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Funding cut for UK advocacy group that tried to help ‘Jihadi John’
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Roddick Foundation – set up by the late Body Shop founder Anita Roddick – have stopped funding a rights...
Who doesn’t want China’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ being told?
A documentary about China’s catastrophic air pollution — earning hundreds of millions of views with days of its release last week — has been suddenly...
Obama criticises Ferguson for ‘oppressive’ actions against African-Americans
President Barack Obama condemned the Missouri city of Ferguson on Friday for “oppressive and abusive” actions against African-Americans that...
Missing Syria girls’ families slam police over letter
The families of three London schoolgirls feared to have fled to Syria to become jihadi brides have accused the Metropolitan Police of failing to pass on...
Widespread outrage after IS bulldozes ancient Iraq city
Condemnation poured in Friday of the Islamic State group’s bulldozing of the ancient city of Nimrud, the jihadists’ latest attack on Iraqi...
Mob breaks rape suspect from Indian prison then beats him to death on film
A rape suspect was kidnapped from jail, strung up and beaten to death by a mob in northeastern India. The man was accused of raping a female student multiple...
Hack attack: People ignoring threats to their mobile phones, warn experts
The boom in smartphones among often careless users has made happy hunting for hackers, whose virus attacks and hijacking of unprotected mobiles are multiplying,...
Hackers threaten mobile phone in your pocket, experts warn
The boom in smartphones among often careless users has made happy hunting for hackers, whose virus attacks and hijacking of unprotected mobiles are multiplying,...
North Korea hails ‘just punishment’ as U.S. ambassador attacked
North Korea has called a knife attack on the American ambassador in Seoul “just punishment” for the U.S.
'Doing well': Ambassador says he'll be back after knife attack in S. Korea
Mark Lippert was in stable condition after a man screaming demands for a unified North and South Korea slashed him on the face and wrist with a knife.
U.S. ambassador to South Korea slashed on face and wrist in attack
U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist by a man wielding a knife with a 10-inch blade and screaming that the rival Koreas should...
U.S. ambassador attacked in Seoul
The U.S. ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, was injured in an attack by a razor-wielding assailant Thursday in Seoul, police and television reports...
Hamburg red light district takes revenge with walls that ‘wee back’
Residents of Hamburg’s red light district are getting their own back on late-night revellers who urinate on public buildings, by using a new hi-tech...
Netanyahu speech draws collective ire in Israel and Iran
Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress may have been greeted by standing ovations in the chamber and praise from U.S.
No hope: Bali 9 drug smugglers sent to execution island
Two convicted Australian drug smugglers were removed from a prison in Bali on Wednesday and taken to an Indonesian island where they will be shot by firing...
No Hope: Bali 9 drug smugglers sent to island for execution
Two convicted Australian drug smugglers were removed from a prison in Bali on Wednesday and taken to an Indonesian island where they will be shot by firing...
West vows ‘strong’ response if major Ukraine truce violation
Western leaders have called for a “strong reaction” from the international community to any major violation of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine...
Israeli PM warns Congress of ‘grave threat’ from Iran’s nuclear programme
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared Iran to Nazi Germany in an historic speech to the U.S.
'Jihadi John' condemned 9/11 and London attacks in Cage recording
The London graduate believed to be Islamic State executioner “Jihadi John” once denounced the 9/11 attacks and the 2005 bombings in the British...
U.S. ‘Blogger Mum’ convicted of killing son, 5, by poisoning him with salt
A woman who blogged for years about her son’s constant health woes was convicted Monday of poisoning him to death by force-feeding heavy concentrations...
U.S. ‘Blogger Mom’ convicted of killing son, 5, by poisoning him with salt
A woman who blogged for years about her son’s constant health woes was convicted Monday of poisoning him to death by force-feeding heavy concentrations...
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...
Rolling the dough: Forbes releases list of richest people in 2015
Unsurprising to most people, the ranks of the world’s richest defied global economic turmoil and expanded yet again.
Military op to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown from IS begins
Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Tikrit, a key city some 80 miles north of Baghdad, from Islamic State militants, Iraqi TV says.
'Jihadi John' was 'best employee we ever had', says his former boss
The former boss of the Briton identified in reports as the Islamic State killer “Jihadi John” has said he was “the best employee we ever...
40 Algerian police wounded by anti-shale gas protestors
Forty police officers were wounded in clashes with demonstrators opposed to shale gas exploration in the Algerian Sahara, the Interior Ministry announced.
North Korea fires missiles, vows ‘merciless’ strikes against South Korea, U.S.
North Korea fired missiles into the sea Monday and vowed “merciless strikes” against the U.S.
Australia says hunt for missing MH370 jet may be called off soon
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cannot go on forever, Australia’s deputy prime minister said, and discussions are already under...
No plane, many discoveries in yearlong search for Flight 370
The yearlong search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has turned up no sign of the plane, but that doesn’t mean it’s been unproductive.
'Jihadi John' part of network linked to failed London bombers - court papers
Islamist militant Mohammed Emwazi, identified as ‘Jihadi John’, was a member of a network in contact with one of the men convicted of trying...
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