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UN seeks $16.4B for ‘unprecedented’ crises in 2015
The United Nations appealed Monday for $16.4 billion to pay for global humanitarian needs in 2015, saying the number of people affected by conflicts and...
America’s largest homeless camp comes down in Silicon Valley
About 50 muddy souls dragged their belongings out of a trash-strewn California creek bed Thursday as police and social-service workers began clearing away...
The mystery of the missing brains: solved
It was a real head-scratcher, but the mystery has been solved. Dozens of human brains that seemed to have gone missing from a research lab at the University...
There can be only Un: North Korea bans people’s use of leader’s name
In North Korea, there can be only one Kim Jong Un. A South Korean official said Wednesday that Pyongyang forbids its people from using the same name as...
North Korea reveals rank of leader Kim’s sister
North Korea revealed Thursday the official title of Kim Jong-Un’s younger sister, who is widely tipped to become a close and influential aide to...
Passengers filmed getting out to push broken jet on frozen Siberian runway
Passengers had to get out and push their plane in temperatures of minus 52C after freezing weather brought it to a standstill.
Opposing Japan’s whaling programme is ‘eco-imperialism’
Opposition to Japan’s whaling programme is a kind of “eco-imperialism” that imposes one value system on another and is based on emotion,...
European Commission chief Juncker unveils massive EU investment plan
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker is set to unveil an eagerly awaited multi-billion euro investment plan in the European Parliament on Wednesday,...
Landmark Tunisian presidential election seen heading for run-off
Tunisians voted on Sunday to pick their first directly elected president, with the two major parties expecting a run-off as the final step in the North...
'Catastrophic consequences' over UN rights ruling, N.Korea warns
North Korea’s top military body Sunday warned of “catastrophic consequences” for supporters of the latest United Nations censure on its...
Tunisians head to polls to elect first new president since revolution
Tunisians are going to the polls Sunday in their first presidential election since the 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring, a ballot set to round...
U.S. plans to arm Iraq’s Sunni tribesmen with AK-47s, RPGs, mortars
The United States plans to buy arms for Sunni tribesmen in Iraq, including AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds, to help bolster the battle...
Five Thai students detained for ‘Hunger Games’ salute
Five Thai students were detained Wednesday after flashing the three-finger salute from “The Hunger Games” films during a speech by the premier,...
British scientists to crowdfund $780m mission to the Moon
A British-led consortium is planning to raise £500m ($780m) from public donations to fund a lunar mission.
UN to hold key vote on North Korea war crimes probe
The United Nations will on Tuesday confront North Korea over its dismal rights record with a key resolution that could compel Pyongyang to answer to charges...
Earthquake, tsunami alert sparks panic in Indonesia
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia Saturday, sparking a tsunami warning and causing panicked people to...
Twitter stutter: Debt junk rating sees big drop in share price
Twitter’s debt has been given “junk” status by US ratings agency Standard & Poor’s.
Jerusalem mosque deal aims to ease Israeli-Palestinian tension
For the first time in weeks no restrictions will be placed on Muslims entering the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for Friday prayers, in an effort to ease...
'The Hunger Games' stage show to debut in 2016
The blockbuster post-apocalyptic action franchise “The Hunger Games” is hitting the stage and will open London in the summer of 2016 in a new...
Ancient critter from Madagascar rewrites early mammalian history
Researchers said on Wednesday that they unearthed in Madagascar the fossil of a remarkable creature resembling a big groundhog that lived about 66 million...
Health boost for Kim Jong Un as North Korean leader pictured without cane
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to have recovered from the health problem that has seen him walking with a stick in the last month.
Clashes rock flashpoint Jerusalem mosque compound
Israeli police clashed with stone-throwing protesters inside Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday, police spokeswoman Luba...
Small islands may in fact amplify tsunamis, researchers warn
Small islands, long thought to be natural tsunami barriers for coast-dwellers, may in fact amplify the waves they are supposed to break, researchers warned...
Hyundai-Kia to pay up to $350m for overstating fuel efficiency
Hyundai and Kia motor companies will pay as much as $350 million for overstating the fuel efficiency of their cars, as the Obama administration struck...
Woman jailed in Iran over volleyball match declares second hunger strike
A British-Iranian woman who was detained in Iran after trying to watch a volleyball match is on a second hunger strike, her brother said.
Egypt, Gulf Arab allies eye anti-militant alliance
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islamic militants, with the possibility...
Jerusalem on edge in Jewish-Muslim tiff over contested shrine
After months of escalating violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday made his clearest attempt yet to cool Israeli and Palestinian...
Fruits of the Arab Spring: Tunisia elections proclaimed as “free”
Foreign observers praised Tunisia’s “free” elections ahead of the release of results Wednesday, after the Islamists conceded defeat in...
Greenpeace video reveals horrific fishing methods to catch tuna
A shocking new video campaign produced by environmentalist group Greenpeace claims to show cruel and “unnecessary” methods used to catch tuna,...
Mystery solved? South Korean spy agency says Kim Jong Un had ankle surgery
South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s public absence, which set off a frenzy...
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