Marc James from Jamaica wins the Global design contest World Press Freedom...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'The design submitted by Marc James, an art director from Jamaica, was chosen for its clarity and universal appeal....
View ArticleNotorious drug lord 'El Chapo' has been recaptured after shootout: Mexican...
Drug kingpin JoaquÃn Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, who escaped from a maximum-security prison in Mexico nearly six months ago, has been recaptured, President Enrique Pena Nieto announced Friday. Guzmán, the...
View ArticleGiant golden Mao statue, nearly finished, is brought down
Zhushigang, China: Days after photographs of a giant, golden statue of Mao spread across the internet, drawing ridicule for its grandiosity amid the bare fields of rural Henan Province, the statue has...
View ArticleProtections rejected for Alexander Archipelago wolf in Alaska despite its...
Seattle: For more than two decades, conservation groups have argued that a species of wolf and the rainforest in south-east Alaska where it lives are at risk. While the groups have won strong...
View ArticlePope Benedict XVI's brother 'was aware' of abuse of more than 200 boys over a...
At least 231 children who sang in a boys' choir led for 30 years by the brother of former Pope Benedict XVI were abused over a period of almost four decades, a lawyer investigating reports of...
View ArticleIran complains to U.N. about Saudi "provocations"
Dubai: Iran's foreign minister has complained to the United Nations about Saudi Arabia's "provocations" towards Tehran, as a diplomatic crisis between the region's two major powers entered its second...
View ArticleBeijing to shut 2,500 firms this year to fight pollution
SHANGHAI: Beijing will close 2,500 small polluting firms this year in its latest effort to combat pollution, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, citing the municipal government. Pollution is...
View ArticleProtesters set fire to Kosovo government headquarters during violent...
Pristina: Demonstrators in Kosovo fought running battles with police and briefly set fire to government headquarters on Saturday in the latest violence in the young Balkan country over an accord with...
View ArticleGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel will deport migrants who commit crimes amid...
Cologne: Migrants who commit crimes should lose their right to asylum, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, toughening her tone as police in Cologne confronted right-wing protesters...
View ArticleUnited Airlines flight to Denver diverted to Vancouver after threatening message
A United Airlines flight bound for Denver was diverted to Vancouver early Saturday morning after a threatening message was received. United Flight 1104 from Anchorage, Alaska, landed safely in Canada's...
View ArticleLotto frenzy sends US Powerball jackpot towards record $1.4 billion
Millions of Americans are counting down to Saturday night's drawing in the multi-state Powerball lottery, hoping to win a jackpot that has climbed to a record $900 million ($1.3 billion) and could top...
View ArticleChina hospital bulldozed with doctors, nurses, patients inside
Beijing: Bulldozers unexpectedly demolished part of a hospital and its adjoining morgue in central China, sending doctors, nurses and patients fleeing and burying under rubble six bodies being...
View ArticleMuslim woman ejected from Donald Trump rally
New York: A Muslim advocacy group has called on Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump to apologise after a Muslim woman engaged in a silent protest was removed by security personnel and...
View ArticleIranian rockets launched near US warships in Strait of Hormuz captured on video
Washington: The United States Navy has released black-and-white video it said was taken by an American helicopter showing an Iranian Revolutionary Guards vessel firing unguided rockets on December 26...
View ArticleUS B-52 bomber flies over South Korea as Pyongyang stand-off deepens
Osan Air Base, South Korea: A powerful B-52 bomber flew over South Korea on Sunday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style stand-off deepened between its ally, Seoul, and...
View ArticlePowerball jackpot: United States lotto prize rises to US$1.3 billion
The lotto frenzy that has swept through the United States is set to continue, with a world record jackpot of US$1.3 billion ($1.87 billion) to be drawn on Wednesday. The multi-state Powerball lottery...
View ArticleAfghan peace talks to begin in Pakistan
Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are set to begin talks on Monday aimed at reviving the Afghan peace process and eventually ending 14 years of bloodshed fighting Taliban insurgents....
View ArticleScale of Cologne New Year attacks grows as more complaints filed
The mass attacks on women in the German city of Cologne on New Year's Eve have prompted 379 criminal complaints, with investigations focused largely on asylum seekers or illegal migrants from north...
View ArticlePlayboy Mansion 'up for sale' for $US200 million
LOS ANGELES: The infamous Playboy Mansion, owned by Hugh Hefner, will be put up for sale within the next month, according to a report. The six-acre Holmby Hills estate...
View ArticleEgypt holds first parliament in three years
Egypt's first parliament in more than three years has held its opening session after a court dissolved the previous legislature dominated by Islamists. The 596 deputies in the parliament, which is...
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