Alabama chief justice Roy Moore orders halt to same-sex marriage licences
Winston-Salem: The chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court has ordered the state's probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite a ruling by the US Supreme Court last year...
View ArticleWhaling wrecks found off Alaska
When the ice opened for the last time, the local inhabitants urged the ships' captains to get out before it returned and trapped the whalers against the north-west coast of Alaska for the deadly Arctic...
View ArticleParis police shoot man wearing suspected suicide belt as he shouted 'Allahu...
Paris: Parisian police have shot dead a man apparently attempting a terror attack on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in which 12 people were killed. According to early reports the...
View ArticleTurkish firm caught selling fake life vests - they soak up water - for...
In the chilly, rough waters of the Aegean, tricky under the best of circumstances and downright treacherous in a flimsy migrant boat, a life vest can make the difference between life and death. But for...
View ArticleDirector-General condemns the killing of Syrian journalists Naji Jerf,...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'I condemn the killing of Naji Jerf, Zakaria Ibrahim and Batoul Mokhles al-Warrar,' the Director-General said. 'I...
View ArticleSouth China Sea dispute: US Republicans call for more naval resources
Washington: Tension over the South China Sea highlights the need for the United States to maintain a strong navy to serve as a deterrent, US House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday, criticising the...
View ArticleBritish Airways passenger screams 'I have a bomb' during London-Dubai flight
A radio DJ's daughter has spoken of her terror after a passenger attacked crew members on a British Airways flight, screaming "I have a bomb and you're all going to die". Steve Penk's daughter...
View ArticleEastEnders actress Sian Blake and sons murdered, Scotland Yard says
Former EastEnders actress Sian Blake and her two young sons, Zachary and Amon, died as a result of head and neck injuries, police say. Scotland Yard said they were investigating a triple murder...
View ArticleDonald Trump raises doubts about Ted Cruz's citizenship
Washington: Donald Trump continued to fan the flames of doubt over Senator Ted Cruz's citizenship on Wednesday, suggesting that his Canadian roots might be a problem if he won the Republican...
View ArticleFrench couple jailed for refusing to vaccinate children
A French couple have received a two-month jail sentence for refusing to to vaccinate their two young children. Marc and Samia Larere were given the suspended sentence in the criminal court at Auxere,...
View ArticleGerman welcome for refugees cools after New Year's Eve chaos
Berlin: The tales surfacing from German cities regarding the events of New Year's Eve keep getting worse. There's no evidence that we're dealing here with people who are refugees. Henriette Reker First...
View ArticleWith this dowry I own your son: Indian brides turn tables
New Delhi: India's efforts to stop baby girls being aborted are seeing the circulation of some surprisingly hard-hitting videos that are turning the tables on men, using the issue of dowry to turn them...
View ArticleBacterium in Otzi the Iceman's stomach provides human migration clues
New York: An insight into the peopling of Europe has emerged from an unlikely source: the stomach contents of a 5300-year-old body pulled from a thawing glacier in the eastern Italian Alps. Since his...
View ArticleNorth Korea hydrogen bomb test: South Korea punishes Kim Jong-un with K-pop
Seoul: With Kim Jong-un turning up the heat with North Korea's fourth nuclear test, South Korea responded on Friday by pumping up the volume. Literally. At noon on the North Korean leader's birthday,...
View ArticleUS prisoners seize opportunity to receive education through Bard Prison...
New York: Visitors to Fishkill Correctional Facility – an 1800-inmate prison two hours' drive north of New York City – are told to not wear green. That's the colour inmates wear. At a reception desk,...
View Article'We have a responsibility': Barack Obama writes to warn fellow Democrats to...
The epidemic of gun violence in our country is a crisis. Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people. Every year, more than...
View ArticleWorld Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development 2017: Call for...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) A written proposal should comprise, in separate attached documents: 1) A Technical Proposal consisting of the...
View ArticleFrench couple given suspended jail time for refusing to vaccinate children
A French couple have received a two-month suspended jail sentence for refusing to vaccinate their two young children. Marc and Samia Larere were given the sentence in the criminal court at Auxere, 175...
View ArticleInside Delhi's gadget graveyard where the West's e-waste ends up
Imran Mansoori kneels in an alleyway picking over a tangle of electronic trash. He's one of thousands of e-waste workers in India's capital, Delhi, which has emerged as one of Asia's biggest e-waste...
View ArticleDirector-General condemns the murder of Syrian journalist Ruqia Hassan...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'I condemn the murder of Ruqia Hassan,' the Director-General said. 'I wish to pay tribute to this journalist's...
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