South China Sea: Vietnam protests after China lands plane on disputed Spratlys
Hanoi: Vietnam has formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent confidence-building pact by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built on an artificial island in a contested...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia's royal triumvirate have put their faith in the sword
ANALYSIS King Salman of Saudi Arabia, who came to the throne almost a year ago, is one of seven brothers by the same mother. As soon as he took power on the death of his half-brother Abdullah, he made...
View ArticleSales up tenfold but Charlie Hebdo 'died a year ago'
Paris: A columnist who is leaving the French magazine Charlie Hebdo has said the magazine he loved "died a year ago" ahead of a special edition to mark the anniversary of the attack by Islamist gunmen...
View ArticleMassive manhunt for Arab citizen of Israel suspected of bar shooting
Jerusalem: Police in Israel are hunting for an Arab citizen of Israel identified as the suspect in Friday's deadly shooting attack on a Tel Aviv bar. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who...
View ArticleThe landmark Texas case set to fuel the abortion debate in America
Austin: As the US Supreme Court prepares to hear its first abortion case in nearly a decade, both sides have been quietly gathering vivid accounts from women to supplement their dry legal arguments,...
View ArticleDonald Trump: 'We have sickos all over the place'
Washington: Donald Trump, front-runner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, has condemned President Barack Obama's proposed executive actions to curb gun violence. Mr Trump said the United...
View ArticleWhy Saudi Arabia's execution of Shiite leader Nimr al-Nimr matters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Demonstrations erupted across the Middle East on Sunday as Shiite Muslims protested Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Protesters in the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran amid uproar over cleric's execution
Baghdad: Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran on Sunday and gave all Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the kingdom, as escalating tensions over the execution of an outspoken Shiite cleric in...
View ArticleUK grants asylum to Sudanese man who walked through Channel Tunnel
Canterbury: Britain has granted asylum to a Sudanese man who made global headlines in August when he walked 50 kilometres through the Channel Tunnel from France to England, highlighting the...
View ArticleJe suis Charlie: France marks one year since the Charlie Hebdo attacks
Paris: France this week commemorates the first anniversary of the Islamist militant attacks on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket with eulogies, memorial plaques and another...
View ArticleThe strange case of the dead North Korean doctors and their wives
Even by the standards of news about North Korea, this story is bizarre. Two North Korean doctors working in Cambodia died over the weekend, apparently after they got so drunk that their wives, also...
View ArticleIndia-Pakistan talks at risk as a fifth gunman is killed at air base
Pathankot, India: Renewed ties between India and Pakistan appear to be in jeopardy, as Indian security forces battle for the third day to clear out militants who attacked an air base, killing seven...
View ArticleEarthquake measuring 6.8 strikes India, Bangladesh – 11 dead, scores injured
Imphal: A powerful earthquake struck north-east India and Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least 11 people and injuring nearly 200, with efforts to reach remote areas where people may be trapped...
View ArticleWhy aren't we calling the Oregon occupiers 'terrorists?'
Washington: As of Sunday afternoon, The Washington Post called them "occupiers." The New York Times opted for "armed activists" and "militia men." And The Associated Press put the situation this way:...
View ArticleHong Kong publishing disappearances point to China
Hong Kong: The recent disappearance of five men tied to a publisher of provocative books about China's top leaders has alarmed many people in this semi-autonomous city, who fear that the historic...
View ArticleCustomer's hateful rant about dying diner goes viral
Holly Jones wasn't happy. Having spent $US700 ($970) for a New Year's Eve night out, she expected first class treatment - not to have her meal "ruined" by the selfish act of another patron having a...
View ArticleIndian troops continue to battle militants at key air force base
New Delhi: Fresh gunshots were heard from inside an air force base in northern India on Monday as troops continued to try to clear the area of militants for a third day. At least seven troops and five...
View ArticleBed bug infestation caught on video during Nightmare hotel stay at the Astor...
'Don't let the bedbugs bite' is a cheeky refrain. Unless you're staying at Astor on the Park. In which case it's a stern warning. A man holidaying in New York to celebrate his 30th birthday has posted...
View ArticleCongo to release 2000 prisoners in bid to reduce overcrowding in jails
Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo will release about 2000 prisoners in January in a bid to reduce overcrowding in jails and calm political tensions at the start of an election year, the justice...
View ArticleGerman leaders condemn mass sexual assault on women on New Year's Eve in Cologne
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition condemned a "new dimension" of crime after scores of women reported being sexually assaulted as they passed though a group of about 1000 men during New...
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