Britain's BAFTA awards

Survival drama "The Revenant" was the top winner at Britain's biggest movie awards on Sunday, taking the best film prize and honours for leading actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Alejandro G. Inarritu.
2016-02-15 00:51:56 Read More

'The Revenant' wins big in Britain's BAFTA awards

Woman strangled in front of her baby in London park

Police have issued a warning for women to stay alert in Camden after a woman was attacked and strangled in front of her baby north London.
2016-02-14 15:18:24 Read More

Assad 'will be removed by force' if peace talks fail: Saudi foreign minister

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be removed by force if the Syrian peace process fails, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has said.
2016-02-14 15:15:46 Read More

Swiss to represent Saudi Arabia in Iran after ties cut

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says Switzerland has agreed to handle its diplomatic services in Iran so that Iranian pilgrims can continue to visit the oil-rich kingdom.
2016-02-14 14:46:15 Read More

Britain says EU reform talks will 'go to the wire'

Britain's push to win backing from its European partners for its wish list of EU reforms will go "right to the wire" at a summit this week, foreign secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday. He said progress was needed to nail down key demands in the areas of competitiveness.
2016-02-14 14:19:13 Read More

Dutch minister to EU members: Don't shut borders to migrants

Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders, whose country holds the rotating 6-month EU presidency, told reporters in the Macedonian capital Skopje that the Netherlands will continue to talk with Austria, Macedonia and Greece to find an effective solution on migrants and avoid unilateral measures.
2016-02-14 14:10:47 Read More

'ISIS militants shave beards, dress as women to escape Ramadi'

Iraqi army has arrested a group of ISIS fighters when they tried to escape from the fallen city of Ramadi after shaving their beards and dressing up as women.
2016-02-14 12:25:27 Read More

Indonesian officials, clerics ban Valentine's Day observance

Officials and clerics in the world's most populous Muslim nation have banned young Indonesian Muslims from celebrating Valentine's Day, arguing that the observance runs against Islamic teachings.
2016-02-14 11:26:18 Read More

Putin, Obama discuss Syria in phone call: Kremlin

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Barack Obama held frank talks on Syria amid US concern over Turkish shelling of Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria days before a ceasefire deal is due to take hold.
2016-02-14 11:16:56 Read More

Afghan civilian casualties top 11,000 to hit record in 2015

The number of civilians killed or wounded in Afghanistan in 2015 was the highest recorded since 2009, the UN said in a new report today, with children paying a particularly heavy price.
2016-02-14 08:38:45 Read More

Afghan civilian casualties top 11,000 to hit record in 2015

Scaliaâ€™s death tips scale towards Indian American judge in US Supreme Court sweepstakes

Heading almost every short-list in US circles is Sri Srinivasan, particularly since he is one of the few Obama nominees to be have been approved by the Senate when he was elevated to the Federal Appeals Court (he won a unanimous 97-0 vote from the Senate).
2016-02-14 04:48:45 Read More

For worldâ€™s top gymnast, a body in motion and a mind at rest

Biles is the best American gymnast since, well, probably ever. She is 4 feet 9 inches, with size 5 feet, but there is an unfathomable amount of power packed into her petite package. She flies through the air as if she were part bird and part cannonball. When she competes, it is nearly impossible not to stop and stare.
2016-02-14 04:22:56 Read More

Pope gives tough love to Mexico's political, church elite

Pope Francis challenged Mexico's political and ecclesial elites on Saturday to provide their people with security, justice and courageous pastoral care to confront the drug-inspired violence and corruption that are wracking the country, delivering a tough-love message to Mexico's ruling classes on his first full day in the country.
2016-02-14 03:46:21 Read More

As economy slips, Chinaâ€™s wealthy move money out

The practice is called Smurfing, named after the blue, mushroom-dwelling cartoon characters, and it is part of an exodus of capital that is casting doubt on Chinaâ€™s economic prospects and shaking global markets. Over the last year, companies and individuals have moved nearly $1 trillion from China.
2016-02-14 02:54:30 Read More

'Taliban militants publicly flog Afghan woman' for going to visit a doctor with her brother-in-law

An Afghan woman has been publicly flogged by Taliban militants for going to visit a doctor with her brother-in-law, it has been reported.
2016-02-14 02:49:35 Read More

'Taliban militants publicly flog Afghan woman' for going to visit a doctor with her brother-in-law

An Afghan woman has been publicly flogged by Taliban militants for going to visit a doctor with her brother-in-law, it has been reported.
2016-02-14 02:49:35 Read More

US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79

Justice Antonin Scalia, a towering conservative voice on the US Supreme Court, has died at the age of 79, setting up a showdown over his succession in the run-up to the US election.
2016-02-14 01:40:12 Read More

Somalia's al Shabaab says its bomber behind airline blast

Somalia's al Shabaab insurgents said on Saturday they were responsible for a blast that punched a hole in the fuselage of a plane last week that the government said was caused by a bomb meant to kill everyone on board.
2016-02-13 22:04:12 Read More

Don't observe Valentine's Day: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has asked his countrymen to avoid observing Valentine's Day, saying the western tradition was not part of "our culture".
2016-02-13 21:56:43 Read More

Deep freeze grips US northeast, triggers fatal 50-car pileup

A dangerous cold snap bringing life-threatening cold was settling in across the northeastern United States on Saturday and a snow squall triggered a pileup of dozens of vehicles on a Pennsylvania highway that left several people dead.
2016-02-13 21:47:46 Read More

Deep freeze grips U.S. northeast, triggers fatal 50-car pileup

Baloch nationalists protest in front of White House

Demanding an end to Pakistan's "forceful" occupation of Balochistan, Baloch-Americans and leaders from the restive Pakistani province held a peaceful protest in front of the White House to seek US intervention and deployment of NATO troops in the region.
2016-02-13 21:38:56 Read More

Pak may say yes to harsh IT rule that India junked

Activists across the border say provisions similar to the scrapped section 66A of the Indian IT Act, which allowed authorities to arrest individuals with impunity for any online communication that caused â€œannoyance,â€ might find its way into an electronic crimes law in Pakistan.
2016-02-13 21:34:59 Read More

Brazil enlists army, cabinet in campaign against Zika

Brazil's government launched a nationwide campaign on Saturday to fight the Zika virus, with President Dilma Rousseff and cabinet ministers personally visiting homes and handing out leaflets along with 220,000 troops.
2016-02-13 21:25:57 Read More

Pope Francis makes landmark visit at Mexico's National Palace

Pope Francis on Saturday became the first pope to enter Mexico's National Palace to meet the president, marking a new step in church-state reconciliation in a staunchly Catholic nation hit by violence and poverty.
2016-02-13 17:13:05 Read More

Racy night with handcuffs lands US man in handcuffs, again

An Arkansas couple's evening of "kinky" entertainment ended with one pair of handcuffs used for fun being replaced by another used for real in an arrest, police said on Friday.
2016-02-13 16:36:04 Read More

Donald Trump's profanity may be fodder for rivals at Republican debate

Donald Trump will face pressure at a debate with his Republican rivals on Saturday night to show a more presidential side to his personality in South Carolina, where his frequent use of profanity has become an issue.
2016-02-13 15:48:33 Read More

Death toll at Taiwan collapsed building reaches 114, rescue efforts end

The death toll in a building collapse from a strong earthquake in southern Taiwan reached 114 as rescue efforts came to an end on Saturday, a week after the temblor hit. All of those believed missing in the building have now been accounted for, city officials said.
2016-02-13 14:52:35 Read More

Russia casts doubt on Syria ceasefire deal as Assadâ€™s forces gain ground

Russia said on Saturday a ceasefire deal for Syria agreed by major powers was more likely to fail than succeed, as Syrian government forces backed by further Russian air strikes gained more ground against rebels near Aleppo.
2016-02-13 14:42:21 Read More

France calls for sustainable transition in Syria

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Saturday that a sustainable transition toward peace should be organised in Syria.
2016-02-13 14:30:07 Read More

France calls for sustainable transition in Syria

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Saturday that a sustainable transition toward peace should be organised in Syria.
2016-02-13 14:30:07 Read More

8 things to look out for at Stockholm design fair

Glowing with ideas, young designers here are using their nifty craft to give visitors a glimpse of the city living in the future. The five-day fair that started on February 9 has attracted around 40,000 visitors, and 6,000 foreign buyers, architects and designers from over 60 countries.
2016-02-13 13:40:32 Read More

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Russian PM warns against 'new Cold War'

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday warned the world has slid into a "new Cold War", criticizing the West's "unfriendly" policy against his country.
2016-02-13 13:20:25 Read More

Several injured in French casino robbery; 4 gunmen at large

Police are searching for four gunmen who stormed a casino in the southern French city of Aix-en-Provence, causing several injuries and stealing cash before fleeing.
2016-02-13 11:57:16 Read More

Politics has become worse; but still believe in hope: Obama

Nine years after he announced his decision to run for the highest office in the country, US President Barack Obama on Saturday said that the politics of the country has become worse, but he is still hopeful.
2016-02-13 11:50:28 Read More

Saudi Arabia moves troops to Turkey as 'base for Syria invasion'

Saudi Arabia is sending troops and fighter jets to Turkey's Incirlik military base ahead of a possible ground invasion of Syria. The Turkish foreign minister confirmed the deployment in a statement to a newspaper on Saturday, days before a temporary ceasefire is due to come into force.
2016-02-13 11:47:20 Read More

World has slipped into 'new Cold War': Russian PM

Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev said that strains between Russia and the West have plunged the world into a "new Cold War". With tensions high over the lingering Ukraine conflict and Russia's backing of the Syrian regime, Medvedev said: "All that's left is an unfriendly policy of NATO against Russia".
2016-02-13 11:31:55 Read More

Scandinavia's first women-led mosque opens in Denmark

All activities at the Mariam mosque in Copenhagen - except Friday prayers - will be open to men but all the imams will be female. Founder Sherin Khankan said she wanted to set up the mosque to challenge the â€œnormalised patriarchal structuresâ€.
2016-02-13 11:30:49 Read More

Scandinavia's first women-led mosque opens in Denmark

Inside the world's newest country â€“ where 3 million face starvation

His red football shirt is a slim association with a distant rich land. In the town of Nyal, in war-torn Unity state of South Sudan, similar thread-bare football shirts, bearing famous names, are seen on the backs of toddlers, teenagers and young men.
2016-02-13 11:11:38 Read More

Unlucky in love, elephant dents 15 cars in southern China

After losing out on his love interest, a wild elephant has turned his attention to cars.
2016-02-13 09:44:10 Read More

Ted Cruz campaign removes US advert featuring adult film actress

In an embarrassing move, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has pulled a recent campaign commercial after it turned out that the clip, which mocked rival Marco Rubio, featured an adult film actress.
2016-02-13 09:43:55 Read More

Another large-scale terror attack in Europe 'a certainty', French PM says

More major attacks in Europe are a "certainty", French prime minister Manuel Valls told an audience at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. "There will be attacks. Large-scale attacks. It's a certainty. This hyper-terrorism is here to stay," Valls said.
2016-02-13 09:04:50 Read More

Another large-scale attack in Europe 'a certainty', French PM says

Taiwan quake death toll rises to 112

The death toll in a powerful earthquake that struck Taiwan on February 6 has risen to 112 with five people still reported missing, the authorities announced on Saturday.
2016-02-13 06:29:12 Read More

Pope in Mexico after historic talks with Russian patriarch

Mexico greeted Pope Francis with mariachi music and thousands of Catholic faithful lining the streets after the pontiff held historic talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Cuba.
2016-02-13 05:32:52 Read More

Pope in Mexico after historic talks with Russian patriarch

US, Cuba to resume direct flights after more than 50 years

The United States and Cuba will sign a bilateral agreement on Tuesday to restore regular flights between the two countries after more than half a century, the State Department said. The US had announced plans to resume the flights in December.
2016-02-13 04:04:26 Read More

Nigerian suicide bombings: Teenage girl sent by Boko Haram rips off suicide vest and refuses to bomb refugee camp

A teenage girl sent by extremist group Boko Haram to blow up a refugee camp tore off her explosive vest and fled as soon as she was out of sight of her handlers.
2016-02-13 04:01:35 Read More

Royal Navy relied on NATO to protect British waters 20 times in 2015

Britain had to rely on the US, Canada, France and Germany aircraft to protect its territorial waters more than 20 times last year, with the Royal Navyâ€™s reliance on its NATO allies far greater than previously thought.
2016-02-13 03:10:49 Read More

Two teen girls killed at Arizona school in murder-suicide

Two teenage girls died Friday at a high school in Arizona in what police called a murder-suicide.
2016-02-13 01:33:59 Read More

Pak foils jailbreak bid to free Daniel Pearl killer

Pakistan army on Thursday announced the arrest of nearly 100 militants and foiled an imminent jailbreak attempt to free top alQaida terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, sentenced to death for 2002 murder of Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl.
2016-02-12 22:14:28 Read More

Paris attacks suspect's DNA 'not found on suicide belt'

No DNA from fugitive Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in November's Paris attacks, has been found on a suicide belt discovered in the French capital, a source close to the inquiry said Friday.
2016-02-12 22:08:19 Read More

Assad vows to retake all of Syria, keep 'fighting terrorism'

President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to recapture the whole of Syria and keep "fighting terrorism" while also negotiating an end to the war, as international pressure mounts for a ceasefire.
2016-02-12 22:04:19 Read More

'Finally:' Pope meets Russian Orthodox leader in Cuba

With a hug and an exclamation of "Finally!" Pope Francis met Patriarch Kirill on Friday in the first ever meeting between a pontiff and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a historic development in the 1,000-year schism that has divided Christianity.
2016-02-12 22:02:09 Read More

'We are brothers': Catholic Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in historic embrace to bridge the 'Great Schism'

'Finally:' Pope meets Russian Orthodox leader in Cuba

French left scratching heads over baffling government posts

France's freshly reshuffled government left some puzzled on Friday over the role of new ministries such as that of "real equality", while another linking "family, children and women's rights" has irked feminists.
2016-02-12 16:46:08 Read More

French left scratching heads over baffling government posts

Four UN peacekeepers among 7 troops killed in Mali attacks

Four UN peacekeepers died and many others were wounded when Islamists attacked their base in Mali's restive north, as three Malian soldiers perished in an ambush in the same region. The latest attacks highlighted the vulnerability of the peacekeepers and Malian soldiers who are fighting jihadists.
2016-02-12 15:44:49 Read More

Nepal resumes fuel distribution after 6 months

In a relief to oil-starved Nepalese people, authorities on Friday resumed distribution of fuel after a gap of six months following the Madhesi agitation that led to blockage of key border trade points with India. However, fuel rationing will continue for another week.
2016-02-12 15:22:35 Read More

Pakistan TV channel warned over anti-Malala hate speech

In its ruling, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority said that a programme aired by ARY news channel on February 7 used "indecent and uncivilised" language to describe the 18-year-old. The regulator also warned that such accusations of blasphemy could endanger lives.
2016-02-12 15:04:16 Read More

UK daily 'Independent' goes online only

Amid falling readership, one of Britain's leading daily newspapers 'The Independent' on Friday announced plans to go 'digital only' from next month.
2016-02-12 13:45:44 Read More

Rwanda to relocate Burundi refugees to other countries

Rwanda is to relocate refugees from Burundi to other countries, the government said on Friday, amid accusations Kigali was meddling in the affairs of its troubled neighbour. Burundi has been in turmoil since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced plans in April to run for a third term.
2016-02-12 12:27:29 Read More

Civil servant doesn't turn up to work for six years, wins award

A Spanish civil servant who did no work for six years has been fined almost 27,000 euros (Â£21,000) after his long absence was finally noticed. Officials in Cadiz were preparing to hand JoaquÃn GarcÃa an award for long service when inquiries revealed the true extent of his contribution to the local authority.
2016-02-12 12:16:20 Read More

Sri Lanka willing for international probe on war crimes, Ranil Wickremesinghe says

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil S Wickremesinghe on Friday made it clear that his government was not averse to international participation in investigating the alleged war crimes in his country, but said "final judgment will be made by the internal judicial system."
2016-02-12 12:11:59 Read More

Sri Lanka willing for international probe on war crimes, says Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

UK accuses China of breaching treaty by â€˜removingâ€™ Hong Kong bookseller

Britain says a missing Hong Kong bookseller was likely abducted to mainland China, and in the strongest comments yet accused Beijing of a "serious breach" of the treaty under which it took control of the city. The British foreign secretary said Lee Bo was "involuntarily removed" to the mainland..
2016-02-12 10:50:07 Read More

UK accuses China of breaching treaty by â€˜removingâ€™ Hong Kong bookseller

Man falsely accused of sexually assaulting actress feels like he has undergone 'mental torture sanctioned by the state'

A commuter wrongly accused of sexually assaulting a "well-known" actress after brushing past her at a train station has spoken of how â€œhalf a second turned into a year of hellâ€. Mark Pearson said he felt like he had â€œundergone a form of mental torture sanctioned by the stateâ€ after he was charged over the alleged incident at Waterloo station in December 2014.
2016-02-12 10:45:16 Read More

'Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to Europe than Isis', says billionaire financier George Soros

While the threat of Isis has a "simple antidote: refuse to behave the way your enemies want you to", claims Soros. "The threat emanating from Putinâ€™s Russia will be difficult to counter," Soros says.
2016-02-12 10:36:41 Read More

Syria civil war: World powers agree 'cessation of hostilities' in a week's time

Â US Secretary of State John Kerry said all nations involved in the Munich talks agreed negotiations should resume in Geneva as soon as possible
2016-02-12 09:28:28 Read More

Syria civil war: World powers agree 'cessation of hostilities' in a week's time

US Secretary of State John Kerry said all nations involved in the Munich talks agreed negotiations should resume in Geneva as soon as possible
2016-02-12 09:28:28 Read More

Hillary Clinton paints Bernie Sanders' plans as unrealistic

Hillary Clinton, scrambling to recover from her double-digit defeat in the New Hampshire primary, repeatedly challenged the trillion-dollar policy plans of Bernie Sanders at their presidential debate on Thursday night and portrayed him as a big talker who needed to â€œlevelâ€ with voters about the difficulty of accomplishing his agenda.
2016-02-12 06:56:09 Read More

Nepal PM to visit India for six days this month

Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will embark on a six-day official visit to India, beginning from February 19, making his first foreign visit since assuming office last October. It is being widely regarded as a goodwill visit.
2016-02-12 06:53:19 Read More

How impoverished but nuclear-armed North Korea earns money

North Korea may have a rather weak economy but it has enough money to develop nuclear weapons - a sign that it is clearly generating funds.
2016-02-12 06:45:45 Read More

IS militants have used, can make chemical weapons: CIA

The Islamic State militant group has used chemical weapons and can make small quantities of chlorine and mustard gas, CIA Director John Brennan has said, warning of the possibility that the dreaded outfit could seek to export the weapons for financial gain.
2016-02-12 05:43:25 Read More

IS militants have used, can make chemical weapons: CIA

Hillary Clinton and Sanders battle in debate over healthcare, Wall Street ties

Sanders said he would not dismantle the healthcare plan known as Obamacare and was simply moving to provide what most industrialized countries have - healthcare coverage for all.
2016-02-12 03:59:53 Read More

Major powers agree on Syria ceasefire plan

Following a marathon meeting in Munich aimed at resurrecting peace talks that collapsed last week, the powers, including the United States, Russia and more than a dozen other nations, reaffirmed their commitment to a political transition when conditions on the ground improved.
2016-02-12 03:57:20 Read More

New IS video shows 4-yr-old blowing up a car, killing 3

The Islamic State (IS) terror group has released a new graphic video showing a four-year-old British boy blowing up a car and killing three people, accused of spying in Syria for the West.
2016-02-12 02:08:06 Read More

Diplomats aim for temporary Syria truce in a week

Diplomats trying to secure a ceasefire for the civil war in Syria fell short in organizing an immediate truce but agreed to try to work out details and implement a temporary "cessation of hostilities" in the coming week.
2016-02-12 00:57:17 Read More

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Medvedev lambasts 'stupid' Merkel migrant policy

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has condemned German Chancellor Angela Merkel's liberal policy on migrants as "quite simply stupid", in an interview due to appear this weekend.
2016-02-11 23:03:03 Read More

Nigerian suicide bomber gets cold feet, refuses to kill

Strapped with a booby-trapped vest and sent by the extremist Boko Haram group to kill as many people as possible, the young teenage girl tore off the explosives and fled as soon as she was out of sight of her handlers.
2016-02-11 22:06:29 Read More

We agree with Congress on North Korea sanctions: White House

The Obama administration says a North Korea sanctions bill that won Senate approval is consistent with U.S.efforts to increase pressure on North Korea over its development of nuclear weapons.
2016-02-11 21:37:23 Read More

UK to end ancient practice of printing laws on animal skin

For centuries, acts of parliament and other important documents have been inscribed on vellum, a parchment made from calfskin. Magna Carta, which King John signed 800 years ago last year, was written on vellum.
2016-02-11 21:17:08 Read More

Jain temple demolished in Lahore

The Punjab government in Pakistan demolished a centuries-old Jain temple in Lahore on Wednesday, triggering an uproar with leader of the opposition in Punjab assembly Mian Mehmood-ur-Rashid demanding an inquiry into the incident.
2016-02-11 20:58:42 Read More

Brazil and US university reach deal on Zika vaccine

Brazil has signed a pact with the University of Texas Medical Branch to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus, adding the goal is for the vaccine to be ready for clinical testing within 12 months. Brazil's Zika outbreak has become a huge crisis since researchers linked it to a rare birth defect.
2016-02-11 17:11:43 Read More

Brazil and US university reach deal on Zika vaccine

US couple, too drunk to drive, give keys to 9-year-old

A Wisconsin couple allowed their 9-year-old daughter to drive them and their 11-month-old baby because they were too drunk to do so themselves, according to a court's records. The couple pleaded not guilty at the court to charges of recklessly endangering safety and neglecting a child.
2016-02-11 16:00:59 Read More

ISI trains LeT, Jaish terrorists, Pervez Musharraf says

"Pakistan army is not training civilians. Intelligence organisation on our side as well as on your side is involved," former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf said in an interview to India Today TV.
2016-02-11 15:17:07 Read More

Dozens killed in prison riot in northeast Mexico

Dozens of people were killed in a prison riot in the northeastern Mexican city of Monterrey early on Thursday, local media reported, just days ahead of a planned visit by Pope Francis to another prison in Mexico's far north. A TV channel said up to 60 people were killed and dozens injured.
2016-02-11 14:33:51 Read More

Teacher shoots dead 6 colleagues in Saudi Arabia

A teacher in southern Saudi Arabia opened fire on colleagues on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding two, state television reported. Mass shootings are rare in the kingdom though it has faced a series of recent attacks by Islamic State jihadists.
2016-02-11 14:16:52 Read More

ISIS opens new 'help desk' for militants to evade electronic tracking

The Electronic Horizon Foundation (EHF) was launched on January 30 as a joint effort of several of the top ISIS cyber security experts, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) said in a new report.
2016-02-11 13:18:11 Read More

Russia ready to discuss Syria ceasefire at talks

Russia said on Thursday it was ready to discuss a ceasefire in Syria as foreign ministers gathered in Munich in a bid to start peace talks derailed by the regime onslaught on the besieged city of Aleppo. The first round of talks in Geneva collapsed earlier this month over the bombardment of Aleppo.
2016-02-11 12:15:17 Read More

US militia occupying refuge say they will surrender

The last four armed occupiers of a national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon said they would turn themselves in the morning on Thursday after law officers surrounded them. The development came as Cliven Bundy â€” who led a Nevada stand-off with federal officers in 2014 â€” was arrested in Portland.
2016-02-11 12:01:23 Read More

Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning, 94, goes on trial in Germany

Reinhold Hanning, a 94-year-old former guard at Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland, arrived at a German court on Thursday to be tried as an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people in what is likely to be one of the last few Nazi war crimes trials.
2016-02-11 11:51:30 Read More

More than half of all teenage girls in Pakistan believe domestic violence is justified, report reveals

A report carried out by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed that troublingly, more than half of all teenage girls in Pakistan believe that domestic violence is justified for at least one reason.
2016-02-11 11:46:23 Read More

Nato ships ordered into Aegean Sea to stop human smuggling

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg says the Nato Maritime Group is being ordered immediately into the Aegean Sea to help end human smuggling of migrants between Turkey and Greece. He said Nato's supreme European commander had ordered Nato Standing Maritime Group 2 deployed to the Aegean "without delay".
2016-02-11 11:46:12 Read More

North Korea orders military takeover of inter-Korean factory

North Korea on Thursday ordered a military takeover of the Kaesong industrial complex that was the last major symbol of cooperation with South Korea, saying Seoul's suspension of operations at the jointly-run facility was a "dangerous declaration of war".
2016-02-11 11:17:31 Read More

Man without a penis explains how he had sex with 'more than 100 women'

A man born without a penis claims he has slept with more than 100 women while keeping the secret from most of them.
2016-02-11 10:08:53 Read More

Justice department sues Ferguson, Missouri, to force police reforms

The St. Louis suburb, a symbol of problems with policing and race in the United States, earlier on Wednesday said it wanted to change an agreement it had negotiated with the federal government due to the costs involved.
2016-02-11 08:20:22 Read More

US planes bombed Syria's Aleppo on Wednesday: Russia

TASS cited a defence ministry spokesman as saying that two US A-10 ground attack aircraft, flying from Turkey, had bombed objects in Aleppo.
2016-02-11 08:04:13 Read More

Republican rivals ready to wage war on Donald Trump

The Republican contest after New Hampshire has in some respects been clarified into two parallel battles: between Trump and Senator Ted Cruz, the anti-establishment duo, and among three establishment-friendly hopefuls.
2016-02-11 06:27:12 Read More

Viral video: What it takes to put triplets and a toddler to bed

A woman dubbed a â€œsuper mumâ€ has shared an eye-opening video showing what it takes to get triplets and a toddler to bed.
2016-02-11 06:18:22 Read More

Harinder Sidhu to be next Australian high commissioner to India

Australia on Thursday announced the appointment of Indian-origin Harinder Sidhu as the country's next high commissioner to India.
2016-02-11 06:09:09 Read More

Harinder Sidhu to be next Australian high commissioner to India

Australia on Thursday announced the appointment of Indian-origin Harinder Sidhu as the country's next high commissioner to India.
2016-02-11 06:09:09 Read More

'500 dead' in Syria regime's Aleppo assault

A Russian-backed regime onslaught in northern Syria was reported on Wednesday to have killed more than 500 people this month, as Turkey faced new pressure to open its border to people fleeing the violence
2016-02-11 04:40:05 Read More

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to be published in book form in July

Good news for Harry Potter fans. They will be able to read new play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in book form this summer. The storyline catches up with Harry, Ron and Hermioneâ€™s 19 years after the seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, ended in 2007.
2016-02-11 03:43:16 Read More

Short of options, Sri Lanka turns back to China's economic embrace

Just over a year after a new leader was elected and Sri Lanka's business ties with China came under close scrutiny, Colombo is reversing course by resuming a stalled port project and naming Beijing as the front runner for a new special economic zone.
2016-02-11 03:42:36 Read More

Short of options, Sri Lanka turns back to China's embrace

Republicans Christie, Fiorina drop White House bids

New Jersey governor Chris Christie and former business executive Carly Fiorina ended their presidential campaigns on Wednesday, narrowing the field challenging front-runner Donald Trump in the race for the 2016 Republican nomination.
2016-02-11 03:31:51 Read More

South Korea shuts down joint industrial park with North Korea

The shutdown is one of Seoul's strongest available punitive measures and will hurt impoverished North Korea's finances. Seoul said it wants to stop Pyongyang from using hard currency from the park to develop its nuclear and missile programs.
2016-02-11 02:53:27 Read More

North Korean leader Kim had his military chief executed

A South Korean official said that chief of the North Korean military's general staff Ri Yong Gil's execution was part of Kim's effort to bolster his grip on power. Other charges Ri faced before his execution was abusing his power and forming a clique, the official said.
2016-02-11 02:49:41 Read More

Lobby funds? No, thank you, say outsiders Bernie and Trump

Kingmakers in the US presidential elections are in a fix as two insurgents, openly challenging mainstream candidates, have emerged as leading contenders in both the Republican and the Democratic parties.
2016-02-11 00:51:13 Read More

'Happy Birthday' set for public domain

"Happy Birthday to You", one of the worldâ€™s most recognisable songs, looks finally set to be free for everyone to sing. After prolonged legal wrangling, US publisher Warner/Chappell Music agreed to pay $14 million in a settlement that would end its claims to the songâ€™s copyright.
2016-02-10 20:05:01 Read More

Women counter Finlandâ€™s anti-refugee group with hugs

Fierce-looking squads calling themselves the â€˜Soldiers of Odinâ€™ have been patrolling Finnish streets in recent months claiming to protect locals from asylum seekers, but lately theyâ€™ve been challenged by an unexpected crew: smiling women serving up hugs.
2016-02-10 20:04:25 Read More

SC puts Obamaâ€™s climate plan on hold

The US supreme court on Tuesday put on hold a sweeping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fuelled power plants, dealing a significant blow to President Barack Obamaâ€™s efforts to rein in climate change.
2016-02-10 20:02:02 Read More

Iran plans to upgrade missiles; US, UN see red

Iran will unveil an upgrade of its Emad ballistic missiles this year, the defence minister was quoted as saying, advancing a programme that has drawn criticism from the United Nations and sanctions from the United States.
2016-02-10 19:55:22 Read More

French parliament votes to write controversial state of emergency powers into constitution as counter-terror measures spark protests

The French parliament has voted for controversial changes to its constitution to enshrine powers implemented under its state of emergency and removing citizenship for terror suspects.
2016-02-10 19:13:53 Read More

US man charged with throwing alligator into fast food restaurant

A Florida fast food restaurant got a customer it wasn't expecting when a live alligator was tossed through a drive-thru window by a patron. Joshua James, 23, of Jupiter, Florida, had wanted to play a practical joke on a friend working at the Wendy's restaurant in Royal Palm Beach, his parents said.
2016-02-10 16:42:40 Read More

Man charged with throwing alligator intoÂ fast food restaurant

A Florida fast food restaurant got a customer it wasn't expecting when a live alligator was tossed through a drive-thru window by a patron.Â Joshua James, 23, of Jupiter, Florida, had wanted to play a practical joke on a friend working at the Wendy's restaurant in Royal Palm Beach, his parents said.
2016-02-10 16:42:40 Read More

US man charged with throwing alligator into fast food restaurant

Former ISIS Yazidi sex slaves take up arms for revenge, to win back Mosul and 'bring our women home'

An armed brigade made up entirely of former Yazidi sex slaves has joined ranks with the Kurdish Peshmerga to take back Mosul from ISIS and â€œbring our women homeâ€.
2016-02-10 16:21:16 Read More

Volkswagen recalls 680,000 vehicles with suspect air bag inflators

Automaker Volkswagen says it is recalling 680,000 vehicles with suspect air bag inflators in the United States. Volkswagen said in a statement on Wednesday that it had been notified by the agency that some drivers' side air bag inflators in Volkswagen vehicles could be defective.
2016-02-10 16:17:45 Read More

North Koreaâ€™s army chief of staff executed, report says

North Korea's army chief of staff has been executed, South Korean media reported, in what would amount to the latest in a series of purges and executions of top officials by leader Kim Jong-un. Ri Yong-gil, chief of Korean People's Army, was executed for forming a political faction and graft.
2016-02-10 15:06:58 Read More

ISIS has 'made and deployed chemical weapons', says US intelligence official

ISIS has succeeded in making and deploying chemical agents in the Middle East, a US intelligence official has said.
2016-02-10 14:58:15 Read More

Suicide vests and explosives found on group of men, women and children crossing from Syria into Turkey

Turkish authorities have not confirmed any link to terrorism and an investigation is underway
2016-02-10 14:25:48 Read More

'Insult' to Islam: Pakistan may ban Valentine's Day

Pakistan may ban all activities linked to the celebration of the Valentine's Day in the capital, Islamabad. An official of the interior ministry said that the decision to ban the Valentine's Day celebrations was taken at the orders of interior minister Nisar Ali Khan. The ban has, however, not been announced officially.
2016-02-10 14:12:30 Read More

'Insult' to Islam: Pak may ban Valentine's Day

Turkish president chastises US over support for Syrian Kurds

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan slammed the United States for its support of Syrian Kurdish rebels on Wednesday, saying Washington's inability to understand the group's true nature had turned the region into a "sea of blood". This comes a day after Ankara summoned the US ambassador over the issue.
2016-02-10 14:08:00 Read More

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'500 dead' in Syria regime's Aleppo assault

A Russian-backed regime onslaught in northern Syria was reported Wednesday to have killed more than 500 people this month, as Turkey faced mounting pressure to open its border to people fleeing the violence.
2016-02-10 12:42:38 Read More

'500 dead' as Syrian forces step up assault on rebels in Aleppo

A Russian-backed regime onslaught in northern Syria was reported on Wednesday to have killed more than 500 people this month, as Turkey faced mounting pressure to open its border to people fleeing the violence. Tens of thousands of Syrians were still stranded at the frontier north of Aleppo city.
2016-02-10 12:42:38 Read More

France advances plan to strip terrorists of citizenship

President Francois Hollande's plan to strip French citizenship from people convicted of terrorism passed a first hurdle when the lower house of parliament backed controversial proposals introduced after Islamic extremists killed 130 people in Paris last November.
2016-02-10 12:18:25 Read More

South Korea suspends operations at joint factory park with North after nuclear, rocket tests

South Korea suspended on Wednesday operations at Kaesong Industrial Complex, a jointly run factory park, just inside North Korea following the North's long-range rocket launch over the weekend, cutting off an important source of revenue for the impoverished North.
2016-02-10 11:56:02 Read More

Pregnant woman diagnosed with Zika in Australia

A pregnant woman has been diagnosed with the Zika virus in Australia, officials said on Wednesday, adding that the disease was acquired overseas. It is the third confirmed case of the virus so far in Queensland this year.
2016-02-10 11:33:42 Read More

Japan announces new sanctions on North Korea

Japan announced on Wednesday that it will impose new sanctions on North Korea to protest a rocket launch seen as a test of missile technology. The sanctions will include expanded restrictions on travel between the two countries and a complete ban on visits by North Korean ships to Japanese ports.
2016-02-10 11:28:08 Read More

South Korea to shut down joint industrial park with North Korea

South Korea said Wednesday that it will shut down a joint industrial park with North Korea in response to the North's recent rocket launch, accusing the North of using hard currency from the park to develop its nuclear and missile programs.
2016-02-10 11:25:25 Read More

Islamic State determined to strike US this year, say Intelligence officials

In testimony before US congressional committees, that country's director of national intelligence, James Clapper, and other officials described the Islamic State as the "pre-eminent terrorist threat." Clapper also said al-Qaida, from which the Islamic State spun off, remains an enemy.
2016-02-10 11:12:25 Read More

Islamic State determined to strike US this year, say Intelligence officials

Donald Trump shows his US presidential bid is no mere publicity stunt

Trump had been expected to win New Hampshire's nominating contest, but he swamped the Republican field by almost 20 points, demonstrating that his passionate, anti-establishment supporters could be relied on to show up and vote when it counts.
2016-02-10 10:01:15 Read More

Ban Ki moon warns against ISIS spread in South Asia

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has warned of the danger of the Islamic State terror group spreading its tentacles to South Asia through organisations like the Tehreek-e-Khilafat in Pakistan.
2016-02-10 09:18:39 Read More

More Americans quitting jobs as labor market strengthens

The signs of a robust jobs market could ease concerns about the health of the economy, which were underscored by other reports on Tuesday showing a drop in small business confidence in January to a two-year low and further declines in wholesale inventories.
2016-02-10 09:16:48 Read More

Moscow warns US over missile system deployment to South Korea

Moscow on Wednesday warned that Washington's deployment of a US missile defence system to South Korea could spark an arms race in the region.
2016-02-10 09:01:46 Read More

Zika infection may cause eye abnormalities in infants

Vision-threatening eye abnormalities in infants in Brazil with microcephaly - a birth defect characterised by an abnormally small head - may be associated with infection with Zika virus, says a new study.
2016-02-10 07:45:16 Read More

Donald Trump: Celebrity billionaire, next US president?

The unlikely Republican presidential frontrunner now can claim his first victory in the political arena after notching up a win in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday â€” to the horror of the political establishment.
2016-02-10 07:25:11 Read More

Obama administration proposes $860 million in aid for Pakistan

The Obama administration has proposed USD 860 million in aid for Pakistan, including USD 265 million for military hardware, which it said would help the country fight terrorists, secure nuclear weapons and improve ties with India.
2016-02-10 07:07:20 Read More

Obama administration proposes $860 million in aid for Pakistan

The Obama administration has proposed $860 million in aid for Pakistan, including $265 million for military hardware, which it said would help the country fight terrorists, secure nuclear weapons and improve ties with India.
2016-02-10 06:54:06 Read More

Indonesia air force plane crashes into home; 2 aboard killed

The plane was on a routine training flight when it came down close to the Abdul Rahman Saleh air force base, said Maj. Hamdi Londong, the spokesman for the base, located in Malang, a hilly town in East Java province.
2016-02-10 06:52:48 Read More

Pakistan a dangerous place for media persons: Report

An editorial "Media under siege" in the Daily Times said that an attack on City 42 television channelâ€™s office in Lahore by unidentified armed men has "further panicked journalists, who are already living under the shadow of fear due to constant threats from the terrorists".
2016-02-10 06:49:18 Read More

Titanic II: Fully functioning replica of original ship to set sail in 2018

A fully functioning replica of RMS Titanic is set to launch in 2018, 106 years after the original vessel sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean. This updated version, named Titanic II, is the brainchild of Australian billionaire Clive Palmer and his company, Blue Star Line.
2016-02-10 06:01:15 Read More

US govt proposes four times jump in aid to Nepal

The US government has proposed a four-fold jump in relief to Nepal at $64 million as part of its aid to rebuild the country after the 2015 devastating earthquake killed nearly 9,000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings.
2016-02-10 05:40:42 Read More

Britain responds to threat from Russians by strenghtening up Royal Navy

Britain is sending five warships and 530 naval personnel to join Natoâ€™s maritime arm as the alliance boosts its military force to counter what it sees as a growing threat from Russia. British troops will also be stationed on the ground in the Baltic states, near to the Russian border, it has emerged.
2016-02-10 05:26:52 Read More

US to send more troops to aid Afghan forces pressed by Taliban

The US Army will deploy hundreds of soldiers to the southern Afghan province of Helmand, where government forces have been pushed to the brink by Taliban militants. It will be the largest deployment of US troops outside major bases in Afghanistan since the end of the NATO combat mission in 2014.
2016-02-10 04:30:12 Read More

Win for Trump and Sanders in New Hampshire primary jolts political system

Donald J Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont harnessed working-class fury to surge to commanding victories in a New Hampshire primary that drew huge turnout across the state. The success by two outsider candidates dealt a remarkable rebuke to the political establishment.
2016-02-10 03:57:16 Read More

Win for Trump and Sanders in New Hampshire primary jolts political system

China confirms first case of Zika virus: Xinhua

Zika virus, which is causing international alarm after spreading through most of the Americas, was detected in a 34-year-old man from Ganxian county in the eastern province of Jiangxi. The man had been quarantined at a hospital in his hometown since February 6.
2016-02-10 03:03:14 Read More

'Violence more common' in Bible than Quran, text analysis reveals

Investigating whether the Quran really is more violent than its Judeo-Christian counterparts, software engineer Tom Anderson processed the text of the Holy books to find which contained the most violence.
2016-02-10 02:29:14 Read More

Refugee crisis: Thousands of child asylum seekers deported back to war zones, UK home office admits

The bulk of those deported â€“ some 2,018 â€“ were sent to Afghanistan, but around 60 young people have been deported to Iraq since 2014, the year ISIS seized control of swathes of the country.
2016-02-10 02:26:13 Read More

Bernie Sanders defeats Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump wins in New Hampshire

In a sign of Trump's impact on the race, two-thirds of Republican voters said they support a ban on Muslims entering the US, a position the billionaire outlined last year amid rising fears of terrorism emanating from the Middle East.
2016-02-10 02:15:01 Read More

Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes Chile, no damage reported

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck Chile's central region, shaking buildings in the capital of Santiago. But no damage or injuries have been reported and authorities are discounting the possibility of a tsunami hitting the country's long coast.
2016-02-10 01:46:16 Read More

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders win in New Hampshire: Networks

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump won New Hampshire's Republican presidential nominating contest on Tuesday, while US Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont won the Democratic primary over Hillary Clinton, US television networks said after early results.
2016-02-10 01:32:01 Read More

Amid cybersecurity warnings, Obama unveils 'action plan'

President Barack Obama has unveiled a cybersecurity "national action plan" as his intelligence chief warned of growing risks from new technologies that open more doors to hackers.
2016-02-09 22:06:19 Read More

Developer of Taiwanâ€™s quake-hit highrise held

Prosecutors in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan have arrested the developer of a building which collapsed during an earthquake on Saturday killing at least 39 people, officials said on Tuesday, as rescue efforts increasingly turned to recovery.
2016-02-09 20:02:35 Read More

Soon, UAE to get ministers for happiness and tolerance

Dubaiâ€™s ruler said on Monday the United Arab Emirates will privatise some government services in the oil rich country, as well as create a state minister position devoted to ensuring the happiness of its citizens.
2016-02-09 19:58:23 Read More

UK PMâ€™s mom signs petition to protest his austerity plan

British Prime Minister David Cameronâ€™s 81-yearold mother has signed a petition against her sonâ€™s conservative policies which advocates spending cuts to childrenâ€™s services.
2016-02-09 19:49:30 Read More

Pak's growing nuclear stockpile, doctrine pose risk: Pentagon

Expressing concern over Pakistan's evolving "tactical nuclear weapons" doctrine, a top American spymaster on Tuesday warned the Congress about the increasing risks of an "incident" associated with the growing nuclear arsenal.
2016-02-09 19:25:46 Read More

North Korea satellite achieves stable orbit: US official

A satellite launched into orbit by North Korea on Saturday has now stabilized in its orbit around the earth, a US official and a second source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
2016-02-09 19:20:15 Read More

Don't link Zika with nerve disorder, says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday urged caution about linking the Zika virus with a rare nerve disorder called Guillain-Barre, which health officials in Colombia have blamed for three deaths.
2016-02-09 16:27:54 Read More

North Korea has restarted a plutonium reactor: US

North Korea has expanded a uranium enrichment facility and restarted a plutonium reactor that could start recovering spent fuel in weeks or months, the US intelligence chief said on Tuesday.
2016-02-09 14:49:52 Read More

US intelligence chief warns of more homegrown terror attacks

The US intelligence chief says Islamic militants will continue plotting against US interests overseas and homegrown attacks will pose the most significant threat to Americans at home.
2016-02-09 14:16:18 Read More

Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Kensington Palace

A man died on Tuesday after setting himself on fire outside Kensington Palace, the London home of Prince William and his wife Kate, police said.
2016-02-09 12:36:48 Read More

Car bomb in Syrian capital kills 10: Report

A car bomb driven by a suicide attacker exploded Tuesday near a police officers' club in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing at least 10 people and causing wide material damage, state media said.
2016-02-09 12:04:51 Read More

Pak court accepts plea to bring back Koh-i-Noor from UK

A Pakistani court has accepted a petition seeking direction to the government to bring back Koh-i-Noor from British Queen Elizabeth-II, overruling the objection to the plea for the famed diamond, which India has been trying to get from the UK for years.
2016-02-09 12:02:02 Read More

Germany train crash: Four killed and 150 injured as two trains collide near Bad Aibling in Bavaria

The latest tally released by Bavarian police said four people had died and 15 were critically injured, while another 40 "serious" and around 100 more minor injuries were also reported. Police said they did not rule out finding more dead and wounded in the wreckage.
2016-02-09 09:18:14 Read More

Germany train crash: Nine killed and 150 injured as two trains collide near Bad Aibling in Bavaria

Hong Kong police fire warning shots in street clash

Baton-wielding Hong Kong police fired warning shots and pepper spray early today after a riot erupted when officials tried to shift illegal hawkers, the worst clashes since pro-democracy protests in 2014.
2016-02-09 09:15:25 Read More

Hong Kong police fire warning shots in street clash

China to further explore Antarctic, deep sea

China is set to explore the Antarctic and the deep sea this year with newly developed equipment. The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) will establish an air service team for Antarctic exploration, the Global Times reported on Tuesday.
2016-02-09 09:10:40 Read More

Sushma Swaraj to visit Nepal to offer condolences for Sushil Koirala

India's external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Kathmandu later on Tuesday to offer condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Sushil Koriala, deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs Kamal Thapa said here.
2016-02-09 09:06:24 Read More

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Tiny London house that is just 10ft wide goes on market for Â£800,000

A tiny terraced house that measures no more than 10ft wide has gone on the market in south London for a staggering Â£800,000. The house, generally labelled "unique" by estate agent Foxtons, looks all the more unusual because it is sandwiched between two regular-sized homes.
2016-02-09 08:50:02 Read More

Pakistan approves Hindu Marriage Bill after decades of inaction

After decades of delay and inaction, the Hindu minority community in Pakistan will soon have a marriage law as a parliamentary panel has unanimously approved the Hindu Marriage Bill. The bill will now be tabled in the National Assembly where it has fair chances of being passed.
2016-02-09 08:36:36 Read More

Trump, Sanders look to emerge from New Hampshire with wins

Trump leads a Republican field that has been in flux in the final days of campaigning across snowy New Hampshire. A rocky debate performance by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has jeopardized his chance to pull away from a trio of governors and firmly establish himself as the chief rival to Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
2016-02-09 08:34:19 Read More

Four dead, 150 injured in German train crash: Police

Two commuter trains collided in southern Germany, killing at least four people and injuring around 100. "The current toll is four dead, 15 critically injured, 40 severely injured and a total of 100 injured," police spokesman said.
2016-02-09 08:06:40 Read More

'Several dead', around 100 injured in German train crash: Police

Obama lays out 2017 spending priorities in final White House budget

The budget for the fiscal year beginning on Oct. 1 is largely a political document and is unlikely to be passed by the Republican-controlled Congress.
2016-02-09 07:28:04 Read More

UK PM David Cameron expects stronger ties with China in 2016

The Britain-China relationship will be "greater" this year after a "golden" year of 2015, Prime Minister David Cameron said here on Monday.Â Cameron said this at a reception in his office attended by about 100 representatives from Britain and China to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.
2016-02-09 05:52:45 Read More

UK PM David Cameron expects stronger ties with China in 2016

The Britain-China relationship will be "greater" this year after a "golden" year of 2015, Prime Minister David Cameron said here on Monday. Cameron said this at a reception in his office attended by about 100 representatives from Britain and China to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.
2016-02-09 05:52:45 Read More

Stereotyping gay men as stylish and witty 'prevents people seeing them as proper individuals'

The right of gay men to be dull and humourless is being undermined by the common conception that homosexuals are stylish and witty, an academic has suggested. Ashley Brooks, a psychology researcher at Anglia Ruskin University who is conducting a study into â€œambivalent homoprejudiceâ€, argues that some gay men felt under pressure to live up to a particular stereotypes.
2016-02-09 05:08:52 Read More

North Korea rocket more powerful than old one: Seoul

The rocket was similar to the Unha-3 launched in December 2012 but is believed to have a range of 12,000 kilometres (7,500 miles).
2016-02-09 04:55:52 Read More

Scotland revealed as UK country with most alcohol-related deaths

Of the 8,697 deaths linked to alcohol in the UK in 2014, 65 per cent of those were among males, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
2016-02-09 04:40:53 Read More

Scotland revealed as UK country with most alcohol-related deaths

Of the 8,697 deaths linked to alcohol in the UK in 2014, 65 per cent of those were among males, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
2016-02-09 04:40:53 Read More

Barbie wearing Hijab becomes social media star

A 24-year-old medical science student took the lack of Barbie diversity into her own hands
2016-02-09 04:23:15 Read More

IS widow charged over US hostage death

The widow of late Islamic State group financial leader Abu Sayyaf was charged on Monday for her alleged role in the death of US aid worker Kayla Mueller last year.
2016-02-09 03:57:47 Read More

Earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude felt in New Zealand capital

The quake's epicentre was 35 km (22 miles) southeast of St Arnaud, a small town in the north of the country's South Island, at a depth of 62 km (13 miles), according to Geonet's website.
2016-02-09 02:57:19 Read More

Former Nepal PM Sushil Koirala dies

Sushil Koirala was suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and he succumbed to the disease.
2016-02-09 02:19:33 Read More

Former Nepal PM Sushil Koirala dies

Sushil Koirala was suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and he succumbed to the disease.
2016-02-09 02:19:33 Read More

Sanders, Rubio look for winning run

Marco Rubioâ€™s uneven debate performance just days before Tuesdayâ€™s pivotal New Hampshire primary has emboldened a trio of governors seeking to stem his rise in the Republican race for president.
2016-02-08 21:17:49 Read More

Pak port turns fortress to shield China investment

A heavy police presence, guarded convoys, new checkpoints and troop reinforcements have turned parts of the southern port city of Gwadar into a fortress, as Pakistanâ€™s powerful military seeks to protect billions of dollars of Chinese investment.
2016-02-08 21:14:12 Read More

Tin cans used to build highrise that collapsed

Taiwanâ€™s government has ordered an investigation into the collapse of a highrise building in an earthquake after it emerged tin cans had been used in its construction.
2016-02-08 21:13:02 Read More

Pakistan behind rise of international jihadi forces: NYT

Underlining that experts have found "a lot of evidence" that Pakistan facilitated the Taliban offensive, an op-ed in the New York Times said, "This behaviour is not just an issue for Afghanistan. Pakistan is intervening in a number of foreign conflicts."
2016-02-08 18:30:00 Read More

In February, Chicago goes crazy for â€˜paczkiâ€™ as donuts go gourmet

Chicagoans this month are less obsessed with badmouthing mayor Rahm Emanuel or worries about their sports teams, and more focused on finding the perfect â€œpaczkiâ€ â€” a rich, Polish, donut-type dessert â€” that's taking the high-end dessert market by storm.
2016-02-08 17:37:21 Read More

ISIS executioner Jihadi John's 'Beatles' terror gang unmasked

British accomplices of slain Islamic State (IS) terrorist executioner "Jihadi John" were unmasked on Monday as Londoners who formed part of a so-called "Beatles" terror gang.
2016-02-08 17:17:50 Read More

Mass deaths in Syrian jails amount to crime of â€˜exterminationâ€™, UN says

Detainees held by the Syrian government are being killed on a massive scale amounting to a state policy of "extermination" of the civilian population, a crime against humanity, United Nations investigators said on Monday. It held high-ranking Syrian civilian and military officials responsible.
2016-02-08 17:07:47 Read More

Mom jailed for advertising online for men to rape six-year-old daughter

A mother in the US who advertised on the internet for men willing to pay to rape her six-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 26 years in jail.
2016-02-08 16:54:56 Read More

Russian troops put on high alert as part of massive drills

President Vladimir Putin has scrambled troops across southwestern Russia for large-scale military drills intended to test the troops' readiness amid continuing tensions with the west. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said that military units were put on combat alert.
2016-02-08 16:30:37 Read More

Russian troops put on high alert as part of massive drills

Russian President Vladimir Putin has scrambled troops across southwestern Russia for large-scale military drills intended to test the troops' readiness amid continuing tensions with the west. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said that military units were put on combat alert.
2016-02-08 16:30:37 Read More

Chicago policeman sues family of teenager he shot

A white Chicago policeman who fatally shot a black 19-year-old college student and accidentally killed a neighbour has filed a lawsuit against the teenager's estate, arguing the shooting left him traumatized. This comes amid the city's effort to grapple with serious questions about its police force.
2016-02-08 15:06:29 Read More

More rescued two days after Taiwan earthquake; toll could exceed 100

Rescuers pulled out alive an eight-year-old girl and her aunt from the rubble of a Taiwan apartment block on Monday, more than 60 hours after it was toppled by a quake, as the mayor of the southern city of Tainan warned the death toll could exceed 100.
2016-02-08 14:51:32 Read More

Barack Obama to ask US Congress for $1.8 billion to tackle Zika crisis

President Barack Obama will ask the US Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to tackle the fast spreading Zika virus both at home and abroad, the White House said, but did not specify a time frame. Zika has been linked to births of children with abnormally small heads and brains.
2016-02-08 14:31:07 Read More

Children starving amid â€˜alarmingâ€™ Somalia drought, UN says

Over 58,000 children will starve to death in Somalia without urgent support, the United Nations warned, amid severe drought in the impoverished and war-torn country. Some 950,000 people "struggle every day to meet their food needs," the UN said, adding that 4.7 million people are in need of aid.
2016-02-08 14:08:40 Read More

Russian firepower helps Syrian forces edge towards Turkey border

The Syrian army advanced towards the Turkish border on Monday in a major offensive backed by Russia and Iran that rebels say now threatens the future of their nearly five-year-old insurrection against President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian army is now just about 25km from the Turkish border.
2016-02-08 12:46:40 Read More

At least 33 migrants drown off Turkey in two boat accidents

At least 33 migrants drowned in two accidents in the Aegean Sea on Monday as they tried to cross from Turkey to Greece, Turkish media said. Twenty-two died when their boat sank off the district of Edremit in Balikesir province, shortly after 11 migrants died off Izmir, they said.
2016-02-08 12:09:56 Read More

Russian authorities detain 7 on suspicion of terrorist plot

Russia's state security service on Monday said it has detained seven people in the country's Ural mountain region on suspicion of terrorist activities.
2016-02-08 11:59:54 Read More

Myanmar's new prez name to be known on March 17

The names of Myanmar's next president and two vice presidents will be revealed on March 17, an official said on Monday, setting a clear timeline for the transition of power from a military-controlled government to democracy.
2016-02-08 10:28:44 Read More

Myanmar's new president to be named on March 17

British team say they have a remedy for Zika virus

Genetics team believes it has the remedy: a modified strain of a mosquito that, by inter-breeding, will render the rest of them sterile.
2016-02-08 09:12:54 Read More

Pakistan behind rise of international jihadi forces: NYT

Pakistan's powerful intelligence service has long acted as the "manager" of international Jihadi forces and it may have been involved in the rise of the ISIS, a leading US daily had said, in a stinging commentary on Pakistan's "intervention" in a number of foreign conflicts.
2016-02-08 08:48:46 Read More

Donald Trump says he has 'at least 20 Muslim friends' but fails to name them

The Republican presidential candidate has previously said "I love the Muslims" despite provocative polices that include calling for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States and a database to track the movements of those already living there.
2016-02-08 08:08:59 Read More

Why driving in India isn't going to get easier

Till 2005, the UK had more cars than India on its roads. Nine years later, India had cruised past the UK with almost one lakh cars more. In the last 10 years, annual car sales in India have doubled â€” in China, sales grew five times during the same period. Since the number of cars will only grow, better traffic management, better roads and better public transport are the only ways to make commuting less painful.
2016-02-08 07:50:42 Read More

To protect Chinese investment, Pak military leaves little to chance

The armed forces and interior ministry have sent hundreds of extra soldiers and police to Gwadar, the southern hub of the so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and more are on their way.
2016-02-08 06:23:29 Read More

To protect Chinese investment, Pak military leaves little to chance

North Korea rocket launch could lead to new era of 'Star Wars' missile defence

South Korean, the US and the UN condemned North Koreaâ€™s rocket launch, but the tepid response from China and Russia suggests they will not back new sanctions. By Don Kirk in Seoul and David McNeill in Tokyo.
2016-02-08 04:02:08 Read More

UN Security Council condemns North Korea rocket launch, US vows 'serious consequences'

The United Nations Security Council on Sunday condemned North Korea's latest rocket launch and vowed to take "significant measures" in response to Pyongyang's violations of UN resolutions, Venezuela's UN ambassador said.
2016-02-07 18:26:28 Read More

UN security council strongly condemns North Korea rocket launch

The UN security council on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea's rocket launch and said it would adopt soon a sanctions resolution.
2016-02-07 18:04:12 Read More

Seven arrested in Spain over 'jihad' links

Spanish police said they arrested seven people on Sunday with suspected links to al-Qaida and the Islamic State groups and uncovered an operation to smuggle arms to jihadists under the guise of humanitarian aid.
2016-02-07 16:07:46 Read More

'Deadly air strike hits hospital in east Libya'

An air strike hit a hospital in Derna in eastern Libya on Sunday, killing four people, including a woman and her child and two anti-government fighters, a doctor said.
2016-02-07 15:49:14 Read More

Slain Italian student in Egypt suffered 'inhuman, animal-like' violence

Rome prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into the death of Giulio Regeni, whose battered corpse was found near a highway outside Cairo nine days after he was reported missing in the Egyptian capital.
2016-02-07 15:46:45 Read More

Italian student slain in Egypt suffered 'inhuman, animal-like' violence

Prosecutors in Rome have opened a murder investigation into the death of Giulio Regeni, whose battered corpse was found near a highway outside Cairo nine days after he was reported missing in the Egyptian capital.
2016-02-07 15:46:45 Read More

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Italian student slain in Egypt suffered 'inhuman, animal-like' violence

Will continue to launch satellites, North Korea reportedly says

North Korea on Sunday launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite, but its neighbours and the United States denounced the launch as a missile test, conducted in defiance of UN sanctions and just weeks after a nuclear bomb test.
2016-02-07 11:45:28 Read More

'IS men with Paris attack kingpin now in UK'

A number of Islamic State terrorists are believed to have left Syria and entered the UK with the ringleader of the Paris attacks in November last year, a media report said on Sunday. Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Paris ringleader, had boasted in a recent video: "We are already in your lands".
2016-02-07 11:18:32 Read More

UK for collective step against North Korea

The UK on Sunday condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket and backed a collective response by the international community to Pyongyang's latest violation of UN resolutions.
2016-02-07 11:07:30 Read More

Five questions about North Korea's latest rocket launch

North Korea launched a long-range rocket Sunday, triggering fresh outrage from an international community already determined to punish Pyongyang for a nuclear test last month.
2016-02-07 09:44:46 Read More

Muslim makeover for Barbie with 'Hijarbie'

A Nigerian woman, who wanted to see Barbie dressed the way she did, has given the doll arguably its most surprising makeover yet - all covered up & wearing a 'hijab'. The 'Hijarbie', created by 24-year-old Haneefah Adam, will be initially available in the US & will be sold in the UK from mid March.
2016-02-07 08:49:09 Read More

Muslim makeover for Barbie with 'Hijarbie'

Algeria's parliament to vote on a new constitution

Algeria's parliament will be voting on a new constitution that's aimed at reforming the country by limiting presidents to two terms and recognizing the language used by its Berber minority as official.
2016-02-07 07:49:13 Read More

Britons vote Margaret Thatcher most influential woman of past 200 years

Former British PM Margaret Thatcher is the most influential woman of the past 200 years, according to a survey of Britons. Thatcher led her Conservative party to three election victories, governing from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous term in office for a British premier in over 150 years.
2016-02-07 07:08:50 Read More

Iraq PM dismisses Baghdad wall plans

The Iraq PM is dismissing plans to build a wall around the capital. "Baghdad is the capital for all Iraqis and it's not possible for a wall or a fence to isolate the city," PM Haider al-Abadi said. The plan was originally drafted as an effort to prevent Islamic State group attacks inside Baghdad.
2016-02-07 07:03:15 Read More

Philippine mayor shot in pre-election ambush

A gunman riding a motorcycle opened fire on Mayor Jasper Que as he drove with his two bodyguards in the port city of Zamboanga at around 9 am, city police spokeswoman Senior Inspector Helen Galvez said.
2016-02-07 06:00:38 Read More

Agencies battle over what is 'top secret' in Hillary Clintonâ€™s emails

At the center of the argument is the CIA's long effort to track and kill suspected terrorists overseas with armed drones, which has been the subject of international debates, numerous newspaper articles, television programs and entire books.
2016-02-07 05:35:43 Read More

China expresses regret over North Korea rocket launch

Â China on Sunday "expressed regret" over North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket, after Pyongyang said it successfully put a satellite into orbit.
2016-02-07 05:17:18 Read More

China expresses regret over North Korea rocket launch

China on Sunday "expressed regret" over North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket, after Pyongyang said it successfully put a satellite into orbit.
2016-02-07 05:17:18 Read More

How a medical mystery in Brazil led doctors to Zika

A little-known pathogen â€” the Zika virus, carried by mosquitoes â€” had been circulating in Brazil for at least a year. It would later become the chief suspect in the hunt to work out what had happened to those newborns.
2016-02-07 05:09:05 Read More

How a medical mystery in Brazil led doctors to Zika

A little-known pathogen - the Zika virus, carried by mosquitoes - had been circulating in Brazil for at least a year. It would later become the chief suspect in the hunt to work out what had happened to those newborns.
2016-02-07 05:09:05 Read More

North Korea says rocket launch 'complete success' amid global condemnation

The long-range rocket was launched to put a satellite into space, North Korea's state television said. The satellite, Kwangmyongsong-4, is orbiting the earth every 94 minutes and the North would continue to launch satellites in future, an announce said.
2016-02-07 04:01:32 Read More

Rescuers race to save over 100 buried after Taiwan quake

The death toll is rising as emergency workers dig to find survivors of the 6.4-magnitude quake that toppled the 16-storey apartment complex containing almost 100 homes in the city of Tainan on Saturday.
2016-02-07 03:03:33 Read More

Donald Trump warns not to 'underestimate' Kim Jong-unâ€™s 'talent'

Donald Trump has said we shouldnâ€™t â€œunderestimateâ€ Kim Jong-unâ€™s â€œtalentâ€. The Republican presidential hopeful said he had to give credit to Kim for dealing with generals and maintaining control after his fatherâ€™s death.
2016-02-07 02:57:38 Read More

North Korea launches rocket seen as covert ballistic missile test

South Korea said that the North launched a long-range rocket on Sunday; Pyongyang's state television said it'll make a special announcement soon. The US and other world power denounce the launch calling it 'destabilizing and provocative'.
2016-02-07 02:37:19 Read More

Seoul: North Korea fires rocket seen as covert missile test

North Korea on Sunday defied international warnings and launched a long-range rocket that the United Nations and others call a cover for a banned test of technology for a missile that could strike the US mainland.
2016-02-07 00:59:05 Read More

Australian PM says woman kidnapped in Burkina has been released

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Sunday said the wife of an elderly Australian doctor kidnapped by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Burkina Faso has been released.
2016-02-07 00:20:51 Read More

With no president in sight, Haiti gets transitional government

Haitian politicians on Saturday inked a last-minute agreement to install a transitional government, just hours before President Michel Martelly was scheduled to step down with no replacement in line.
2016-02-06 20:42:05 Read More

Aniseh Makhlouf, mother of Syria's Assad, dies

Aniseh Makhlouf, Syria's former first lady and the mother of current President Bashar Assad, died on Saturday, the presidency announced. She was 86.
2016-02-06 20:40:26 Read More

A tale of two Sharifs: Raheel spares Nawaz of his â€˜generalâ€™ problems

When Raheel Sharif retires in November, he would be Pakistanâ€™s first army chief, appointed under Nawaz Sharif's prime ministership, to leave the coveted post on time in 25 years.
2016-02-06 20:35:49 Read More

Twitter blocks 1,25,000 accounts tied to terror

Twitter has blocked over 1,25,000 accounts, most of them linked to the Islamic State, "for threatening or promoting terrorist acts" even as handles of India-centric terrorist organisations and individuals remain untouched.
2016-02-06 20:28:18 Read More

Italian actor dies after live hanging scene goes wrong

An Italian actor has been declared brain dead after being strangled on stage when a hanging scene went wrong in the central region of Tuscany, a judicial source said on Friday.
2016-02-06 20:26:46 Read More

Syria says any foreign troops entering the country would return â€˜in coffinsâ€™

Syria's foreign minister warned on Saturday that Saudi Arabian or other foreign troops entering his country would "return home in wooden coffins" and asserted that recent military advances put his government "on track" to end the five-year-old civil war.
2016-02-06 17:09:41 Read More

Syria says any foreign troops entering the country would return â€˜in coffinsâ€™

Taiwan earthquake death toll rises to 12, fells apartment block

A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 12 people, most in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed. Ten of the dead, including a 10-day-old girl, were from the apartment building. The baby was found in her dead father's arms, media reported.
2016-02-06 15:50:11 Read More

Sea lion takes a booth at beach restaurant in US

A skinny sea lion pup with a taste for the finer things in life turned up on Thursday inside a fancy San Diego restaurant, where it settled down into a booth. The malnourished mammal appears to have arrived at room after sauntering down a ramp from the beach and going through a door left open.
2016-02-06 15:34:57 Read More

15 Iraqi security personnel killed in IS bombings

A total of 15 Iraqi security members were killed and 21 injured on Saturday in suicide car bomb attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants and a blast in a booby-trapped house in Iraq's Anbar province, a source said.
2016-02-06 14:35:52 Read More

15 Iraqi security personnel killed in IS bombings

UN rights chief in Lanka to discuss war crimes probe

UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein arrived in Colombo for talks with Sri Lanka over its probe into allegations of war crimes during the country's brutal civil war. A UNHRC resolution in 2015 had mandated a probe into alleged human rights abuses during the last phase of country's ethnic war.
2016-02-06 12:34:00 Read More

Bike-borne suicide bomber kills 8 in Pakistan

A suicide bomber riding on a bicycle has targeted a vehicle carrying security forces in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 20. The attacker blew himself up near a vehicle belonging to the paramilitary Frontier Corps.
2016-02-06 12:33:42 Read More

Former soldiers clash with protesters in Haiti; 1 dead

A band of former Haitian soldiers clashed on Friday with a far larger gathering of anti-government demonstrators in the troubled country's capital Port-au-Prince, resulting in the killing of an ex-member of the abolished military amid an ongoing political crisis.
2016-02-06 12:11:21 Read More

Pentagon releases photos of Afghan, Iraq prisoner abuses

The Pentagon released a small portion of photographs showing injuries suffered by detainees allegedly at the hands of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan over a decade ago. Many of the 198 carefully vetted images are close-ups showing cuts, bruises, swollen joints and relatively small wounds.
2016-02-06 11:42:50 Read More

Iran mocks Saudi Arabiaâ€™s offer to send ground troops to Syria

The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said on Saturday Saudi Arabia lacked the courage to go through with a plan to send ground troops to Syria, and warned they would be wiped out if they went in. Mohammad Ali Jafari's was quoted as saying the move would be suicidal for the Saudis.
2016-02-06 11:07:53 Read More

North Korea brings rocket launch dates forward

North Korea's planned launch of a long-range rocket could happen within a matter of hours, after Pyongyang shortened and brought forward the start of the launch window to Sunday. An updated notification sent by Pyongyang to UN agencies said the launch would now take place between February 7-14.
2016-02-06 10:55:58 Read More

Edgar Mitchell, 6th man on moon, dies at 85

Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who became the sixth man on the moon when he and Alan Shepard helped Nasa recover from Apollo 13's "successful failure" and later devoted his life to exploring the mind, physics and unexplained phenomena such as psychics and aliens, has died in Florida. He was 85.
2016-02-06 10:24:47 Read More

Edgar Mitchell, 6th man on moon, dies at 85

Nawaz Sharifâ€™s general problems

Once bitten, twice shy Nawaz has mellowed down and been more accommodative in accepting militaryâ€™s role in key policymaking areas in his third term.
2016-02-06 09:00:50 Read More

Russia must stop bombing women, children in Syria: John Kerry

Moscow, Damascus's main ally, has stepped up bombing around the Syrian city of Aleppo in recent days, facilitating a government offensive that has forced tens of thousands of civilians to flee to the Turkish border.
2016-02-06 08:49:51 Read More

Donald Trump risks little of his fortune in his bid for president

Republican contestant Donald J Trump's White House run blurs the line between campaigning and brand-building and complicates his claims that he is funding his own campaign. About three-quarters of Trump's total campaign spending has either gone to reimburse his own businesses.
2016-02-06 07:54:21 Read More

As Myanmar powerbrokers talk, could Suu Kyi emerge as president?

After a quiet period following Suu Kyi's massive election win in November, negotiations have entered a critical stage since a meeting between army chief Min Aung Hlaing and Suu Kyi on January 26, lawmakers and diplomats close to the process say.
2016-02-06 07:45:59 Read More

US Election 2016: How Bernie Sanders captured the hearts of America's idealists

How has a self-confessed socialist gathered so much support in a country where socialism is a dirty word?
2016-02-06 07:41:34 Read More

Parents of 'Jihadi Jack' Letts claim he has mental health condition and is not fighting for a terrorist group in Syria

The parents of Jack Letts, the young British man dubbed â€œJihadi Jackâ€ after travelling to Syria, have said he is mentally ill. The 20-year-old has denied fighting for Isis but told The Independent he supports Sharia law.
2016-02-06 07:26:34 Read More

Isis release new video featuring English-speaking child executing rebel fighter

Isis have released a new propaganda video showing a young English-speaking boy beheading an unarmed hostage. The video shows the boy - who looks to be aged around 10 or 11 - forcing a man in an orange jumpsuit to kneel in front of him before he brandishes a knife in the air and addresses the US.
2016-02-06 07:21:10 Read More

Isis releases new video featuring English-speaking child executing rebel fighter

The Islamic State has released a new propaganda video showing a young boy beheading an unarmed hostage. The video shows the boy - who looks to be aged around 10 or 11 - forcing a man in an orange jumpsuit to kneel in front of him before he brandishes a knife in the air and addresses the US.
2016-02-06 07:21:10 Read More

Isis releases new video featuring English-speaking child executing rebel fighter

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Bhutan's queen Jetsun Pema gives birth to a baby boy

The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan has a new crown prince. The Royal Media Office in capital Thimphu said that the baby boy was born on Friday to King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema.
2016-02-06 07:11:57 Read More

Four-country talks resume on path to Afghan peace

China, the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan have launched their third round of talks aimed at finding a way to get the warring Taliban to sit and talk peace with the Afghan government.
2016-02-06 07:03:11 Read More

Barack Obama greets Dalai Lama, upsets China

US President Barack Obama has angered China after warmly acknowledging Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and calling him "a good friend" at a national prayer breakfast in Washington, media reports said on Saturday.
2016-02-06 06:13:56 Read More

Barack Obama greets Dalai Lama, upsets China

How Saudis sending ground forces into Syria will affect the civil war

The leading Sunni state in the Middle-East, Saudi Arabia, will find itself in confrontation with the leading Shia state, Iran, and its allies.
2016-02-06 05:43:34 Read More

Strong earthquake hits Taiwan, killing 5 and injuring 318

A powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan before dawn on Saturday, collapsing two high-rise residential towers and killing at least five people and injuring hundreds. More than 220 people were pulled out from rubble, as rescuers raced against time to find dozens of others unaccounted for.
2016-02-06 04:32:08 Read More

Pentagon's budget plan funds 404 Lockheed F-35 jets

The orders will amount to about $40 billion in new revenue for Lockheed, the Pentagon's No. 1 supplier, and engine maker Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
2016-02-06 03:27:18 Read More

Satellite images show fuel trucks at North Korea launch site

Pyongyang has announced it will launch a satellite-bearing rocket sometime between February 8-25, which is around the time of the birthday on February 16 of late leader Kim Jong-Il, father of current supremo Kim Jong-Un.
2016-02-06 03:18:55 Read More

UN chief: 34 groups now allied to Islamic State extremists

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said United Nations member states should also prepare for an increase attacks by the Islamic State associated groups from countries such as the Philippines, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Libya and Nigeria, traveling to nations.
2016-02-06 03:13:18 Read More

2 planes crash in mid-air, plunge into ocean off Los Angeles

The planes collided at around 3:30 p.m. and apparently went into the water about two miles outside the harbor entrance, U.S. Coast Guard and other officials said. It was unknown how many people were on board.
2016-02-06 02:55:57 Read More

3 dead, 221 rescued after 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan

The quake struck at around 4am when most people were asleep. It was a shallow quake, struck about 10km underground. A 10-day-old infant, a 55-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man have been killed. Cranes were being used to search darkened parts of the structure for survivors
2016-02-06 02:55:16 Read More

Rescue operation after buildings collapse in Taiwan earthquake

At least 30 people have been rescued after four buildings collapsed in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan following a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the island early on Saturday, officials said.
2016-02-05 22:07:31 Read More

Rescue operations begin after buildings collapse in Taiwan earthquake

Thousands of Syrians rush toward Turkey to flee fighting

Thousands of Syrians rushed toward the Turkish border Friday, fleeing a fierce government offensive and intense Russian airstrikes near Syria's largest city of Aleppo.
2016-02-05 21:54:01 Read More

Led Zeppelinâ€™s long stairway to trial obstructs tour

The surviving members of Led Zeppelin have said some of their memories of the 1960s are a bit fuzzy.
2016-02-05 21:23:20 Read More

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits southern Taiwan: US Geological Survey

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck southern Taiwan early on Saturday at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles (10 km), the US Geological Survey said.
2016-02-05 20:18:58 Read More

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits southern Taiwan: US Geological Survey

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck southern Taiwan early on Saturday at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles (10 km), the US Geological Survey said.
2016-02-05 20:18:58 Read More

In Brazil, pregnant women urged to be cautious with a kiss

A top Brazilian health official warned pregnant women to think twice before giving a kiss as global measures mounted Friday against the Zika virus suspected of a link to birth defects.
2016-02-05 19:39:27 Read More

Assange sex case sinks in international quagmire

t started more than five years ago as what appeared to be a fairly simple sex crime case: two women in Sweden came forward to accuse Julian Assange of sexual misconduct.
2016-02-05 19:19:06 Read More

Hotel fire in Iraqi Kurdish region kills 19

A fire at a hotel in the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region killed 19 people and injured dozens more today, officials said.
2016-02-05 19:11:51 Read More

Pope, Russia patriarch meet in Cuba on Feb 12

In an historic step to heal the 1,000-year schism that split Christianity, Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in an attempt to begin bridging the church's East-West divide.
2016-02-05 18:58:37 Read More

President Barack Obama takes credit as unemployment hits eight year low

President Barack Obama took a victory lap Friday as the US unemployment rate hit an eight-year low.
2016-02-05 18:20:26 Read More

5.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Nepal; tremors felt in Bihar

An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude struck Nepal on Friday night at around 10.05pm.
2016-02-05 16:56:44 Read More

5.5-magnitude earthquake jolts Nepal, 15 injured

A moderate quake measuring 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Nepal's capital and its tourist hub Pokhra on Friday, injuring 15 people.
2016-02-05 16:56:44 Read More

Emotional Julian Assange hails UN panel ruling as â€˜victoryâ€™

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hailed a UN panel ruling on his confinement as a "victory" in an emotional speech from the balcony of Ecuador's embassy in London where he has been holed up since 2012. The panel ruled Assange has been "arbitrarily detained" by Sweden and Britain.
2016-02-05 16:37:19 Read More

Italian court clears groping boss because of immature sense of humour

An Italian man accused of groping female colleagues is not guilty of sexual harassment because he was driven by an immature sense of humour rather than a desire for sexual gratification, a court in Sicily ruled. The ruling drew condemnation in the country.
2016-02-05 16:09:18 Read More

Italian court clears groping boss because of immature sense of humour

Zika-hit nations should allow access to contraception and abortion, UN says

The United Nations on Friday urged countries hit by the dangerous Zika virus to let women have access to contraception and abortion. Many of the Zika-hit South American countries are conservative Catholic and have very restrictive abortion and contraceptive laws.
2016-02-05 15:41:15 Read More

1 killed as crane collapses in New York's Manhattan

The accident was reported around 8.25am on Friday in the Tribeca neighborhood. The crane landed across several parked cars, smashing their roofs.
2016-02-05 14:27:21 Read More

Syrian troops push ahead in offensive, take another village

The Syrian military and allied fighters, backed by Russian air strikes, on Friday pushed ahead with a major offensive in the north of the country near the Turkish border, capturing another village and moving a step closer to encircling contested Aleppo, Syria's largest city.
2016-02-05 14:09:52 Read More

Drought-stricken Zimbabwe declares state of disaster

Underscoring the severity of the drought linked to the El Nino weather pattern that is hitting much of southern Africa, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe declared a state of disaster, with the hope that the announcement will speed up the flow of aid to needy communities.
2016-02-05 13:53:09 Read More

France becomes first country to force all supermarkets to give unsold food to needy

Supermarkets in France have been banned from throwing away or spoiling unsold food by law.
2016-02-05 13:44:19 Read More

Al-Shabaab jihadists seize key Somali port

Somalia's al-Shabaab jihadists on Friday retook their stronghold of Merka from African Union troops, who had held the key port since 2012, in one of the biggest setbacks for the multinational force. It is is one of the most dramatic reverses for the AU force in its battle against the jihadist group.
2016-02-05 13:35:53 Read More

Pope, Russian Orthodox patriarch to meet in historic step

Leader of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill will meet in Cuba next week in a historic step to heal the 1,000-year-old schism that divided Christianity between east and west. The two churches split during the Great Schism of 1054.
2016-02-05 12:48:26 Read More

Woman could be jailed for not doing enough housework

A woman from Italy could be jailed for up to six years because she does not do enough housework, according to Italian media.
2016-02-05 11:39:00 Read More

Sweden, UK reject UN panel ruling on Julian Assange

Sweden said it did not agree with a UN panel which ruled on Friday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's stay in Ecuador's embassy in London amounted to "unlawful detention". Britain too rejected the UN panel's ruling and said it would challenge the report's findings.
2016-02-05 11:36:41 Read More

Sweden, UK reject UN panel ruling on Julian Assange

Sweden said it did not agree with a UN panel which ruled on Friday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's stay in Ecuador's London embassy amounted to "unlawful detention".Â Britain too rejected the UN panel's ruling and saidÂ it would challenge the report's findings.
2016-02-05 11:36:41 Read More

Man 'choked to death after eating whole cheeseburger'

A man who tried to eat a cheeseburger in one mouthful choked to death, an inquest has heard.
2016-02-05 11:34:15 Read More

Nawaz Sharif hopes India-Pak talks will move forward soon

"Difference of opinion between two countries is not unheard of. What is unusual is that for 6-7 decades, we have not been able to get rid of these differences," Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif has said.
2016-02-05 11:28:51 Read More

Three missing Hong Kong booksellers held in China

Chinese police have said for the first time that they are holding three Hong Kong booksellers who went missing on the mainland in 2015, sparking accusations that Beijing has "total contempt" for law. This confirms rights guaranteed under the principle of "One Country, Two Systems" are being eroded.
2016-02-05 11:22:53 Read More

South Africa mine collapse: 80 miners rescued, 35 still trapped

Mike McChesney, chief executive of the small gold producer Vantage Goldfields said that 115 workers had initially been trapped at Lily mine, but most had been rescued and the rest would probably emerge soon.
2016-02-05 11:04:38 Read More

Syria refugee summit: World leaders hail landmark aid package to help Syrians displaced by conflict

David Cameron, who hosted the conference along with the leaders of Kuwait, Norway Germany, and the United Nations, said the sum was â€œthe largest amount of money ever raised in one day in response to a humanitarian crisisâ€.
2016-02-05 10:02:31 Read More

Julian Assange: British government to fight UN ruling that it 'arbitrarily detained' WikiLeaks founder

Britain on Friday said it would contest a United Nations panel opinion that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was a victim of arbitrary detention and said the computer hacker would be arrested if he left the embassy.
2016-02-05 09:38:59 Read More

North Korea begins fuelling rocket: Report

China to launch about 40 Beidou satellites by 2020

China plans to launch some 40 Beidou navigation satellites by 2020 to support its global navigation and positioning network, the media reported on Friday.
2016-02-05 08:45:02 Read More

Julian Assange should be released and compensated, UN panel says

A UN panel examining the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday he had been arbitrarily detained by both Sweden and Britain and called on both countries to compensate him.
2016-02-05 08:36:13 Read More

Donlad Trump holds forte, Hillary Clinton losing ground: Opinion poll

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Front is holding forte in New Hampshire with a double digit lead over his nearest rival Marco Rubio while Democratic presidential aspirant Bernie Sanders has a massive lead over Hillary Clinton, a latest opinion poll has shown.
2016-02-05 07:18:23 Read More

Donlad Trump holds fort, Hillary Clinton losing ground: Opinion poll

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Front is holding fort in New Hampshire with a double digit lead over his nearest rival Marco Rubio while Democratic presidential aspirant Bernie Sanders has a massive lead over Hillary Clinton, a latest opinion poll has shown.
2016-02-05 07:18:23 Read More

WikiLeaks founder Assange may leave embassy after UN panel ruling

The Australian national has been holed up in the embassy since June 2012 to avoid a European arrest warrant and extradition to Sweden over a rape allegation, which he denies.
2016-02-05 07:00:06 Read More

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WikiLeaks founder Assange may leave embassy after UN panel ruling

Economic effect of Syrian war at $35 billion: World Bank

The devastating economic impact of the war in Syria and its spillover into nearby countries stands at $35 billion and climbing, the World Bank said on Thursday. Some 260,000 people have been killed in the five-year conflict, which has forced 4.6 million people to leave the country, according to UN.
2016-02-05 05:04:40 Read More

Terror attacks loom as Indonesian trio vie for Islamic State glory

A power struggle among three Indonesian-born Islamic State militants in Syria could have a violent ripple effect in Southeast Asia, senior police warn, as a deadly game of one-upmanship threatens to cause more Jakarta-style attacks.
2016-02-05 04:55:34 Read More

Unpaid and angry, some Chinese workers ditch holidays to protest

With China's economy growing at its slowest in 25 years, labor unrest is on the rise. While the housing sector is among the worst-hit in China's economic slowdown, the pain is being felt by blue- and white-collar workers in other industries too.
2016-02-05 04:27:37 Read More

New US intelligence report says Islamic State weaker

The new intelligence estimate "means they continue to be a substantial threat, but the potential numbers have declined," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
2016-02-05 03:43:09 Read More

Russian forces 'could take eastern European capitals in three days'

According to several war games scenarios conducted by a US think-tank, it would take between 36 and 60 hours for Russian battalions to occupy the Estonian and Latvian capitals of Tallinn and Riga. The report comes amid rapidly declining relations between Putin and the West.
2016-02-05 02:54:50 Read More

Tens of thousands flee as Syria regime advances near Aleppo

Tens of thousands of Syrians were reported to have fled their homes on Thursday as regime troops pressed a major Russian-backed offensive around second city Aleppo.
2016-02-05 00:25:59 Read More

On Independence Day, Lanka lifts unofficial ban on Tamil national anthem

Lifting an unofficial ban, Sri Lankaâ€™s national anthem was on Thursday sung in Tamil at a ceremony here to mark the the countryâ€™s independence day, in an effort to achieve reconciliation with the ethnic minority community.
2016-02-04 21:11:06 Read More

Racist slur hits Canadaâ€™s Sikh mantri in House

Canadaâ€™s first Sikh defence minister Harjit Sajjan has been heckled in Parliament with an opposition member shouting that MPs needed an â€œEnglish-to-Englishâ€ translation as he spoke, an act dubbed as â€œracistâ€.
2016-02-04 21:00:44 Read More

â€˜Vigorousâ€™ ideology earns Trump Nobel peace prize nomination

Controversial Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2016 for his â€œvigorousâ€ ideology that counters radical Islam as aweapon of deterrence, according to media reports.
2016-02-04 20:41:32 Read More

Playboy puts on (some) clothes for revamped issue

What is Playboy without naked women?
2016-02-04 20:37:04 Read More

World powers pledge $10 billion in aid for Syria

World leaders pledged over $10 billion (9.0 billion euros) today to help conflict-hit Syrians at a London conference overshadowed by the breakdown of peace talks in Geneva.
2016-02-04 19:04:59 Read More

Spain reports first known Zika pregnancy in Europe

Spain said on Thursday that a pregnant woman who had returned from Colombia had been diagnosed with the Zika virus, in the first such known case in Europe. The country's health ministry said she is one of seven cases in Spain and all are in good condition.
2016-02-04 17:35:03 Read More

Two Israeli minors get long jail terms for killing Palestinian teen in 2014

An Israeli court sentenced two Israeli minors for the murder of a 16-year-old Palestinian Abu Khdeir in 2014, sending one to life in prison and the other for 21 years for a crime that provoked deep soul-searching in Israel and was one of a series of events that led to the Gaza war later that year.
2016-02-04 17:15:12 Read More

Man dies in house fire after leaving his iPhone charging overnight

A man died in a house-fire caused by the overheating of an iPhone 5 battery which was plugged in overnight for charging, an inquest heard. Marek Kruger, 53, who was bedbound due to a brain tumour two years before his death, died from smoke inhalation at his home.
2016-02-04 17:03:09 Read More

Billions pledged for Syria as tens of thousands flee bombing

Donor nations pledged to give billions of dollars in aid to Syrians as world leaders gathered for a conference to tackle the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with Turkey reporting a new exodus of tens of thousands fleeing air strikes.
2016-02-04 15:48:31 Read More

On New Year's Day, shortly before lunchtime, a beaming man emerged from the sliding doors at Heathrow Terminal 3 and made a beeline for a young woman in a cherry-red hijab.
2016-02-04 15:18:40 Read More

Afghanistan seems to have dropped old â€˜red linesâ€™ before talks with Taliban

Violence by the Taliban against Afghans is virtually at an all-time high, yet the government will not insist that the terror group either give up violence or endorse the constitution before going into peace talks.
2016-02-04 15:03:04 Read More

Saudi Arabian women banned from Starbucks

Women were banned from entering a Starbucks in Saudi Arabia after a â€˜gender barrierâ€™ wall collapsed, it has been claimed.
2016-02-04 14:53:48 Read More

World's fattest man dies after 'drinking too many energy drinks'

The world's fattest man has died of a heart attack at the age of 38 after reportedly drinking more than six energy drinks a day.
2016-02-04 14:49:45 Read More

Death row inmatesâ€™ final words are more positive than negative: Psychologists

Inmates on death row facing imminent execution use more positive than negative words in their final statements, according to new research.
2016-02-04 14:45:45 Read More

Death row inmatesâ€™ final words are more positive than negative: Psychologists

Inmates on death row facing imminent execution use more positive than negative words in their final statements, according to new research.
2016-02-04 14:45:45 Read More

US drone strike kills top Qaida chief in south Yemen

A senior al-Qaida operative in Yemen with a $5 million US bounty on his head was killed on Thursday in one of two suspected American drone strikes in the war-torn country.
2016-02-04 13:27:25 Read More

Western retirees busted for playing bridge in Thailand

The bridge players were busted by a task force of soldiers, police and local officials as they played cards at eight tables. Police said they would not be charged with gambling, but might be charged under a law limiting individuals to possession of 120 unregistered playing cards.
2016-02-04 12:52:20 Read More

Western retirees busted for playing bridge in Thailand

The bridge players were busted by a task force of soldiers, police and local officials as they played cards at eight tables. Police saidÂ they would not be charged with gambling, but might be charged under a law limiting individuals to possession of 120 unregistered playing cards.
2016-02-04 12:52:20 Read More

Jet evacuated in Madrid after pilot reports threat

Passengers on a jet set to leave Madrid for Saudi Arabia have been evacuated after the pilot reported an unspecified threat.
2016-02-04 12:42:31 Read More

German police raids searching for Islamic State suspects

German police conducted raids in Berlin and other parts of northern Germany on Thursday in a search for four men suspected of links to Islamic State militants and possibly preparing an attack in Germany, police said.
2016-02-04 12:37:38 Read More

Australian churches to offer refuge to asylum seekers

Australian church leaders on Thursday said they would offer sanctuary to asylum seekers facing removal to a remote Pacific detention camp, vowing to defy the government's harsh immigration rules. The Anglican dean of Brisbane said the churches were reinventing the "ancient concept of sanctuary".
2016-02-04 12:30:56 Read More

New Year attacks overshadow start of Cologne street carnival

Revelers streamed onto the streets of Cologne on Thursday for the start of the city's annual street carnival, amid tight security following an unprecedented series of robberies and sexual assaults mostly targeting women on New Year. Organizers have urged revelers to report any harassment to cops.
2016-02-04 12:17:27 Read More

Syrian refugees struggle to buy food as aid dwindles

A funding shortfall last year forced the World Food Program, the UN agency responsible for feeding the refugees, to cut back. Some refugees no longer receive any food aid, while others get half what they did before. Monthly cash assistance has been reduced to $10 per person.
2016-02-04 11:21:26 Read More

North Korea may be preparing separate missile launch, report says

North Korea may be preparing a ballistic missile launch from a base on its east coast in addition to its announced plans to fire a space rocket, Japan's public broadcaster reported. North's announcement of its rocket plan was greeted by a global chorus of concern lead by South Korea, Japan and US.
2016-02-04 11:03:49 Read More

Turkey to send envoy back to Vatican after Armenia 'genocide' row

The foreign ministry said Wednesday its decision came after the Vatican published a statement welcoming Ankara's willingness â€” first expressed in 2005 â€” to create a commission of Turkish and Armenian historians to study the 1915 killings.
2016-02-04 10:02:54 Read More

Ahead of Chinese New Year, Xi pushes economic, military reform

Chinese President Xi Jinping has used a traditional pre-Lunar New Year visit to outlying regions to call for more effort to be made in economic and military reform, two causes of key importance to his administration.
2016-02-04 09:37:52 Read More

Julian Assange: UN rules in favour of WikiLeaks founder over 'unlawful detention' in UK

Julian Assange today said he would accept arrest by UK police if the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention investigating his case ruled against him.
2016-02-04 09:26:14 Read More

Pope Francis sends New Year greeting to China in latest bid to increase the Vaticanâ€™s influence on the world stage

Beijing severed ties with the Vatican in 1951 after the Communist Party took power, with the totalitarian regime setting up its own church beyond the Pontiffâ€™s authority.
2016-02-04 08:42:17 Read More

Isolated Nepal PM could be toppled by constitution crisis

Prime Minister KP Oli heads a fractious cabinet with no less than six deputy premiers â€“ one a royalist bent on reinstating the monarchy and another the leader of a party representing minority Madhesis who has yet to sign the constitution.
2016-02-04 07:13:21 Read More

Sending troops to Iraq, Syria will be terrible mistake: Hillary Clinton

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton promised not to send US troops to war-torn Iraq or Syria if elected saying it would be a "terrible mistake". "I will not send American combat troops to Iraq or Syria. That is off the table. That would be a terrible mistake," Clinton said.
2016-02-04 07:12:13 Read More

Drone strike kills 6 al-Qaida suspects in Yemen: Security

An air strike believed to have been carried out by a US drone has killed six al-Qaida suspects in south Yemen, a security official said on Thursday.
2016-02-04 06:30:38 Read More

Hafiz Saeed warns of more Pathankot-style attacks on India

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, on Wednesday praised last month's terror attack at Indian Air Force's base in Pathankot and encouraged similar attacks against India.
2016-02-04 06:29:18 Read More

Hafiz Saeed calls for more attacks on India

South Korea slams North rocket launch, vows to destroy any threat

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday said a planned rocket launch by North Korea could "never be tolerated," as her defence ministry vowed to shoot down any missile that threatened its territory.
2016-02-04 05:20:33 Read More

Humans of New York: Touching story of elderly widower living alone goes viral

The man had been married 62 years when his wife died last January - he reads Shakespeare sonnets and 'misses her most at night'
2016-02-04 05:02:59 Read More

Kim Jong Un calls meeting on abuses in North Korea ruling party

According to a report Thursday by the Korean Central News Agency, the two-day meeting, which ended Wednesday and was "guided" by Kim, brought together members of the ruling party's Central Committee and the Party Committee of the Korean People's Army.
2016-02-04 04:55:22 Read More

Julian Assange will leave Ecuador embassy, accept arrest if loses UN case: WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he took refuge in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, on Friday and accept arrest if a UN panel investigating his case rules against him.
2016-02-04 04:18:21 Read More

Moderate 5.2 quake hits Indonesia

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Timor island in eastern Indonesia early on Thursday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued.
2016-02-04 04:10:49 Read More

US, France accuse Assad of scuppering Syria peace talks

The US and France have accused President Bashar al-Assad's regime of undermining talks to end Syria's civil war, which were suspended hours before donors were due to meet on Thursday to raise aid for the conflict-torn country.
2016-02-04 03:41:03 Read More

Donald Trump accuses Ted Cruz of 'illegally stealing' Iowa caucus

It is a marked contrast from the morning after the Iowa vote, in which Mr Trump offered his congratulations to his rival
2016-02-04 03:33:59 Read More

David Cameron says to assert British parliament is sovereign over European Union laws

Â Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he would seek to assert the sovereignty of the British parliament over European Union laws as he concludes his renegotiation of ties with the bloc.
2016-02-04 03:32:55 Read More

David Cameron says to assert British parliament is sovereign over European Union laws

Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he would seek to assert the sovereignty of the British parliament over European Union laws as he concludes his renegotiation of ties with the bloc.
2016-02-04 03:32:55 Read More

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Donald Trump's jet makes emergency landing in Tennessee

The Boeing 757 was flying to Little Rock, Arkansas, from New York when it landed at Nashville International Airport. Trump traveled the rest of the way in a small charter aircraft, a campaign spokeswoman said.
2016-02-04 03:30:19 Read More

Anti-Muslim bias hurts US, must be tackled 'head on': Obama

President Barack Obama made his first visit to a US mosque on Wednesday, in an effort to allay the fears of Americans accustomed to pop-culture portrayals of Muslims as terrorists, and to reassure Muslim American youth about their place in the nation.
2016-02-04 02:50:09 Read More

Cruz won Iowa caucuses through fraud: Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday accused rival Ted Cruz of stealing a victory in the Iowa caucuses and called for another vote or nullification of Cruz's win.
2016-02-03 16:27:46 Read More

US flight diverted as crew members get into fistfight

In a bizarre incident in the US, a Delta Air Lines Boeing plane was diverted after a midair fistfight between two women flight attendants over "work issues". The Boeing 757-200 from Los Angeles to Minneapolis was en route when the captain decided to divert the aircraft to Salt Lake City.
2016-02-03 14:23:08 Read More

US flight diverted as crew members get into fistfight

How Osama bin Laden got idea for 9/11 terror attacks

Osama bin Laden got inspiration for the deadly 9/11 attacks from a 1999 plane crash in which an Egyptian airline pilot deliberately downed his plane in the Atlantic Ocean, the al-Qaida has claimed.
2016-02-03 13:41:34 Read More

Notorious UK earl Lord Lucan finally declared dead after over 40 years of missing

The only son of a British earl who has been missing since the family's nanny was killed in his home more than 40 years ago has been granted a death certificate for his father. The death certificate of Seventh Earl of Lucan was granted by Britain's high court at the request of George Bingham.
2016-02-03 13:37:50 Read More

Blast at 11,000 feet: How pilot, crew saved passengers

Cellphone video taken aboard the plane pans from passengers, some wearing oxygen masks, in seats toward the back of the airliner in flight, and then swivels to the empty front area with a hole in the side of the cabin.
2016-02-03 13:27:26 Read More

Somalia plane blast: How pilot, crew saved all passengers, flew aircraft back to safety

Man 'sucked to his death' out of hole in jet after onboard explosion

A man has reportedly been 'sucked to his death' when an alleged bomb explosion made a hole in the side of a passenger jet.
2016-02-03 12:16:06 Read More

Donald Trump â€˜nominated for Nobel Peace Prizeâ€™

Monday was not a good day for Donald Trump. His infamous phrase â€˜loserâ€™ came back to haunt him when he was forced to admit defeat to rival Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucus after weeks of being billed as the Republican frontrunner.
2016-02-03 12:11:29 Read More

Missing Chinese reporter tells wife he is back in country

Li Xin, a Chinese journalist, who disappeared while seeking asylum abroad turned up on Wednesday, telling his wife by phone he voluntarily returned to China for an investigation, in the latest case of Beijing's reach beyond the mainland for wanted people.
2016-02-03 12:05:18 Read More

Barack Obama to make first visit to a US mosque as president

President Barack Obama's first visit to a US mosque comes as Muslim-Americans say they're confronting increasing levels of bias in speech and deeds. Obama is scheduled to visit the Islamic Society of Baltimore whose campus contains a mosque and school that runs from kindergarten through 12th grade.
2016-02-03 11:47:01 Read More

Egypt court overturns death penalty for 149 Muslim Brotherhood members

Death sentences of 149 activists of the banned Muslim Brotherhood were revoked by an Egyptian appeals court. The court also ordered a retrial in the case, in which the defendants were accused of killing 13 policemen and attacking a police station in 2013.
2016-02-03 11:32:42 Read More

US state Georgia executes its oldest death-row inmate

The US state of Georgia executed a 72-year-old man, the state's oldest death-row inmate for the killing of a convenience store manager during a robbery in 1979. Brandon Astor Jones was pronounced dead after being administered an injection of barbiturate pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson.
2016-02-03 11:19:21 Read More

Court rules Australia can send asylum seekers to Nauru

More than 260 asylum seekers face deportation from Australia to Nauru after Australia's highest court rejected a case against the country's refugee policy. A Bangladeshi woman moved the court challenging the legality of Canberra paying the tiny Pacific nation to detain asylum seekers.
2016-02-03 11:01:00 Read More

PIA flights cancelled, employees' strike enters second day

All domestic and international flights run by Pakistan's ailing flag carrier were cancelled on Wednesday as the country-wide strike by PIA employees opposing the government's privatisation move entered the second day.
2016-02-03 09:38:34 Read More

PIA flights cancelled, employees' strike enters second day

Zika virus: First US case of infection via sexual intercourse confirmed

Just one day after the World Health Organization deemed the virus as an international health emergency, officials in Dallas County said a patient had contracted the virus via sexual contact and not through a mosquito bite, as reported earlier.
2016-02-03 09:22:41 Read More

Cameron faces Tory backlash after 'watering down' EU deal

Prime Minister David Cameron forced to water down commitment to ban EU migrants from qualifying for in-work benefits for four years. He hopes to secure agreement from the other 27 EU leaders at a summit on February 18-19.
2016-02-03 08:39:58 Read More

China's biggest overseas buy seen in $43 bn Syngenta offer

Syngenta's board recommended the offer of $465 a share, plus a special dividend, to its shareholders, saying in a statement that "the proposed transaction respects the interests of all stakeholders".
2016-02-03 08:14:58 Read More

American Facebook users are paying for your access

The Asia-Pacific region has twice the number of Facebook users than US and Canada have. However, Asia-Pacificâ€™s contribution to Facebookâ€™s revenue is less than 15%, whereas US and Canadian users bring in 51% of revenue. So an average US user is nearly 4 times more valuable than an Indian Facebook user.
2016-02-03 08:07:53 Read More

American Facebook users are paying for your access

End to Schengen deal would cost Europe $120 bln: French adviser

The Schengen agreement is a centrepiece of European integration. But, under pressure from voters alarmed by an unprecedented influx of migrants from Africa and the Middle East, several governments have already temporarily reintroduced controls at their borders with fellow European Union states.
2016-02-03 06:38:51 Read More

Japan military on alert over North Korea's planned rocket launch

North Korea should immediately call off the planned launch, which is a violation of UN Security Council resolutions, the South's presidential Blue House said in a statement.
2016-02-03 05:42:02 Read More

3 killed, 12 injured in clashes between Pakistan International Airlines staff and police

At least three persons were shot dead and 12 others injured on Tuesday, during clashes between security forces and staff of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) protesting at Karachi's international airport against the planned privatization of the ailing national flag carrier.
2016-02-03 04:46:05 Read More

Indian Helicopters donated to Afghanistan hailed by US

The three Mi-35 Indian multi-role helicopters donated to Afghanistan have made a big difference in the offensive against militants in the war-torn country, the outgoing commander of US forces in Afghanistan has said.
2016-02-03 04:30:01 Read More

Indian Helicopters donated to Afghanistan hailed by US

European Union urges Greece to tighten border

The European Union (EU) has urged Greece to take specific steps to check the flow of asylum seekers to its shores and protect the 28-nation bloc's external border.
2016-02-03 04:13:15 Read More

Taliban gun down 10-year-old militia hero in Afghanistan

The former child soldier, Wasil Ahmad, was killed near his family's home less than six months after he had fought to end a Taliban siege and was publicly â€” and illegally â€” celebrated. Wasil Ahmad was 10 years old.
2016-02-03 04:02:26 Read More

Taliban gun down 10-year-old militia hero in Afghanistan

Sexually transmitted Zika case confirmed in Texas

A person in Texas has been infected with the Zika virus after having sex with an ill person who had returned from South America, local health officials said Tuesday.
2016-02-03 01:15:52 Read More

Stockholm police investigating explosion outside shopping centre

Police were investigating an explosion outside an up-market shopping centre in central Stockholm on Tuesday, although there were no immediate reports of injuries.
2016-02-03 01:06:18 Read More

Cruz bests Trump, Clinton edges out Sanders

US Senator Ted Cruz soundly defeated billionaire Donald Trump in Iowaâ€™s Republican nominating contest on Monday, upending the partyâ€™s presidential race and creating a three-way competition with establishment candidate Senator Marco Rubio.
2016-02-02 23:18:04 Read More

No ban on Sikh turbans, only on burqas, says France

Seeking to address the allegations regarding the â€œso-called restrictionsâ€™â€™ imposed on the wearing of the Sikh turban, France on Tuesday clarified that there was no ban on Sikhs wearing turbans in public places.
2016-02-02 21:48:39 Read More

No ban on Sikh turbans, only on burqas, says France

North Korea confirms imminent satellite launch

North Korea has confirmed it was planning an imminent space rocket launch -- a move the US immediately condemned as "another egregious violation" of UN resolutions following Pyongyang's nuclear test last month.
2016-02-02 19:42:14 Read More

US to rework arms control rule on exporting hacker tools

The US government is rewriting a proposal under arms control rules from 20 years ago to make it simpler to export tools related to hacking and surveillance software since they are also used to secure computer networks.
2016-02-02 19:36:43 Read More

EU chief releases proposals to keep Britain in EU

European Council president Donald Tusk unveiled proposals that he hopes will keep Britain in the 28-nation European Union. The draft deal was made public in a letter to EU leaders, which must be endorsed by Britain's EU partners.
2016-02-02 16:53:46 Read More

US groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring

Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog renowned for his ability to forecast the onset of spring, did not see his shadow after emerging from his burrow on Tuesday morning, predicting an early spring.
2016-02-02 16:39:20 Read More

Cambridge University launches written admission tests

UK's Cambridge University on Tuesday announced that written tests will now be part of the application process in one of the world's most renowned varsity.
2016-02-02 16:08:46 Read More

'US to increase anti-IS funds by 50%'

The United States will spend $7.5 billion - a 50 per cent increase - to fund the fight against the Islamic State group, defense secretary Ashton Carter said on Tuesday.
2016-02-02 15:06:54 Read More

Nato strikes Islamic State radio station in Afghanistan

Coalition aircraft struck ISIS's new radio station in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, part of Nato's escalating campaign to stop the jihadists in the country. A spokesman said the overnight raid also involved Afghan forces and destroyed an Islamic State broadcaster in Achin district.
2016-02-02 14:54:45 Read More

Thailand intensifies crackdown on abuses in seafood industry

Thailand, which faces possible trade sanctions over abuses in its seafood industry, says it has accelerated its fight against human trafficking and unregulated fishing. Police said said that since a task force was set up to combat the abuses, it has arrested 102 suspects and rescued 130 victims.
2016-02-02 14:41:50 Read More

Snow strands â€˜nearly 100,000â€™ in Chinaâ€™s Guangzhou

Nearly 100,000 Lunar New Year travellers in China were stranded in the city of Guangzhou as snow and ice disrupted the world's largest annual human migration. Many trains to the capital of the southern province of Guangdong were delayed after north and central China were hit by the big freeze.
2016-02-02 14:21:05 Read More

US, Italy warn of rising IS threat in Libya but strikes off agenda

The United States and Italy warned on Tuesday that the Islamic State (IS) group is expanding its reach, threatening to seize Libya and launch attacks in Western countries.
2016-02-02 14:02:44 Read More

Italy cracks down on smokers as tough law takes effect

Tough anti-smoking laws came into effect in Italy on Tuesday, imposing large fines for several offences and making it illegal to smoke in a car carrying children or pregnant women.
2016-02-02 13:55:37 Read More

Syrian army presses Aleppo attack as UN envoy meets govt

The Syrian army threatened rebel supply lines into the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday as a UN envoy met government representatives to try to advance peace talks rendered almost impossible by the continued fighting.
2016-02-02 13:21:38 Read More

Syrian army presses Aleppo attack as UN envoy meets government

Thai elephant gores Scottish tourist to death on trek

A Scottish tourist has been gored to death by an elephant that he and his 16-year-old stepdaughter were riding on the island of Samui. News reports said the elephant became enraged after its trainer climbed off to take a picture of the tourists. Cops say hot weather may have disturbed the animal.
2016-02-02 12:18:08 Read More

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Ship hijackings down in 2015, piracy mostly low-level theft: Report

The International Maritime Bureau said in its annual piracy report released on Tuesday that 246 piracy incidents were recorded worldwide, one up from 2014. It said pirates hijacked 15 vessels and held 271 hostages, down from 21 ships and 442 hostages in 2014.
2016-02-02 11:50:58 Read More

Nations discuss how to snuff out Islamic State in Libya

Speaking at a 23-nation conference in Rome, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the last thing anyone wants "is a false caliphate with access to billions of dollars in oil revenue." More than four years after a US-led military effort helped topple dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Libya is mired in chaos.
2016-02-02 11:42:41 Read More

The weird ways people keep trying to sneak alcohol into Saudi Arabia

Thanks to the country's austere interpretation of Islamic law, alcohol is illegal in Saudi Arabia.
2016-02-02 11:26:30 Read More

Nestle battles slavery issues on two continents

Food giant Nestle is now dealing with issues relating to slavery on two continents.
2016-02-02 11:17:50 Read More

Vietnam gets world's longest cable car system

With a total length of 6,292.5 metres, the three-rope cable car system connecting Muong Hoa Valley and Fansipan mountain was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's longest three-rope cable car route. Construction of the cable car system began in November 2013.
2016-02-02 11:04:05 Read More

Vietnam gets world's longest cable car system

Hillary Clinton beats Bernie Sanders to win Iowa

With Democrat Clinton prevailing by only four delegates, according to party figures, Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, declared the result a "virtual tie."
2016-02-02 09:59:07 Read More

Ted Cruz: Who is the Republican US Senator who defeated Donald Trump in Iowa

Ted Cruz, a conservative lawmaker from Texas, won the first state Republican contest in the 2016 race with 28% of the vote compared with 24% for businessman Donald Trump.
2016-02-02 09:34:13 Read More

North Korea getting better at hiding nuke, rocket tests

Less than a month after its purported H-bomb test, attention is now focused on whether North Korea is readying a rocket launch. With underground railways, giant tarps and a movable launch pad structure in place, experts say, the North is getting a lot better at concealing its preparations.
2016-02-02 09:33:37 Read More

Ted Cruz: Tea Party firebrand strikes first blow in Iowa

Once reviled by fellow Republicans as a "wacko bird" eager to shut down the US government, Ted Cruz proved with his Iowa win that his arch-conservatism may yet propel him into the White House.
2016-02-02 09:14:18 Read More

Donald Trump's defeat raises questions about his jetsetting campaign

Republican Donald Trump's surprise defeat in Iowa at the hands of US Senator Ted Cruz reflected shortcomings in his get-out-the-vote operations and an over reliance on his celebrity status in a state where voters prefer the personal touch.
2016-02-02 09:05:42 Read More

Pentagon to hike spending request to fund fight versus Islamic State

The fiscal year 2017 Pentagon budget will call for more than $7 billion for the fight against Islamic State, a roughly 35% increase compared with the previous year's request to Congress, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
2016-02-02 08:46:29 Read More

US fortifying Europe's East to deter Putin

President Barack Obama plans to substantially increase the deployment of heavy weapons, armored vehicles and other equipment to NATO countries in Central and Eastern Europe, a move that administration officials said was aimed at deterring Russian from further aggression in the region.
2016-02-02 08:31:07 Read More

US fortifying Europe's East to deter Putin

Kremlin is â€˜prolongingâ€™ war in Syria by bolstering Assad regime

British Foreign Secretary condemns Russian air strikes for bolstering Assadâ€™s regime and increasing the flow of desperate refugees into Europe.
2016-02-02 07:43:57 Read More

Mystery surrounds Muslim cleric living in US mountain compound

The influential Muslim cleric lives quietly on a gated 26-acre compound in the Pocono Mountains, where he prays, works, meets admirers and watches from afar as terrorism accusations that have landed him on Turkey's most-wanted list unfold in court.
2016-02-02 07:18:09 Read More

Mystery surrounds Muslim cleric living in US mountain compound

Britain and European Union strike deal on mechanism to block unwanted new laws

Britain has reached an agreement with European Union officials on a mechanism to block unwanted EU legislation, a source in Prime Minister David Cameron's office said on Tuesday, in a deal that meets one of Cameron's four main reform targets.
2016-02-02 07:17:02 Read More

Britain and European Union strike deal on mechanism to block unwanted new laws

Britain and European Union push for crucial 'Brexit' deal

British and EU diplomats raced against time Monday to seal a deal on changes to Britain's membership of the bloc by the end of the day and allow Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a referendum as planned this summer.
2016-02-02 07:07:32 Read More

Britain and European Union push for crucial 'Brexit' deal

Toll climbs to 85 in weekend Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

At least 85 people died this weekend when Boko Haram insurgents stormed and torched a village near the restive northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a state commissioner said on Monday.
2016-02-02 07:01:39 Read More

How to understand Donald Trump's defeat in Iowa

The result doesn't necessarily leave us much closer to knowing who the eventual nominee will be. It probably signals the beginning of a protracted, three-way fight for the nomination. Trump's defeat won't necessarily derail his campaign, as some have speculated.
2016-02-02 06:08:00 Read More

Obama to visit US mosque, interact with community leaders

This would be the first ever visit to a mosque by Barack Obama inside the country, although he has visited mosques overseas. He is
2016-02-02 05:22:08 Read More

No merger of Af-Pak office with South & Central Asia desk: US

The US state department has dismissed reports that its office of the special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan will be merged with the South and Central Asia Bureau that handles India, saying there are no such plans.
2016-02-02 04:58:45 Read More

Ted Cruz beats Donald Trump in Iowa Republican presidential race, Rubio takes third place

Senator Ted Cruz beat billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa's presidential nominating contest on Monday, dealing a big upset to the national front-runner in the race to be the Republican Party's White House nominee in 2016.
2016-02-02 03:33:16 Read More

Voting begins in US presidential campaign

The battle to elect the next president of the United States got underway, with frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hoping to win the opening test in Iowa, the first state to cast votes. The contests in both parties are tight.
2016-02-02 02:53:41 Read More

Voting begins in US presidential campaign

Donald Trumpâ€™s unorthodox campaign faces first test in Iowa

Donald Trump's groundbreaking White House campaign faces a moment of truth on Monday when Iowa voters begin the nationwide process of choosing a new US president, with polls showing him in a tight battle with Ted Cruz to be the Republican nominee.
2016-02-01 17:48:53 Read More

Death toll doubles to 20 in Kabul suicide bombing

The attack comes just days before a fresh round of international talks aimed at reviving dialogue with the Islamist group. Scores of people were also wounded in the bombing at the entrance of the base, which left several bodies and charred debris strewn around the area.
2016-02-01 17:17:22 Read More

Al-Qaida seizes southern Yemeni town of Azzan

Al-Qaida's Yemeni branch seized another town on Monday, setting up checkpoints at its entrances and besieging government buildings before dawn after days of fighting with southern separatists, officials said. The capture of Azzan marks the latest advance for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
2016-02-01 17:00:53 Read More

Spectator at Ted Cruz rally shouts out â€˜Ted Cruz looks so weirdâ€™

Ted Cruz's rally on the night before the Iowa caucuses got off to an odd start with someone yelling, "He looks so weird!" as the Texas senator took the stage. The man, who appeared to be ill, was escorted out of the state fairground building on Sunday night as he continued yelling.
2016-02-01 16:46:19 Read More

Spectator at Ted Cruz rally shouts out â€˜Ted Cruz looks so weirdâ€™

WHO meets to decide whether to declare Zika a global emergency

Twelve committee members, who are experts in epidemiology, public health and infectious diseases from the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, discussed the issue of whether Zika should be declared a global emergency. WHO was criticized for reacting slowly to Ebola which killed over 10,000 people.
2016-02-01 13:11:29 Read More

Myanmar parliament begins historic new session

Myanmar's parliament, led for the first time by Aung San Suu Kyi's party, began a historic session that will install the country's first democratically-elected government in more than 50 years. The National League for Democracy got landslide win in November elections, taking about 80% of the seats.
2016-02-01 12:54:02 Read More

â€˜World's best chefâ€™ Benoit Violier, 44, found dead

Chef Benoit Violier, whose Swiss restaurant was named the best in the world in December 2015, has been found dead at his home. Violier, 44, ran the Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville in Crissier, near the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, BBC reported.
2016-02-01 12:28:58 Read More

Suicide bomber kills 10 in Kabul, Taliban claim responsibility

A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital Kabul killing 10 people and wounding 20 after joining a queue to enter an office of the civil order police. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.
2016-02-01 12:25:22 Read More

Chechen leader posts video of opposition in crosshairs

The leader of Russia's Chechnya republic has posted a video seeming to show Mikhail Kasyanov, former prime minister, in the crosshairs of a rifle - a video that the former official is calling a murder threat. Kasyanov now heads the opposition People's Freedom Party, or Parnas.
2016-02-01 12:15:35 Read More

China punishes 27 officials over teenâ€™s wrongful execution

Twenty-seven officials in China have been "penalised" for the wrongful execution of a teenager 20 years ago. Hugjiltu was 18 in 1996 when he was sentenced and put to death for the rape and murder of a woman in the toilet of a textile factory in Hohhot in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
2016-02-01 11:52:13 Read More

Britain gives licence to gene editing

Britain's fertility regulator has approved a scientist's application to edit the human genetic code using a new technique that some fear crosses too many ethical boundaries.
2016-02-01 10:52:37 Read More

Britain grants first licence for genetic modification of embryos

Britain's fertility regulator has approved a scientist's application to edit the human genetic code using a new technique that some fear crosses too many ethical boundaries.The embryos will not become children as they must be destroyed within 14 days and can only be used for basic research.
2016-02-01 10:52:37 Read More

New era dawns as Suu Kyi's party strides into Myanmar parliament

Myanmar entered a new political era Monday as Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy MPs took their seats in parliament, carrying the hopes of a nation subjugated for decades by the military.
2016-02-01 10:00:27 Read More

Powerful blast rocks police base in Kabul, casualties reported

Ambulances rushed to the scene but there was no immediate comment from Afghan security officials.
2016-02-01 09:49:11 Read More

Up to 10 dead in Kabul bombing: Deputy minister

Ambulances rushed to the scene but there was no immediate comment from Afghan security officials.
2016-02-01 09:49:11 Read More

182 Pakistan 'madrassas' sealed since 2014 Peshawar school attack

Pakistani authorities have sealed 182 'madrassas' since the deadly Peshawar school attack in 2014, in a countrywide crackdown on religious seminaries allegedly involved in extremism, a media report said on Monday.
2016-02-01 09:41:51 Read More

182 Pak 'madrassas' sealed since 2014 Peshawar school attack

Pakistani authorities have sealed 182 'madrassas' since the deadly Peshawar school attack in 2014, which claimed the lives of more than 140 people.
2016-02-01 09:38:40 Read More

China condemns US for sending warship in South China Sea

China accused the United States on Monday of seeking maritime hegemony in the name of freedom of navigation after a US Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of a disputed island in the South China Sea.
2016-02-01 09:07:58 Read More

China court acquits man after two decades in jail

Chen Man had been wrongfully given a suspended death sentence for murder in November 1994. A court in the Zhejiang province acquitted him due to "lack of evidence". He had been convicted solely on the basis of confessions which were "inconsistent", the court said.
2016-02-01 08:40:51 Read More

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Iran gives medals for capture of US sailors

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei awarded the Fath (Victory) medal to the head of the navy of the Revolutionary Guards and four commanders involved in the seizure of two US Navy boats, Iran's state media said.
2016-02-01 08:33:17 Read More

Norway to disarm its police force after officers ordered to carry guns for just one year

Norwayâ€™s police force has traditionally been trained in the use of weapons in an emergency situation, but firearms were previously locked away in patrol vehicles rather than being carried by officers.
2016-02-01 08:13:53 Read More

Norway to disarm its police force after officers ordered to carry guns for just one year

Europe is training financial firepower on terrorism

Europe is greatly increasing military and security spending on the fight against terrorism, a shift from austerity mantra that has dominated its policies in recent years. The spending has the potential to provide a much-needed stimulus boost to a region that has struggled for years to kick-start growth.
2016-02-01 06:42:47 Read More

Top Yemeni Salafi cleric killed in Aden

With government forces now pushing north toward the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, the vacuum in Aden has given rise to affiliates of extremist groups like al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, who have grabbed lands and exercised control in various parts of the city for months.
2016-02-01 06:25:12 Read More

Oxford University tops list for animal experimentation

Oxford University used 226,739 animals for experiments which included ferrets, guinea pigs, sheep and monkeys. Some were deprived of food or water while, some had electrodes implanted on their skulls and limbs and pregnant sheep were injected with testosterone or having their ovaries punctured.
2016-02-01 06:19:13 Read More

Oxford University tops list for animal experimentation

Austrian city of Linz to get its gay-themed traffic lights back

The traffic lights, which showed same sex couples holding hands or with arms around each other instead of the standard red and green stick men, were originally put up in May in Vienna to celebrate the Eurovision Song Contest in order to demonstrate tolerance and acceptance.
2016-02-01 06:03:28 Read More

Austrian city of Linz to get its gay traffic lights back

Switzerland will be the first country in the world to vote on having a national wage of Â£1,700 a month

The plan would cost the government around 208 billion Swiss francs a year (Â£143 billion). The idea, which has been put forward by a group of intellectuals who insist people will still want to work and get jobs, has not received positive interest from either left and right sided politicians.
2016-02-01 05:59:33 Read More

4 security personnel killed in Egypt attacks

Two Egyptian policemen and two soldiers were killed and four others were injured in two separate bomb attacks in the restive North Sinai region. A roadside bomb went off when a police vehicle carrying security forces passed by early Sunday in Rafah
2016-02-01 05:22:50 Read More

Among White House hopefuls, Trump least likely to hit 'follow' button on Twitter

The exclusivity underscores how Trump primarily uses Twitter to broadcast his message as opposed to engaging in a back and forth with users, experts in digital strategy said. While other campaigns use a similar approach, Trump commands the most attention on social media.
2016-02-01 05:01:23 Read More

Snow strands travelers at start of Chinese New Year getaway

Chinese travelers are expected to make 2.9 billion trips during the 40-day period that surrounds Chinese New Year.
2016-02-01 04:23:55 Read More

China police arrest 21 over $7.6 billion online financial scam

Ezubao's website has been shut down and it appeared Yucheng Group's Beijing office had been closed when Reuters reporters visited before Monday's Xinhua report.
2016-02-01 03:47:02 Read More

Alternative for Germany: Party behind Germany's 'shoot at migrants' politician is attracting unprecedented support

More than 1.1 million migrants entered Germany in 2015 â€“ the majority arriving since September. A poll issued last week showed that 40 per cent of Germans now wanted Merkel to resign.
2016-02-01 03:13:18 Read More

El Nino could be a possible trigger for Zika outbreak

2016-01-31 22:51:55 Read More

El Nino could be a possible trigger for Zika outbreak

2016-01-31 22:51:55 Read More

El Nino could be a possible trigger for Zika outbreak

2016-01-31 22:51:55 Read More

Surgery for Bangladesh's 'Tree Man' to remove warts

A Bangladeshi who is dubbed "Tree Man" for massive bark-like warts on his hands and feet will finally have surgery to remove the growths that first began appearing 10 years ago, a hospital said on Sunday
2016-01-31 16:30:09 Read More

Israeli PM pushing for liberal Jewish prayer at holy site

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed forward on Sunday with a far-reaching plan to allow non-Orthodox Jewish prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, a move advocates say would mark unprecedented government support for liberal streams of Judaism.
2016-01-31 14:48:34 Read More

45 killed in Syria blasts, Islamic State claims attack

A triple bombing claimed by the extremist Islamic State group killed at least 45 people near the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday, overshadowing an already shaky start to the Syria peace talks. An IS-affiliated website said the blasts were carried out by members of the extremist group.
2016-01-31 14:41:51 Read More

65 killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

At least 65 people were killed on Saturday during an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri.
2016-01-31 14:30:06 Read More

Afghan boy in plastic Messi jersey becomes internet star

A five-year-old Afghan boy living in an insurgency-prone area has become an online sensation after pictures of him dressed in an improvised Lionel Messi jersey - made out of a plastic bag - went viral.
2016-01-31 14:09:45 Read More

Over 2,000 Zika cases in pregnant women in Colombia

Colombia announced that more than 2,000 pregnant women in the South American country have been infected with the Zika virus
2016-01-31 13:59:34 Read More

ISIS warns of severe attack on Britain that will 'turn children's hair white'

The Islamic State terror group has warned Britain of an attack more severe than the Paris strikes, saying the country will receive the "lion's share" of the slaughter for its "declaration of war against Muslims".
2016-01-31 13:42:45 Read More

Syrian opposition delegates may quit peace talks

The Syrian opposition delegation in Geneva may walk out of peace talks if the government and its allies continue to escalate a bombing campaign in rebel-held areas and hamper delivery of humanitarian aid to besieged areas, the coordinator of the delegation said on Sunday.
2016-01-31 13:39:20 Read More

David Cameron to send son to private school years after calling their fees 'crazy'

David Cameron is reportedly considering sending his son to an Â£18,000-a-year private school - despite previously calling fees at such institutions "crazy".
2016-01-31 13:21:29 Read More

British Airways flight makes emergency landing after plane loses two sets of wheels

A British Airways pilot has been hailed as a hero after successfully conducting an emergency plane landing at Heathrow.
2016-01-31 12:38:32 Read More

45 killed, 110 injured in blasts near Syria shrine

Syrian state news agency SANA, quoting an interior ministry source, said a group of militants had detonated a car bomb near a public transport garage in the Koua Sudan area. Two suicide bombers then blew themselves up nearby as people were being rescued.
2016-01-31 12:38:07 Read More

Boko Haram burns kids alive in Nigeria: Witness

A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children among people burnt to death in the latest attack by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists.
2016-01-31 12:23:59 Read More

Syrian civil war: Could Turkey be gambling on an invasion?

The shooting-down of a Russian jet last year is important because it shows how far Turkey will go to maintain its position in the war raging on the southern side of its 550-mile border with Syria.
2016-01-31 12:15:34 Read More

New schools in China train drone pilots

China is already the world's biggest drone manufacturer, churning out remote-controlled flying machines that range from 3-D urban mappers to tear-gas spraying models for police. But it lacks qualified pilots to fly them
2016-01-31 11:50:42 Read More

China strongly condemns US for sending warship near island in South China Sea

The US destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island in the Paracel chain "to challenge excessive maritime claims of parties that claim the Paracel Islands," US Defense Department spokesman Mark Wright said on Saturday. The operation drew Beijing's ire; China called it 'unprofessional'.
2016-01-31 10:53:19 Read More

UK man banned from keeping pets after abusing his own dog

A 50-year-old man in the UK who abused his dog has been banned from keeping pets for five years and sentenced to a 12-month community service besides ordered to pay 750 pounds in costs
2016-01-31 10:49:00 Read More

IS publicly beheads its deserters: Report

ISIS has reportedly beheaded over 20 of its fighters in full public view for trying to flee a war zone in Iraq's Mosul city, sending out a chilling warning to others in the terror group against desertion.
2016-01-31 10:22:47 Read More

Terry Wogan, beloved BBC presenter, dies at 77

Terry Wogan, one of the best-known voices and faces on British television and radio, has died aged 77.
2016-01-31 09:40:36 Read More

Bangladeshi man with rare condition that makes skin 'look like wood' to receive specialist treatment

A Bangladeshi man who has been suffering for years from a rare skin disease could be set to receive specialist treatment. Abul Bajandar, 25, from Khulna in the south west of the country, suffers from Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis, a skin condition causing extreme growths.
2016-01-31 08:30:14 Read More

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Sikh Army captain sues US military over grooming policy tests

Democrats in New Zealand first to vote in 'Super Tuesday'

Pentagon boosts cyber war against IS group

Pentagon boosts cyber war against IS group

Clashes as France clears Calais migrant camp

Hecklers disrupt Donald Trump rally, photographer thrown to ground

One dead, four missing as flooding hits Haiti

Police officer fatally shoots man in North Carolina

Super Tuesday to weed out laggards

Pakistan hangs ex-governorâ€™s killer, protests erupt

Pakistan hangs ex-governorâ€™s killer, protests erupt

US elections: 'Super Tuesday' holds key for hopefuls

UK turns to India to fill doctors, nurses vacancies

Suicide bombing at Iraqi funeral kills at least 14

Trump, Clinton emerge dominant ahead of 'Super Tuesday': poll

China to conduct over 20 satellite launches in 2016

UK PM David Cameron calls for 'greater Britain'

Sri Lankan school empties over false AIDS rumour

Study: Racial bias may influence sentencing in US

Hundreds of French farmers killing themselves every year

Migrants try to run Greece-Macedonia border fence

India's ambassador to China presents credentials to Xi

Donald Trump retweets Mussolini quote, sparks controversy

Donald Trump retweets Mussolini quote, sparks controversy

Life in Raqqa: Insider reveals how ISIS installed its reign of terror

Iran reformists cheer election gains, hardliners play down shift

Ireland waits for answers after 'earthquake' election

Former TEPCO bosses indicted over Fukushima disaster

Nawaz Sharif took money from Osama bin Laden, claims book

Russian woman holding severed head of child detained by police

In a switch, some migrants build a life in the Balkans

Hong Kong independence group surprises with vote result

Pak team to complete Pathankot probe this week

Iraq death toll from IS bombing of Baghdad market now at 73

UN to aid deliveries in Syria as truce enters day three

Indonesia hopes village spending will counter radicalism

Prince William and Kate Middleton to arrive in Mumbai on April 10

6,500 refugees stuck at Greek-Macedonian border

Mexico issues alert after theft of radioactive material

No automatic extension of sanctions against Russia: Hungary PM

Common EU path is only way to tackle migrant crisis: German foreign minister

Japan, China hold high level talks on North Korea

Australian man jailed for 'attempt to muder' of corpse

5 Ku Klux Klan members linked to violent brawl released

5 Ku Klux Klan members linked to violent brawl released

China expects to lay off 1.8 million workers in coal, steel sectors

First Iran vote after nuclear deal gives reformists momentum

China investigates Hong Kong bookseller over illegal sales

China investigates Hong Kong bookseller over illegal sales

Clinton and allies preparing for Trump's nomination

Localists gain foothold as democracy camp wins key Hong Kong vote

Brazil justice minister to quit as Lula probe tension grows

North Korea says detained US student confessed to stealing political slogan

Singapore reports more visitors in 2015, but they spent less

3 former executives charged in Fukushima disaster

Pakistan hangs ex-policeman over governor's murder

Islamist group kills 30 in twin blasts in Somali town

British PM threatened with 'no confidence vote' over EU referendum

Canada fulfils promise to take 25,000 Syrian refugees

Four killed in US plane crash

Trump blames India for stealing jobs, again

Trump blames India for stealing jobs, again

Gunmen kill pro-government Sunni cleric in Yemen's Aden

Swiss reject plan to automatically expel foreign criminals

22 killed in bombings near Baghdad market

Swiss seen to reject proposal to expel foreign criminals

IS hacks UK solar firm site in revenge

Ceasefire violated 15 times in Syria, says Opposition

Robert Mugabe celebrates 92nd birthday by eating giant birthday cake in town beset by drought

British Muslim girls being forced into marriage via internet

Asian man's finger cut-off in racist attack in UK

Asian man's finger cut-off in racist attack in UK

Nations need to share burden of helping migrants, says Pope Francis

Greece says up to 70,000 migrants may be 'trapped' next month

Greece says up to 70,000 migrants may be 'trapped' next month

South Carolina Primary: Hillary Clinton did better with black voters than Barack Obama in 2008

Saudi Arabia sentences a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism on Twitter

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