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Turkish journalist detained for tweets critical of president
Turkish police on Friday detained the editor of a leading English-language daily newspaper on suspicion of “insulting” President Recep Tayyip...
Employer ‘hacks off maid’s hand for complaining about work conditions’
A maid has had her hand chopped off by her Saudi employer for complaining about her work conditions.
Unexpected win: Democracy-building group wins Nobel Peace Prize
A Tunisian democracy group won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contributions to the first and most successful Arab Spring movement. The Norwegian...
Merkel and Pope snubbed as Tunisian nation-builders land Nobel peace prize
Favourites The Pope and Angela Merkel were overlooked for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday as it went to those who tried to build a new future for Tunisia. The...
Pope Francis lines up against Angela Merkel in race for Nobel Peace Prize
Pope Francis and a line-up of anti-nuclear campaigners headed lists of favorites to win the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on the eve of Friday’s announcement.
Russian military operation in Syria includes ground troops, says NATO chief
NATO’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has said a “substantial” build-up of Russian forces in Syria includes ground troops.
Guatemala declares mudslide-hit community ‘uninhabitable’
Guatemalan officials weighed what to do with the site of a massive, acres-wide mudslide that might still hold hundreds of bodies and a surrounding area...
NATO raps Russia over Syrian airstrikes as IS destroys more of Palmyra
Syria’s antiquities chief fears the ancient city of Palmyra “will be totally gone in three to four months”. Maamoun Abdulkarim’s...
IS destroys ancient iconic Arch of Triumph in ‘doomed’ city of Palmyra
The Arch of Triumph was one of the most recognizable sites in Palmyra, the central city affectionately known by Syrians as the “Bride of the Desert,”...
IS destroys ancient iconic Arch of Triumph in ‘doomed’ city of Palmyra
The Arch of Triumph was one of the most recognizable sites in Palmyra, the central city affectionately known by Syrians as the “Bride of the Desert,”...
Bahamas search for lost U.S ship finds debris but no answers
Aircraft and ships searching off the Bahamas islands for a U.S. cargo ship that lost contact during Hurricane Joaquin have found more debris and clues...
Hundreds feared dead in Guatemala landslide, as some families relieved just to find bodies
Hopes have faded of finding any remaining survivors of a massive landslide that swallowed part of a Guatemalan town killing more than 100 people, with...
‘Patients burned in their beds’ after US bombs hit Afghan hospital, says medic
A nurse who was working in the Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, when it became the target of a suspected US military airstrike...
‘Britain’s youngest terrorist’ given life sentence following ANZAC plot
A teenage boy who planned a “massacre” at an ANZAC Day parade in Australia has been given a life sentence and told he must serve at least five...
Two British women drown during late-night swim in stormy seas off Spain
The bodies of two British women who ignored safety warnings and went swimming overnight in stormy seas off north-east Spain have been found.
Top Iran leader warns of ‘harsh’ measures over hajj disaster
Iranian-Saudi tensions intensified Wednesday as Tehran threatened a “fierce” response over delays in repatriating hajj stampede victims and...
Crowd chants ‘Modi, Modi’ as India PM winds up Silicon Valley tour
Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has addressed more than 350 business leaders in the U.S, urging them to help the country connect digitally...
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...
France launches air strikes against IS in Syria as Putin warns America to keep out
France has launched air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria in an effort to stem its growing presence there, it was announced on Sunday.
France launches air strikes against IS in Syria as Putin warns America to keep out
France has launched air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria in an effort to stem its growing presence there, it was announced on Sunday.
France launches air strikes against IS as world leaders seek to end Syria civil war
France has launched air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria in an effort to stem its growing presence there, it was announced on Sunday.
717 killed and hundreds injured in stampede during Hajj stone-throwing ritual
More than 700 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
Parents of 43 missing students begin 43-hour hunger strike in Mexico
Parents of 43 Mexican students who disappeared last year began a 43-hour hunger strike on Wednesday, a day before meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto...
Gulf Arabs oppose Russian intervention in Syria claiming it will prolong war
Russia’s military intervention in support of President Bashar al-Assad has dismayed Gulf Arab enemies of the Syrian leader who say it will prolong...
Burkina Faso army enters capital as coup leaders free president
Burkina Faso army troops have entered the capital Ouagadougou without resistance and begun negotiating the surrender of coup leaders, police said early...
Kim Dotcom extradition hearing opens after 3 year stall
Internet mogul Kim Dotcom’s long-awaited extradition hearing opened in New Zealand Monday following three years of legal dispute and disruption.
Greek leftist Tsipras gets second chance with unexpected electoral sweep
Greek left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras will receive the formal mandate to govern for a second straight term Monday, after his unexpectedly decisive victory...
Hungary mobilises military reservists to tackle ‘mass migration situation’
Hungary has now called up military reservists to deal with the “mass migration situation”. On the Hungary-Austria border at Hegyeshalom,...
Taliban gunmen kill 29 in attack on Pakistan air force base
Taliban gunmen killed 29 people, including 16 praying in a mosque, when they stormed a Pakistani air force base on Friday, in the deadliest Taliban attack...
Bitter political row after Hungary turns back Croatian migrant train
Hungary has accused Croatia of committing “a major violation of international law” by trying to transport 1,000 migrants by train across its...
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