Donald Trump to visit majority-Muslim nation of Jordan
Washington: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plans to visit the majority-Muslim kingdom of Jordan at the end of December. The...
View ArticleHow the US gun lobby managed to lose a crucial Supreme Court battle
Washington: The saga began when Highland Park, a city in Illinois, was "sprinting" to pass an assault weapon ban in June because the gun lobby had forced its hand. Following gun lobby urging, the...
View ArticleNorth Face founder, Douglas Tompkins, dead after kayaking accident
Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of the clothing brands North Face and Esprit, died on Tuesday after a kayaking accident on General Carrera Lake in the Patagonia region of...
View ArticleThe Smithsonian is 3-D scanning Apollo 11 to share with the digital generation
Washington: For almost 40 years, the Apollo 11 command module has rested behind a plastic shield in the National Air and Space Museum. Now visitors may not have to journey to Washington, DC, to see...
View ArticleAustralian mercenary reportedly killed in Yemen
An Australian mercenary has reportedly been killed in Yemen, alongside six Colombian troops. The Australian commander was named as Philip Steetman by Arab news service Al Masdar, although other media...
View ArticleBrazil's Congress names impeachment panel stacked against Dilma Rousseff
Brasilia: The lower house of Brazil's Congress voted on Tuesday to appoint a committee stacked with opponents of President Dilma Rousseff to study whether to impeach her for breaking budget rules, in a...
View ArticleSyria truce: scores of people leave rebel-held area in Homs
Beirut: Scores of people left the last area held by insurgents in the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday under a local truce between the government and rebels, a monitoring group said, a rare agreement...
View ArticleChina's few defiant feminists jailed, harassed, watched
Beijing: Aged just 26 and still fresh from what she playfully describes as a "marriage of political convenience", Li Tingting is still adjusting to the attention – both welcome and otherwise – that...
View ArticleICT competencies for teaching staff at the University of Djibouti (UNESCO -...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Following a detailed presentation and analysis of the Integrated Strategic Plan for the development of ICTs in...
View ArticlePhilippines harnessing OER for the ICT Competency Framework for Teachers...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The meeting in Manilla, hosted at the SEAMEO Innotech premises, brought together key top national stakeholders in...
View ArticleFirst UNESCO report on impact of 2005 Convention on the protection and...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) UNESCO's 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions has been ratified...
View ArticleGerman chancellor Angela Merkel named Time's 2015 'Person of the Year'
Washington: Time magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel its 2015 "Person of the Year" on Wednesday, noting her resilience and leadership when faced with the refugee crisis and turmoil in the...
View ArticleBan Donald Trump from UK, say more than 250,000 Britons
London: More than a quarter of a million Britons have signed an online petition to ban US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from the country following his proposal to stop Muslims from...
View ArticleTurkey accuses Russia of ethnic cleansing in Syria
Istanbul: Turkey's Prime Minister has accused Russia of attempted "ethnic cleansing" in northern Syria, saying Moscow was trying to drive out the local Turkmen and Sunni Muslim populations to protect...
View ArticleDonald Trump in bald eagle scare flap with Time magazine
Donald Trump is in another flap – this time with an iconic American bald eagle – following Time magazine's decision to snub him for the coveted Person of the Year award. The US publication awarded the...
View ArticleWTF 001 'alien megastructure' continues to not be aliens in latest study
Breaking: That thing that scientists suggested could maybe possibly be aliens (but that they said probably wasn't aliens) continues to not be aliens, as expected. Star KIC 8462852, dubbed WTF 001,...
View ArticleOnce jailed for ignoring a driving ban, this Saudi woman is now standing for...
Washington: She was jailed for 10 weeks for driving. But Saudi officials will let her stand in elections. In a surprise reversal, Saudi Arabia has lifted its election block on activist-slash-candidate...
View ArticleUS abortion clinic shooter Robert Lewis Dear declares he's guilty
Colorado Springs: The man accused of shooting three people to death and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last month has declared himself guilty. "I'm guilty, there's no...
View ArticleSan Bernardino suspect Enrique Marquez speaks of attack plot in 2012, FBI says
Washington: The man at the centre of last week's massacre in San Bernardino, California, began discussing jihad and martyrdom with his soon-to-be wife even before she came to America last year. He also...
View ArticleOnce jailed for defying a driving ban, this Saudi woman is now standing for...
Washington: She was jailed for 10 weeks for driving. But Saudi officials will let her stand in elections. In a surprise reversal, Saudi Arabia has lifted its election block on activist-slash-candidate...
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