Charlie Hebdo attack anniversary: France pays silent tribute to victims
Paris: France honoured the victims of Islamist militant attacks last year in a thinly attended silent ceremony on Sunday, almost a year to the day since more than a million people marched in Paris...
View Article'We will make a Brexit work': David Cameron on leaving the EU
London: It would not be the "right answer" for Britons to vote to leave the European Union, but the government would have to make it work if they do, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday. An...
View ArticleWilliam and Kate join the Queen to mark the end of the Gallipoli campaign
Sandringham: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have made a surprise appearance at a poignant ceremony marking 100 years since the end of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign. William and Kate on Sunday...
View ArticleFour killed in attack on Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Yemen
Dubai: A "projectile" has struck a clinic supported by international medical group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in north Yemen killing four people, another in a series of attacks on its facilities in...
View ArticleTerror groups form Islamic State powerhouse in the Philippines: video
Bangkok: Four Islamic terrorist groups in the southern Philippines have merged to form a satellite extension of Islamic State, according to a video posted on a jihadi website. The video purports to...
View ArticleItalian police search for killer after American artist found dead in Florence...
Florence: Police have questioned the friends of an American woman found dead in her Florence apartment as Italy's expatriate community expresses hope the case will not turn into another Amanda...
View ArticleSean Penn and El Chapo: What we know
New York: The actor Sean Penn met Joaquin Guzman Loera, the Mexican drug lord known as "El Chapo", in a jungle hideout in October, according to an article Penn wrote for Rolling Stone magazine. Guzman...
View ArticleEl Chapo's quest for fame was his undoing, official says
As the most notorious drug trafficker Mexico has produced, Joaquin Guzman Loera knew he had a story worthy of Hollywood gold. And that, in part, led to his undoing. The uneducated son of a farmer who...
View ArticleSean Penn and Kate del Castillo in hot water over meeting with El Chapo
As the world digests the bizarre tale of Sean Penn and his mountaintop meeting with the recently recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, many are left wondering what comes next for the...
View ArticleProfanities on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's Twitter account raise hacking fears
Followers of British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would have been forgiven for thinking the avowed socialist had gone entirely off the reservation, as his official Twitter feed turned into a perverse...
View ArticleJapanese train service 'keeps running daily service for a single passenger'
Imagine if you were the sole passenger of a train service that ran twice a day, just for you. 女子高生一人しか利用者がいない駅、✌( 'ω' )✌最高～ pic.twitter.com/NzYiDaUvCG— はたらくキツネ (@foxnumber6) December 31, 2015 It is...
View Article'You've got to give him credit': Donald Trump praises Kim Jong-un
If Donald Trump harbours perhaps a modicum of admiration for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, he came close to acknowledging it at a rally in Iowa at the weekend. The billionaire businessman, who is...
View ArticleSpain: Princess Cristina faces tax charge, could face up to four years in prison
Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Spain's Princess Cristina has appeared in court on charges of tax fraud, the first member of the royal family ever to stand in the dock, as a lengthy investigation into her...
View ArticleFour teenagers suspected of gang-raping woman in New York playground in custody
Four teenagers suspected of having taken part in the gang-rape of a 18-year-old woman at gunpoint a playground in Brooklyn have been taken into custody, the New York Police Department announced Sunday...
View ArticleDozens killed by Islamic State attacks in Baghdad and Muqdadiya
Baghdad: Gunmen detonated suicide vests inside a shopping complex in Baghdad on Monday and a car bomb exploded nearby in an attack claimed by Islamic State that killed at least 18 people and wounded 40...
View ArticleMigrant crisis: Sweden to investigate sex assault cover-up
Stockholm: Swedish police have ordered an investigation into allegations that officers covered up accusations of sexual assault by mostly migrant youths at a music festival in Stockholm. The...
View ArticleMigrant crisis: foreigners attacked in retaliation for Cologne New Year's Eve...
Cologne: Germany's migrant crisis has reached new levels of violence and anger, as hooligans attacked foreigners in Cologne, and police revealed they were investigating more than 500 alleged sexual...
View ArticleMigrant crisis: Cologne gang has no fear, says former cop
Cologne: With a new police report blaming predominantly north African migrants for the horrific sexual assaults and robberies at Cologne's train station on New Year's Eve, one man is not surprised....
View ArticleOscar Pistorius files murder conviction appeal application
Johannesburg: Oscar Pistorius filed an application to South Africa's Constitutional Court to appeal his murder conviction for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013,...
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