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Islamic State ‘issues death threats’ against Twitter co-founder and employees
Twitter Inc. and law enforcement authorities are investigating alleged threats made by Islamic State militants against the social media network’s...
2022 World Cup final ‘no later than’ December 18, says FIFA chief Blatter
FIFA president Sepp Blatter (pictured) insists the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar will be played no later than 18 December.
The best business in Iraq: Kurdish gunsmith profits on civil war
Bahktiyar Sadr-Aldeen has seen his business shoot up by 50% since last June, when the Islamic State group took over the Mosul.
Facebook rolls out suicide-prevention feature for concerned friends
Facebook is rolling out a new suicide-prevention feature. If you spot a worrisome post from a Facebook friend, there will now be an option to report it. Facebook...
Facebook rolls out suicide-prevention feature to offer online support
Facebook is rolling out a new suicide-prevention feature. If you spot a worrisome post from a Facebook friend, there will now be an option to report it. Facebook...
Like: Facebook rolls out suicide-prevention feature
Facebook is rolling out a new suicide-prevention feature. If you spot a worrisome post from a Facebook friend, there will now be an option to report it. Facebook...
Erased: IS and the destruction of ancient artifacts
The Islamic State group released a five-minute video Thursday in which militants in Iraq are seen destroying ancient artefacts that included idols, which...
IS kidnaps 90 Christians - including children - from Syrian villages
Islamic State militants have kidnapped dozens of people from Christian villages in Syria, a human rights watchdog has said.
Neil Patrick Harris leads Oscars to six-year TV ratings low
Television ratings for the Oscars broadcast in the US fell 16% this year after lukewarm reviews for first-time host Neil Patrick Harris.
Apple building £628m Irish facility ‘which will run only on renewable energy’
Apple is set to open a multi-million pound data centre in the west of Ireland as part of its biggest project in Europe to date.
Saving chocolate: Brits use ‘cocoa greenhouse’ to stop spread of plant disease
A London-area greenhouse is making sure that cocoa plants around the world remain disease-free and bountiful to cope with the growing appetite for sweet...
Families of London girls en route to Syria beg them to come home
Families of two of the three London teenage girls believed to be on their way to Syria to join the Islamic State have begged their daughters to return...
Families of London girls bound for Syria beg them to come home
Families of two of the three London teenage girls believed to be on their way to Syria to join the Islamic State are asking their daughters to return home.
Poorly-briefed: MP exits parliament vote “because of tight underpants”
A Canadian MP offered a novel explanation for why he hurriedly ran out of the House of Commons during a vote: his underpants were too tight. Pat Martin...
Snapchat’s value balloons as it seeks $500M in new funding
Snapchat — the app which lets you send and receive self-destructing photographs and videos — is looking to raise as much as $500 million in a new funding...
Snapchat says it’s now worth $19bn as it seeks more funding
Snapchat - the app which lets you send and receive self-destructing photographs and videos - says it is worth $19bn (£12.4bn). The company is looking...
Australians get hepatitis A from Chinese berries
Nine Australians have contracted hepatitis A linked with eating contaminated berries from China, with the importer apologising Tuesday as the food scare...
Turkey vows action after outcry over female student’s murder
Turkey’s leaders on Monday vowed to take action over the “open wound” of violence against women, after the murder and attempted rape...
World Cup shock as Ireland chase down 305 to beat the West Indies
Paul Stirling and Ed Joyce came agonisingly close to centuries but still helped Ireland cause the first upset of the 2015 cricket World Cup with a four-wicket...
Singapore PM Lee has prostate cancer, government says
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office announced on Sunday.
Looking for love online? Change your name to Aaron A. Aardvark
Scientists have come up with a winning formula for finding love online and it has nothing to do with the way you look or your financial status.
Looking for love online? Change your name to Aardvark
Scientists have come up with a winning formula for finding love online and it has nothing to do with the way you look or your financial status.
IS magazine ‘interviews’ wanted terrorist Hayat Boumeddiene
A magazine run by Islamic State has published what it claims is an interview with the widow of a terrorist who attacked a Paris supermarket last month. Hayat...
Fat chance: Critics attack study for questioning dietary intake advice
A study claiming dietary fat advice issued to millions in the 1970s and 80s was wrong has drawn uproar from nutrition specialists.
World Cup hosts Qatar could also host F1 Grand Prix race in next two years
Qatar is close to signing a contract to host a Formula One Grand Prix within the next two years, the president of the country’s motor sport federation...
From football to Formula One: Qatar vies for spot in upcoming race season
Qatar is close to signing a contract to host a Formula One Grand Prix within the next two years, the president of the country’s motor sport federation...
Final countdown: Haggling continues over draft of historic climate pact
UN negotiations resume in Geneva on Sunday to streamline the bloated draft for a climate pact that nations – still at odds over key elements – must...
Negotiators meet in Geneva to trim draft climate pact ahead of Paris conference
UN negotiations resume in Geneva on Sunday to streamline the bloated draft for a climate pact that nations – still at odds over key elements – must...
As public cries for vengeance, Jordan talks of wider intervention in Syria
Grief here over the Islamic State’s brutal killing of a Jordanian pilot has given way to calls for war, with Jordanian officials dropping hints of a...
Racers ditch 60-second elevator and take Empire State stairs
Hundreds of people will take to the stairs at the Empire State Building on Wednesday night, climbing from the lobby to the 86th floor observatory.
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