Islamic State used mustard gas in Iraq
Amsterdam: Islamic State militants attacked Kurdish forces in Iraq with mustard gas last year, in the first known use of chemical weapons in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein, a diplomat said. A...
View ArticleMalaysian MPs call for probe into Villawood murderer Sirul Azhar Umar's videos
Bangkok: Opposition politicians in Malaysia have called for an investigation into who is behind a former police commando making videos in Sydney's Villawood immigration detention centre defending...
View ArticleAustria to stop migrant flow 'step by step'
Vienna: The flow of migrants through the Balkans and towards Germany will be slowed progressively as part of a co-ordinated "domino effect" of restrictions by countries along the route, Austria's...
View ArticleEagles of Death Metal return to Paris to finish show stopped by Bataclan...
Paris: Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes has returned to Paris, saying he feels a "sacred" responsibility to finish the band's show after last year's deadly terror attacks. Islamist militants...
View ArticlePolish jazz singer Urszula Dduziak named UNESCO Artist for Peace (UNESCO -...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Urszula Dudziak's nomination comes in recognition of her 'work with music to raise public awareness of the importance...
View ArticleSomalian security forces trained on safety of journalists and freedom of...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The training was based on UNESCO's that aims at promoting transparency, facilitating and improving relations between...
View ArticleBoxer Manny Pacquiao sparks backlash for describing homosexuals as 'worse...
Eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has a sparked furious backlash in the Philippines for describing homosexuals as "worse than animals." "It's common sense. Do you see animals mating with...
View ArticleUNESCO to organize a high-level international expert meeting on youth...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Made in the framework of the official visit to Canada by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the announcement is...
View ArticleFormer United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali dead at 93
Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, whose term was marked by war in the former Yugoslavia and famine and genocide in Africa, has died, the president of the Security Council said on...
View ArticleHopes boosted for revolutionary immune-boosting cancer 'vaccine'
Washington: A revolutionary cancer treatment that remembers the disease and remains like a watchman to prevent it returning is being developed. Immune cells are being engineered so they not only boost...
View ArticleHopes raised for revolutionary immune-boosting cancer 'vaccine'
Washington: A revolutionary cancer treatment that remembers the disease and remains like a watchman to prevent it returning is being developed. Immune cells are being engineered so they not only boost...
View ArticleMarco Rubio's 'America' ad opens with Canadian skyline
Analysis Analysis The sundry scenes and dreamy narration mimic Ronald Reagan's legendary ad "Morning Again in America". But where the incumbent trumpeted the strides that the country had made since his...
View ArticleWhy 160,000 rape cases a year in Germany end in only 1000 guilty verdicts
When dozens of men allegedly sexually assaulted women at the main train station in Cologne, Germany, on New Year's Eve, German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded a "tough response" and called the...
View ArticleMigrant crisis: Europe not ready for fresh surge of refugees as weather warms
London: After an unparalleled tide of asylum-seekers washed onto European shores last summer and autumn, the continent's leaders vowed to use the relative calm of winter to bring order to a process...
View ArticleChina's rich 'smurf' money abroad as economy slides
Hong Kong: As the Chinese economy stumbles, wealthy families are increasingly trying to move large sums of money out of the country, worried that the value of the currency will fall and their savings...
View ArticleBelgium charges three people in IS recruitment ring investigation
Brussels: Belgian prosecutors have charged three of 10 people detained earlier on Tuesday on suspicion of operating a recruitment ring...
View ArticleIslamic State faces budget crunch, cuts salaries, energy drinks and Snickers
Beirut: Faced with a cash shortage in its so-called caliphate, Islamic State has slashed salaries across the region, asked residents to pay utility bills in black market American dollars, and is now...
View ArticleSouth China Sea dispute: Chinese missiles in Paracels, says Fox News
The Chinese military has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of its contested islands in the South China Sea, Fox News reported, citing new civilian satellite imagery. The images...
View ArticleBangkok bombing: Chinese Uighur suspects deny charges
Bangkok: Two Chinese ethnic Uighur men have appeared in a Thai military court and denied all charges over any involvement in a bombing that killed 20 people in Bangkok last year. Most of those killed...
View ArticleFrance extends post-attacks state of emergency
Paris: The French Parliament has approved a three-month extension to emergency powers declared in the wake...
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