Gunmen fire rockets at Mali UN base in fatal attack
Gunmen attacked and fired rockets at a UN peacekeeping base in Kidal in northern Mali on Saturday, causing an unspecified number of casualties, a spokesman for the UN force in Mali (MINUSMA)...
View ArticleThree killed, 9 injured in attack on Colorado abortion clinic
COLORADO SPRINGS: Police arrested a gunman who stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday and opened fire with a rifle in an attack that left three people dead and nine...
View ArticleSunday explainer: 'Now the river is dead' – BHP's mud disaster
What happened? Samarco Mineiracoes, a 50-50 joint venture between Australia's BHP Billiton and Brazil's Vale, operates an iron ore mine in Mariana, in the Brazilian south-eastern state of Minas Gerais...
View ArticlePope Francis releases pop-rock album 'Wake Up!'
He draws crowds of ecstatic fans wherever he goes, as the media pours over his every word and gesture. He speaks out on behalf of the poor and the planet, inspiring many and riling others. So it...
View ArticleTop pro-Kurdish lawyer shot dead in Turkey's southeast
The head of the Diyarbakir Bar Association was shot dead in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir in the clearest sign of a deteriorating security situation in the country's southeast since elections this...
View ArticleObama says US has to "do something" about guns following Colorado attack
Washington: Expressing what has become regularly repeated frustration on the issue, President Barack Obama said on Saturday the United States needs to "do something" to make it harder for criminals to...
View ArticleSanta Claus steals Sao Paulo helicopter
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian police are hunting for a Sao Paulo Santa Claus who kicked off the Christmas shopping season by...
View ArticleIslamic State heads replaced by rubber ducks, courtesy of 4Chan
As the hacker collective Anonymous continues its cyber war against the Islamic State, other internet users have also joined the fight. The hacker group has vowed to hunt down members of the terror...
View ArticleIsraeli officers shoot dead Palestinian attacker after stabbing in Jerusalem
Jerusalem: Israeli border police shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed an officer in Jerusalem on Sunday, a police spokesman said, the latest attack in a two-month wave of violence. Near a main gate of...
View ArticleTurkey to hand over body of pilot to Russia - PM
Ankara: The body of the pilot killed when Turkey shot down a Russian jet was taken to Turkey late on Saturday to be handed over to Russia, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. The body is being treated...
View ArticleParis UN Climate Conference 2015: Britain seeks end to 'dodgy data' at talks
World leaders pledging action to tackle global warming must submit to a strict new transparency regime to prove they are not dodging their commitments, Britain will argue at United Nations talks in...
View ArticleMissing surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman 'drove through Mexico drug cartel...
On the night of November 20, two men who resembled missing Australian surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman were seen entering an all-night convenience store in the coastal Mexican city of Los Michos....
View ArticleUnder tightest security, Pope's first visit to a warzone
Bangui: Protected by the heaviest security ever seen on his trips, Pope Francis preached reconciliation in the divided Central African Republic, a nation racked by bloodshed between Muslims and...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines plane makes emergency landing after windscreen shatters...
An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at the weekend when its front windscreen shattered en route from Milan to New York. The Boeing 767 was carrying 183 passengers when...
View ArticleIslamic State's Mediterranean stronghold in Libya
Misrata, Libya: Iraqi commanders have been arriving from Syria, and the first public beheadings have started. The local radio stations no longer play music but instead extol the greatness of Islamic...
View ArticleWith only limited use permitted in schools, Tibetan language facing extinction
Yushu: When officials forced an informal school run by monks near here to stop offering language classes for laypeople, Tashi Wangchuk looked for a place where his two teenage nieces could continue...
View ArticleFathers' rights protesters scale roof on Buckingham Palace grounds
London: British police say two men have scaled Buckingham Palace in an apparent protest over fathers' rights. London's Metropolitan Police...
View ArticleXi Jinping heads for Paris as Beijing and China labour under a cloud of smog
Beijing: On the same day that Chinese President Xi Jinping was due to address climate change talks in Paris, Beijing issued its highest air pollution warning so far this year. Air quality index...
View ArticleIntruder dies in California chimney after homeowner lights fire
A suspected burglar who attempted to enter a California home through the chimney died on Saturday after the homeowner lit a fire without realising the intruder was...
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