Fighter jet crashes at Indonesian air show
An Indonesian fighter jet taking part in an aerobatic show has crashed and burst into flames, killing two pilots. No one on the ground was injured. The...
View ArticleNine arrested in terrorism raids across Indonesia
Nine suspected terrorists including some allegedly planning an attack in December have been arrested in raids across five Javan cities in Indonesia. Indonesian national police spokesman Anton Charliyan...
View ArticleHezbollah says Lebanese militant Samir Qantar killed in Israeli raid
Beirut: Lebanese militant leader Samir Qantar was killed in an Israeli strike that hit a building in the Damascus district of Jaramana in the early hours on Sunday, the Lebanese Hezbollah group and...
View ArticleLandslide buries buildings in Shenzhen, China
A landslide has buried buildings at and around an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, with the number of casualties unknown, authorities reported. Seven people have been rescued...
View ArticleBrexit tearing Conservatives apart as David Cameron negotiates new EU deal
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron's efforts to keep the UK in the European Union have exposed deep divisions in his own party, with one senior Conservative saying he wanted the UK out of the...
View ArticleIt was the gang rape case that shocked India – outrage as youngest member...
New Delhi: The youngest of six people convicted of the 2012 gang rape of a woman, in a case that shocked India, was freed on Sunday, a lawyer said, after a court refused to extend his three-year...
View ArticleNewcomers Podemos and Ciudadanos shake up Spain's election
Madrid: Newcomer parties are expected to make big gains against Spain's once-dominant conservatives and Socialists in this parliamentary election, ushering in a new and potentially volatile era of...
View ArticleSpain's ruling conservatives narrowly win election
Madrid: The People's Party (PP) of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won Spain's general election on Sunday, exit polls showed, although it will have to rely on other parties if it is to govern for another...
View ArticleHillary Clinton's missing moments during Democratic debate
Washington: Hillary Clinton went missing during the Democratic debate and her absence did not go unnoticed. After the first commercial break – almost an hour into the third Democratic debate on...
View ArticleIsrael's vice premier Silvan Shalom resigns amid sex harassment allegations
Jerusalem: Israeli Vice Premier Silvan Shalom, a veteran politician in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party, resigned on Sunday following allegations that he had sexually harassed...
View ArticleCousin of late All Black Jerry Collins killed in scuba diving accident
Wellington, New Zealand: A scuba diver who died after being pulled from the water off the south coast of Wellington is a cousin of the late All Black Jerry Collins. Friends confirmed Willie Collins, a...
View ArticleTurkish military offensive kills 110 Kurdish militants, say security sources
Diyarbakir, Turkey: Turkish security forces said they had killed 110 Kurdish militants in operations continuing across the country's south-east border with Syria and Iraq. The armed clashes persisted...
View ArticleBaby dies despite British woman delaying cancer treatment until after birth
A pregnant woman who put off critical cancer treatment to give her baby a fighting chance, is grieving after the newborn died at eight days old. "Yesterday afternoon our hearts broke in two. For we had...
View ArticleConservatives lose majority in Spain as two-party system 'shattered'
Madrid: Spain has entered uncharted political territory after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy lost his majority in an election that saw voters shift allegiance to new groups at the expense of the two main...
View ArticleBill for Obama family holidays tops $98m
US President Barack Obama's 16-day Christmas getaway in Hawaii will bring the cost of his family's personal travel during his time in office to more than...
View ArticleCar ploughs into crowd near Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas
One person has died and at least 14 others were injured in what Las Vegas police called a "major accident" near the hotel and casino where the Miss...
View ArticleParis attack suspects detained in Belgium following more raids
Two men have been arrested during a raid in Brussels as police searched for suspects in last month's terror attacks in Paris that left 130 dead. Special forces and federal police executed a raid that...
View ArticleDirector-General condemns murder of Syrian journalist Ahmad Mohamed al-Mousa...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'I condemn the murder of Ahmad Mohamed al-Mousa,' said the Director-General. 'It is an unacceptable tragedy for...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills six in attack on NATO-Afghan patrol near Bagram air...
Kabul: A suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a joint NATO-Afghan patrol near Bagram air base in Afghanistan on Monday, killing six members of NATO's Resolute Support mission and wounding six other...
View ArticleToshiba to record loss and cut 6800 consumer electronics jobs
Tokyo: Toshiba said on Monday it would book a record net loss this year and cut around 5 per cent of its workforce as the sprawling conglomerate, reeling from a $US1.3 billion ($1.81 billion)...
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