Dubai hotel engulfed by fire on New Year's Eve, near Burj Khalifa tower
Fire has broken out in a hotel near Dubai's tallest building, overshadowing the country's massive New Year's Eve fireworks display. They were preparing...
View ArticleObama may be able to do something on gun control at last: reports
Washington: US President Barack Obama is expected to announce executive actions expanding background checks on gun sales, media outlets reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with White House...
View ArticleMunich warned of 'imminent' terror attack
German police make arrests near Aachen Berlin: Police in the German city of Munich are asking people to stay away from the...
View ArticleRamadi residents describe their nightmare escape from Islamic State
Habbaniyah, Iraq: Residents of the Iraqi city of Ramadi who escaped the recent battle there are describing the horrors of life under the Islamic State and their relief at being rescued by the Iraqi...
View ArticleJailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi's health deteriorating, wife says
Montreal: Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, recent recipient of a prestigious European human rights award, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health because of a hunger strike, his wife...
View ArticleRat, stray dog hold up Air India flights
New Delhi: A plane heading from Mumbai to London was forced to return mid-flight after a rat was spotted on board, according to reports. Air India flight AI-131 was flying...
View ArticleWhite people see black boys like Tamir Rice as older, bigger and guiltier...
Washington: On Monday a grand jury in Cleveland declined to bring criminal charges against the two police officers who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice last November. Cuyahoga County District...
View ArticleJapan's uncomfortable truth not much solace
When is an apology a heartfelt effort to make things right, and when is it motivated by self-interest, a formality necessary to complete a deal? And how much difference should that make to the wronged...
View ArticleEuropeans open their hearts to vast numbers of the desperate
Istanbul: As the rescue boat MY Phoenix docked in the southern Italian port of Taranto, a tanker crawled up and down the dock, spraying water on the baking-hot concrete. My country, Libya, is at war …...
View Article'People are dying in their homes': Turkey's Kurdish war is devastating civilians
Istanbul: A major military operation to eradicate Kurdish militants in Turkey's south-east has turned dozens of urban districts into bloody battlefields, displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians...
View ArticleSuicide bombing targets Kabul restaurant
Kabul: The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on Friday at a Kabul restaurant popular with foreigners and Afghan officials. The latest in a series of suicide bombings in the Afghan...
View ArticleTurkey says Erdogan's Hitler comment was distorted by media
Istanbul: Turkey issued a statement on Friday saying that comments by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - in which he cited Hitler in response to a question about whether a strong presidency was possible...
View ArticleSkywriters over California Rose parade demand: 'Anybody but Trump'
Pasadena: Five planes flew over the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, writing messages in the sky that included "America is great! Trump is disgusting. Anybody but Trump, US," as onlookers...
View ArticleWelcoming the new year with a bang and a whistle
Members of a Comics club perform at the 116th...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills three in Mogadishu restaurant attack
Mogadishu: A suicide bomber attacked a popular restaurant in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Saturday, killing himself and at least three others, Somali police said. The attacker, dressed in a...
View ArticleMan who drove car into French troops guarding mosque was not terrorist
Valence: French investigators have found no evidence that a man who drove his car into troops guarding a mosque in southern France on New Year's Day was linked...
View ArticleJudge rules Bill Cosby's wife, Camille, must testify in civil case against him
Cosby's wife fights bid to force her to testify in court In the same week that comedian Bill Cosby was arrested on sexual assault charges, his wife, Camille Cosby, learned she must testify in a civil...
View ArticleDonald Trump featured in new jihadist recruitment video
Last month The Washington Post reported that white nationalists have begun using Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as a recruitment tool. Now, the polarising Republican presidential...
View ArticleImage compares Saudi Arabia with Islamic State as execution protests grow
Baghdad: Iranian protesters ransacked and set fire to part of the Saudi embassy in Tehran on Saturday after Saudi Arabia executed an outspoken Shiite cleric who had criticised the kingdom's treatment...
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