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Malaysia among worst countries in world for transgenders
Malaysia is among the worst countries in the world to be a transgender person, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.
Nigeria says 135 Boko Haram fighters surrender, ‘fake leader’ dead
More than 130 Boko Haram Islamist fighters have surrendered to Nigerian forces, and a man posing as the group’s leader in numerous videos had been...
Snowden awarded Swedish ‘alternative Nobel’
Fugitive US intelligence agent Edward Snowden was jointly awarded a Swedish human rights award on Wednesday for “revealing the unprecedented extent...
Despite U.N. focus and U.S. strikes, Islamic State said to advance in Syria
U.S. planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters’ advance in a Kurdish...
Obama calls on world to join together to destroy IS ‘network of death’
US President Barack Obama has called on the world to join together to destroy Islamic State which he branded a “network of death”.
World leaders meet with multiple crises on agenda
Facing a world in turmoil from multiple crises ranging from wars in the Mideast and Africa to the deadly scourge of Ebola and growing Islamic radicalism,...
Al-Qaeda offshoot hit by airstrikes was close to attacking America: U.S
Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that President Barack Obama ordered American airstrikes against the Khorasan Group in Syria because the shadowy...
Osama bin Laden’s terrorist son-in-law sentenced to life in U.S. prison
Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to life in prison today in New York following his conviction on terrorism charges.
White tiger mauls to death teen who climbed over fence at New Delhi Zoo
A student, believed to be 17 or 18 years old, was mauled to death within minutes after entering the tiger enclosure Tuesday afternoon.
U.S. jury finds Jordan’s Arab Bank liable for backing terrorism
In a landmark decision, a New York jury on Monday found the Jordan-based multinational Arab Bank liable on 24 counts of supporting terrorism by transferring...
South Africa in $50 billion deal for Russian nuclear reactors
Russia’s state-owned nuclear company Rosatom has signed a historic, $50 billion agreement with South Africa to build a large-scale nuclear power plant...
Climate change protests intensify worldwide ahead of UN summit
Hundreds of protesters marched through New York City’s financial district on Monday to call attention to what organizers say is capitalism’s...
Islamic State calls for killing civilians in countries that join U.S.-led coalition
Fighters of the Islamic State militant group are ready to battle a U.S.-led military coalition seeking to destroy it, the group’s spokesman said...
In example of growing ties, Chinese destroyers dock for first time ever in Iran
The four-day visit is the first time a Chinese naval vessel has called at a port in the Islamic republic, across the Gulf from Bahrain where the U.S.
Pro-climate protestors fill streets as scientists reveal source of carbon overload
Spurred chiefly by China, the United States and India, the world spewed far more carbon pollution into the air last year than ever before, scientists announced...
People’s Climate March rallies thousands around the globe
Thousands across the globe have rallied for the People’s Climate March today.
Islamic State hostage Alan Henning’s wife begs for his release
The wife of kidnapped British aid worker Alan Henning has issued a statement to the Islamic State (IS), calling on his captors to release him.
Wife of hostage Alan Henning issues plea to Islamic State
The wife of kidnapped British aid worker Alan Henning has issued a statement to the Islamic State (IS), calling on his captors to release him.
Syrian refugees flock into Turkey as Kurds head out to fight militants
As more than 45,000 Syrians fled to Turkey, hundreds of Kurdish fighters have crossed back into neighbouring Syria to defend a Kurdish area under attack...
Vatican security on high alert over fears of IS attack on Pope Francis
Security has been tightened in Saint Peter’s Square after intelligence services intercepted a possible plan to attack the Vatican, Italian media...
'One cannot win the war with blankets': Ukraine asks for lethal aid from U.S.
President Barack Obama welcomed new Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko to the White House, but stopped short of fulfilling his visitor’s urgent request...
IS propaganda video said to show British journalist, tease future ‘programmes’
A British journalist identified as John Cantlie has purportedly appeared as a captive of the Islamic State in a video posted by the organisation’s...
'Abandoned' British journalist shown in newly-released IS video
A British journalist identified as British journalist John Cantlie has purportedly appeared as a captive of Islamic State militants (IS) in a video posted...
British Muslims plea for ‘mercy and compassion’ for UK hostage Alan Henning
British Muslim leaders have joined calls for the Islamic State (IS) extremist group to release the UK hostage Alan Henning.
American man arrested for trying to swim to North Korea to see Kim Jong Un
An American man has been arrested by South Korean border guards after trying to swim to North Korea to meet the reclusive state’s leader, Kim Jong...
Happiest place to live in the world is revealed (hint: it has a canal)
Panama may be the happiest country in the world, racking up the highest score in the Gallup-Healthways Global Well-Being Index for 2013.
People traffickers ‘sank migrant boat carrying 500 on purpose’, say survivors
People traffickers deliberately wrecked a boat that sank in the Mediterranean with 500 migrants feared dead, survivors have claimed.
Mixed messages: U.S.-Iran conflict rises on the sidelines of Iraq fight
Secretary of State John Kerry says he won’t shut the door on the possibility of working with Iran against a common enemy in the Islamic State (IS)...
Hurricane Odile forces holidaymakers to take refuge after hitting Mexico
Holidaymakers have been sheltering in hotels and many coastal resorts have been evacuated as Hurricane Odile battered Mexico’s popular tourist region...
Red army: Dutch stage huge tomato fight in protest against Russian sanctions
Hundreds of young Dutch men and women turned Amsterdam’s central Dam square into a blizzard of red goop as they pelted each other mercilessly with...
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