Oregon militia standoff: Refuge occupier arrested after driving to the...
Boston: A member of the group of armed men who have seized a US wildlife refuge in Oregon in an anti-government protest has been arrested after driving a government vehicle to a local supermarket,...
View ArticleAngela Merkel's government may face legal action over 'open door' refugee policy
Berlin: A prominent ally of Germany's Angela Merkel threatened on Saturday to take her government to court over its "open door" refugee policy as political pressure grows for the chancellor to reduce...
View ArticleTwo Australians kidnapped in Burkina Faso
Two Australian citizens, a doctor and his wife, were believed to have been kidnapped...
View ArticleIran nuclear deal: UN lifts sanctions on receipt of IAEA report
New York: An automatic end to Iran sanctions is now in place after the United Nations Security Council received a report by the its nuclear watchdog confirming Iran has fulfilled its commitments under...
View ArticleRome's refugees, poor and needy attend circus courtesy of Pope Francis
Rome: Crowds of homeless people, refugees and paroled prisoners took a trip to the circus courtesy of the Vatican, in the latest gesture of affection for the poor and needy by Pope Francis. The Vatican...
View ArticleAustralian surgeon and his wife kidnapped in Burkina Faso
An Australian surgeon and his wife have been kidnapped by Islamic extremists in west Africa, the President of Burkina Faso has confirmed. What are these kidnappers thinking?! [The doctor] is not a...
View ArticleUN reports starvation deaths in Deir al-Zor, as IS attacks city
Geneva: Unverified reports claim 15 to 20 people have died of starvation in the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, the United Nations says, warning that 200,000 residents there face a severe food shortage and...
View ArticleHow US-Iran prisoner swap unfolded in fits and starts
The first glimpse of a secretly negotiated US-Iran prisoner exchange came on Saturday in a flurry of early morning electronic filings in federal courts from New York to California as prosecutors...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta, is a landlocked country in West Africa. In 1960, Burkina Faso gained its independence from France, and while several languages are spoken throughout the...
View ArticlePeople smuggler cash scandal: Jail for boat crew paid by Australian official...
Rote Island: The captain of an asylum seeker boat who said he was paid thousands of dollars by an Australian official to return to Indonesia has been sentenced to five years and eight months' jail on...
View ArticleBurkina Faso: Hotel attack propels country into ranks of terror targets
Nairobi: Until Friday night, Burkina Faso was a country that appeared to be off the radar of Islamist extremist groups, engrossed in its own coups and counter-coups, seemingly forgotten by the...
View ArticleJakarta attacks: Death toll rises
Jakarta: The death toll in the Jakarta blasts has risen to eight after an Indonesian security guard who had been shot in the head died on Saturday night. The man, Rais Karna, an employee at nearby...
View ArticleIslamic State abducts 400 civilians of Sunni faith following Syrian attack
Islamic State terrorists have abducted an estimated 400 civilians, including women and children, following the acquisition of new territory...
View ArticleAustralian surgeon Ken Elliott and his wife Jocelyn kidnapped in Burkina Faso
An Australian surgeon and his wife who have worked in Burkina Faso for decades have been kidnapped by Islamic extremists in west Africa, the President of Burkina Faso has confirmed. What are these...
View ArticleBritish parliament to debate banning Donald Trump from the UK
London: Britain's opposition leader has invited US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who sparked an outcry by calling for a ban on Muslims from entering the United States, to join him on...
View Article'Swedish Fritzl' accused of drugging and raping woman in dungeon
A doctor in Sweden has been accused of drugging and raping a woman he'd been keeping in an underground bunker. The doctor is alleged to have drugged the...
View ArticleMan dies after French drug trial described as 'accident of exceptional gravity'
Paris: A man has died in a French hospital after taking part in a drug trial for a painkiller based on a compound similar to cannabis. The Rennes University Hospital announced the death in a statement...
View ArticleUS working to locate Americans reported missing in Iraq
Washington: The US government is aware of reports that three of its citizens have gone missing in Iraq and is working with Iraqi...
View ArticleJason-3 satellite tracking rising seas launches
A satellite to measure the heights of the oceans was launched successfully on Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Jason-3 mission, led...
View ArticleSon of Saul, Oscar-nominated Holocaust film, denounced as 'Jewish propaganda'...
Budapest: Countries usually celebrate when their filmmakers are nominated for an Oscar. Not so in Hungary, where Son of Saul, directed by Laszlo Nemes, had been nominated for an Academy award. In fact,...
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