Mother Teresa to be made saint, says Vatican, after Pope Francis clears the way
Vatican City: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel laureate who dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said on Friday....
View ArticleDirector-General condemns killing of camera operator Mustaf Abdi Noor in...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'I condemn the killing of Mustaf Abdi Noor,' said the Director-General. 'I call on the authorities to do all they can...
View ArticleUnited Nations: world's refugees and displaced have exceeded record 60 million
Geneva: The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide is likely to have "far surpassed" a record 60 million this year, mainly driven by the Syrian war and other protracted conflicts, the United...
View ArticleUNESCO put Knowledge Societies and Internet Universality at the heart of...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The session was chaired by UNESCO Deputy Director-General (DDG), Mr Getachew Engida, who informed participants that...
View ArticlePromoting quality reporting on environmental journalism in Uzbekistan (UNESCO...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The UNESCO Tashkent Office promoted environmental journalism in Uzbekistan by inviting Mr Ludovic Petho (Australia),...
View ArticleTurkish Army kills 55 Kurdish militants during battle, party calls for...
Diyarbakir, Turkey: Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader called for "honourable resistance" against security operations in southeast Turkey on Friday as state media reported 55 Kurdish militants had been...
View ArticleUnited Nations General Assembly WSIS+10 High-Level Meeting adopts a milestone...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, Mr Getachew Engida, Deputy-Director-General of UNESCO,...
View ArticleRussia claims data from black box recorder proves downed jet did not enter...
Moscow: Russian officials have invited British, Chinese and Indian diplomats to witness the opening of the black box of a Russian warplane downed in Turkey last month. Turkey shot down the Russian...
View ArticleKirill Shamalov - the man who married Vladimir Putin's daughter and then made...
Igora, Russia: The wedding party dominated a ski resort nestled in the hills about an hour's drive north of St Petersburg. No expense was spared and everyone was sworn to secrecy. The happy couple rode...
View ArticleAustralian military adviser charged with child pornography offences breaches...
Los Angeles: A US judge has sent a prominent Australian military expert accused of child pornography offences back to jail after she ruled he breached strict bail conditions. Dr Adam Cobb, who had a...
View ArticleAfrican Union to send 5000 peacekeepers to tackle Burundi crisis
Addis Ababa: The African Union says it is preparing to send 5000 peacekeepers to Burundi to protect civilians caught up in a growing crisis, for the first time using powers to deploy troops to a member...
View ArticleChinese jade miners in overdrive before Myanmar's new government can crack down
Hpakant: Using heavy earth-excavators and explosives, miners have been tearing into Myanmar's northern hills in recent months in a rush to excavate more jade from the world's richest deposits of the...
View ArticlePolice and army seize weapons at Bali's Kerobokan jail after gang warfare...
The number of weapons seized during a dramatic raid of Bali's infamous Kerobokan jail would cover the entire car park outside the prison, according to a prison official. Platoons of anti-riot and...
View ArticleShip sinks off Indonesia, at least 100 onboard, reports
Jakarta: A ship with more than 100 passengers sank off the...
View ArticleObama visits San Bernardino terror victims' families
San Bernardino: President Barack Obama met on Friday night with family members of those killed in the shooting massacre, saying he had been moved by their conversations and inspired by the families'...
View ArticleHigh school footballer Zaevion Dobson killed shielding teenage girls from gunmen
When the shooting began Zaevion Dobson faced a split-second choice: run away and save himself or use his body as a shield to protect those around him. Nobody would have blamed the 15-year-old Fulton...
View ArticleUS gave San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik visa 'despite missing information'
Washington: The US approved an entry visa for Tashfeen Malik, one of the couple who staged a deadly attack in San Bernardino, California, this month, even though she never provided the extra evidence...
View ArticleNepal climbers face ruin after quake, blockade hit Everest industry
Khumjung, Nepal: Phurba Tashi Sherpa, the most accomplished high-altitude climber in history, holds a bucket and crowbar as he claws through the rubble of his home seven months after Nepal's earthquake...
View ArticleRescuers struggle to reach stricken Indonesian ferry
Jakarta: The fate of more than 100 passengers on a stricken vessel that went missing off the coast of Sulawesi is still unknown after four people were rescued from the sea. Indonesia's National Search...
View ArticleUS Democratic candidates clash over gun control at debate
Manchester, New Hampshire: US Democratic presidential candidates clashed over who has been strongest on gun control at a debate on Saturday where a dispute over a campaign data breach intensified the...
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