Delhi govt to step up pressure on Centre
A fortnight ahead of the last date for nominations to the UNESCO World Heritage Cities inscription, the state government is set to step up pressure on the Centre to revoke its objections on Delhi’s...
View ArticleDemocratic debate comes down to Obama legacy v. deeper 'revolution'
During the last Democratic candidates debate to be held before the crucial first primary competition in Iowa real differences emerged between the frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders, the...
View ArticleSixty rescued after tourist boat catches fire in New Zealand
Wellington: Sixty people have been rescued after being forced to leap into the sea when their tour boat spectacularly caught fire off Whakatane in New Zealand. Just three people were taken to hospital,...
View ArticleFormer Kuta police chief punished over Australian buck's night scandal
A former Kuta police chief has been demoted for at least a year over a scandal in which a group of Melbourne men were forced by police to pay a bribe after they hired a stripper at a buck's night. An...
View ArticlePolice investigate terror threat in Bali
Police are investigating a threatening letter that warns the Balinese cities of Denpasar and Singaraja could be the next targeted by terrorists responsible for the Jakarta blasts. A letter delivered to...
View ArticleKidnapped Perth man Ken Elliott known as "doctor of poor people" in Burkina Faso
In the north of the African nation Burkina Faso, Perth man Ken Elliott is known as "the doctor of poor people". And the community of Djibo, where the 80-year-old Dr Elliott is the only surgeon for two...
View ArticleAvalanche in French Alps hits military personnel during training in Valfrejus
Lyon, France: An avalanche killed at least five military personnel and seriously injured two other servicemen...
View ArticleBelgian national linked to Paris attacks arrested, say Moroccan authorities
Rabat: Moroccan authorities have arrested a Belgian national of local origin directly linked to the attackers who carried out the Paris shootings and bombings in November that killed 130 people, the...
View ArticlePakistani boy chops off his own hand in blasphemy case
​LAHORE, Pakistan: Late one night, the imam Shabir Ahmad looked up from prayers at his mosque to see a 15-year-old boy approaching with a plate in his outstretched left hand. On it was the boy's...
View ArticleWhy a handsome cop broke the internet after the Jakarta terror attacks
In the wake of the Jakarta terror attacks there were two manhunts: one for the terrorists and one for a handsome police officer at the scene who broke the internet. Photos of a mystery...
View ArticleAuschwitz paramedic set to stand trial in Germany in February
Berlin: A 95-year-old former paramedic at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz will go on trial in Germany next month on charges of being an accessory to the murder of at least 3681 people a German court...
View ArticleAmerica is stronger than ever: Malcolm Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull has used his key speech in Washington, DC, to reject the notion that the world order that has been underpinned by American strength was fraying. He said the greatest period of...
View ArticleUS envoy questions Israeli commitment to two-state plan
Tel Aviv, Israel: US ambassador Daniel Shapiro told a conference attended by Israeli politicians and military officials that the Obama administration questions whether Prime Minister Benjamin...
View ArticleRepublicans punish NBC, move debate to CNN
New York: The Republican National Committee has made good on its promise to cut NBC out of its primary debate schedule. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus announced late on Monday the cancellation of a...
View ArticleAlleged Australian paedophile accused of molesting 15 victims in Bali
The number of children allegedly molested by Australian man Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis in Bali has ballooned to 15 following a police investigation. The 69-year-old man was arrested at his rental...
View ArticleMystery over missing Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai deepens after TV...
Hong Kong: One of Hong Kong's staunchest pro-Beijing lawmakers says a bookseller's tearful confession on state television to a hit-and-run accident more than a decade ago in China is unlikely to...
View ArticleFire at Ritz hotel in Paris
Paris: Around 60 firemen are fighting a fire in the roof of the luxury Ritz Paris hotel in Place...
View ArticleUN report documents Islamic State war crimes
Geneva: An estimated 3500 people, mainly women and children, are believed to be held as slaves in Iraq by Islamic State militants who impose a harsh rule marked by gruesome public executions, the...
View ArticleUNESCO presents new finance model that could triple the availability of...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) According to the paper, Every Child Should Have a Textbook, centralized financing mechanisms could allow for a US$3...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills at least 10 in northwest Pakistan, Taliban claim...
Peshawar, Pakistan: A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 20, officials said. The bomber...
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