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Brussels attacks: Teenager survivor was also at Boston Marathon and Paris
A teenager who was injured in the Brussels airport attack survived similar horrors at the Boston Marathon and in Paris. Mason Wells, a 19-year-old...
And a merry Christmas to you … twice: Ukraine mulls double celebration
As if one day of good tidings, comfort and joy was not enough… Ukraine is considering celebrating Christmas twice.
Ho-ho-no: Brunei bans Christmas and warns bauble breach could mean jail
Christmas is just around the corner, but there are no tinsel-laden trees or Santa hats in the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei, where celebrations have been...
Paris attacks: Suspected mastermind named as Belgian ‘with history’
The suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks has been named by French officials as Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
Pope Francis wraps up U.S. tour with final Mass, touching people and politics
Pope Francis dove into some of the United States’ thorniest political debates during his historic six day visit by urging the world’s wealthiest...
Israel strikes Hamas post in Gaza after rocket attacks
Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas training sites in Gaza early Thursday in response to earlier rocket fire toward Israel from the strip, the Israeli military...
Amnesty report: Hamas committed war crimes against Gaza civilians
Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday that Islamist Hamas committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip during last...
Israel strikes Gaza after rocket lands near Israeli port of Ashdod
Israeli warplanes early on Wednesday launched missile strikes on military training facilities in the Gaza Strip in response to earlier firing of four rockets...
Amnesty: Hamas committed war crimes against Gaza civilians
Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday that Islamist Hamas committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip during last...
Report: Hamas committed war crimes against Gaza civilians
Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday that Islamist Hamas committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip during last...
UN: State of Damascus refugee camp ‘beyond inhumane’
The UN Security Council on Monday demanded access for life-saving humanitarian aid to reach refugees trapped in Syria’s Yarmuk camp after it was...
Battle for the Middle East: IS loses Tikrit, seizes vast Damascus refugee camp
Fighters proclaiming allegiance to Islamic State seized most of a large swath of a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday,...
'200 Boko Haram fighters killed' as military reclaim Nigerian town of Damasak
Troops from Chad and Niger retook the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak on Monday as part of regional efforts to combat the Islamists who have pledged...
Egypt names Hamas ‘terrorist group’ further isolating Gaza Strip rulers
An Egyptian court has declared Hamas a “terrorist organisation”, further isolating the rulers of the Gaza Strip who once found a warm welcome...
Egyptian court bans Hamas’ armed wing, lists as terrorist organization
An Egyptian court on Saturday banned the armed wing of Palestinian group Hamas and listed it as a terrorist organization, a ruling in keeping with a systematic...
Malaysia Airlines hacked by group calling themselves ‘Cyber Caliphate’
The Malaysia Airlines (MAS) website was commandeered on Monday by hackers who referenced the Islamic State (IS) jihadists and claimed to be from the “Lizard...
It’s always Christmas 1974 as Wisconsin man waits for son to return home
Neil Olson put up a Christmas tree when two of his sons went off to war in 1974, vowing not to take it down until all six children returned to his Wisconsin...
Christmas in China, with saxophones, Smurfs and steam trains
Christmas - once banned in China - has exploded in the atheist nation in recent years, with marketeers using everything from saxophones and Smurfs to steam...
Luxury Christmas crackers contain $5.8m yacht and Aston Martin
If you are fed up with rubbish jokes, coloured hats, plastic combs and thimbles falling out of your Christmas crackers, read on.
Ancient bones found in U.S. mountains reveal insights to warmer Earth
A trove of ancient bones from gigantic animals discovered in the Colorado mountains is providing scientists with a fascinating look at what happened about...
TV dramas help to boost mental health awareness, says campaign group
More realistic storylines are helping viewers of top TV dramas understand mental health better.
One Direction in MTV EMA Awards no-show despite triple win
One Direction won in three categories at the 20th MTV Europe Music Awards but failed to turn up for the show in Glasgow.
In mass killings, a bloodthirst for U.S. allies in Iraq and Syria
Western Iraq saw more brutal bloodshed this weekend after the Islamic State massacred 322 people of the Albu Nimr tribe, a Sunni group, including women...
150 Iraqi Sunnis killed by IS found in mass grave near Ramadi
The bodies of 150 members of an Iraqi Sunni tribe opposed to Islamic State (IS) have reportedly been found in a mass grave.
Missing Mexican students not in mass graves, trail of corruption deepens
The mystery over the fate of 43 Mexican students missing since an attack by gang-linked police deepened Tuesday after authorities said none were among...
Grandma-ster Flash: Grans caught up in tag confusion with hip hop legend
Grandmothers have been unwittingly sending posts to loved ones on Facebook from one of the biggest stars in the world of hip hop.
Hamas popularity soars after Gaza war, poll finds
The popularity of the Hamas militant group among Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip has spiked significantly following the 50-day war with...
In personal plea, top Hamas leader calls on Obama to stop ‘holocaust’ in Gaza
The political chief of Hamas has called on U.S. President Barack Obama to intervene with the Israeli government to “lift the siege” of Gaza...
Hamas leader distances group from Islamic State ‘terrorists’
In an interview with Yahoo News, the political leader of Hamas today vigorously rejected any comparison to Islamic State terrorists and pledged that the...
Palestinian militants execute 18 suspected Israeli ‘informants’ in Gaza
Palestinian militants in Gaza City executed 18 men today for allegedly helping Israel in its six-week assault on the territory, Hamas TV reported.
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