Taliban claims car bomb attack near Spanish embassy in Kabul
Kabul: The Taliban claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a guest house near the Spanish embassy in Kabul on Friday, and said fighting was still going on at the scene. Gunfire was reported...
View ArticleUNESCO concerned about damage to underwater archaeological site of the San...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The government of Panama voiced concern about the preservation of the site and invited the Scientific and Technical...
View ArticleUkraine lawmaker manhandles Prime Minister Yatseniuk, sparking brawl in...
Kiev: Fighting broke out among members of Ukraine's ruling coalition in parliament on Friday after a member of President Petro Poroshenko's bloc physically picked up Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk and...
View ArticleVictims of Oklahoma ex-police officer said they were forced into sex through...
Oklahoma City: Two of the women sexually assaulted by a former Oklahoma City policeman said on Friday they feared for their lives after the officer threatened them with arrest and violence if they did...
View ArticlePolice officer Daniel Holtzclaw guilty of raping multiple women
For months, accusers, authorities and now an Oklahoma jury say, Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw preyed on vulnerable women. During traffic stops and interrogations, in the back of his...
View ArticleCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets first planeload of Syrian refugees
Canada welcomed 163 Syrian refugees under its new accelerated entry program overnight, the first of 25,000 the country has promised to take in by March. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a battery of...
View ArticleForce awakens as Star Wars memorabilia sells out at Sotheby's auction
New York: All 175 pieces of Star Wars memorabilia were sold at Sotheby's online auction on Friday, one week before the release of the latest instalment of the epic film series. The...
View ArticleL'ennui of France's regional voters boosting the far right
Lyon: This city is the second-largest in the country. As Christmas approaches, the streets are only half as full as they should be. The Lights Festival, during which people cover the city with candles,...
View ArticleGun sales rise in America in aftermath of mass shooting
Houston: At Clear Creek gun range in League City, 10 customers who had never fired a weapon before came in for instruction on Monday. Sales of firearms in America are up 46 per cent from 2010 to 2014....
View ArticlePublic art to drive Bogota's rejuvenation
A woman walks past a mural depicting a scene of anti-riot police in action, painted by Argentina's muralist El Marian, in Bogota, Colombia, on Friday. Artists from across Latin America, as well as...
View ArticleHarrison Ford's French voice strikes back in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Lyon: When I was a young boy, the role of Genie in Disney's Aladdin was voiced by Harrison Ford. For me, and for millions of Francophones, Harrison Ford was not only a big blue singing guy but also...
View ArticlePhone-hacking investigation comes to an end with no new charges
London: British prosecutors said on Friday that they would take no further action in their phone-hacking investigation, ending a four-year inquiry that shook the country and shed light on the...
View ArticleTaliban resurgent as Afghanistan struggles to revive peace talks
Kabul: Afghanistan is struggling to revive peace talks with insurgent Taliban, following a series of recent attacks in Afghanistan including a car bomb that killed a Spanish police officer in Kabul's...
View ArticleGaddafi son seized in Lebanon
Beirut: The youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader deposed and killed four years ago, was abducted in Lebanon and then handed over to security forces by militants seeking to avenge a...
View ArticleSaudi election makes history by including women
Riyadh: Polling stations opened their doors Saturday for the first female voters in Saudi Arabia's history in landmark elections that marked another step at reforms in a country that still imposes...
View ArticleIndia to get Japan's bullet train, deepens defence and nuclear ties
New Delhi: Japan will provide $12 billion of soft loans to build India's first bullet train, the two nations announced during a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that also yielded deeper...
View ArticleSouth African President Jacob Zuma denies affair with airline boss
Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma on Saturday denied rumours he had an affair with the chairwoman of state-owned airline amid speculation the relationship had led to the sacking of the...
View ArticleTwo terror suspects arrested in Switzerland may be linked to Paris attacks
Geneva: Two people of Syrian origin were arrested in the Geneva region on Friday on suspicion of making, hiding and transporting explosives or toxic gas, Switzerland's Attorney General said on...
View ArticleDirector-General welcomes COP21 agreement and underlines the momentum in...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'Changing minds, not the climate ' has been UNESCO's motto at COP21. The Organization's programmes and expertise were...
View ArticleIndian woman names baby after Uber
New Delhi: A woman in the Indian capital has named her baby Uber after she gave birth in a taxi operated by the app-based company, a news report says. The woman phoned Uber for the cab after repeated...
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