The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday slammed rights abuses in Syria, whose UN envoy launched a furious onslaught against Saudi Arabia for pressing the initiative. A resolution that has become an annual event since the start of Syria’s civil…
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A drone strike on a wedding convoy in Yemen killed 17 people, mostly civilians, medical and security sources said Friday, adding grist to mounting criticism of the US drone war. “Some” of the dead in Thursday’s strike near the central town of Radaa…
• Review proposes greater authority for spying on foreign leaders
• Government ‘should be banned from undermining encryption’
• Forty-six recommendations in 300-page report released early
After Beyoncé shocked the world by announcing her new self-titled album would be exclusive to iTunes, it was pretty much a given that Apple’s music distribution service would reap the benefits of her earth-shattering popularity. Lo and behold, less…
Though most computers that run Google’s Chrome OS come in the form of affordable laptops, LG has decided to target a new demographic with their latest computer, the Chromebase. Announced this morning by the company, the Chromebase is an all-in-one…
Sunderland’s League Cup match-winner Ki Sung-yueng has urged his team-mates to carry the momentum from their shock 2-1 win over Chelsea into their fight to avoid Premier League relegation. The South Korea midfielder scored his first goal in English…
Wayne Rooney was unavailable to play in Manchester United’s League Cup quarter-final at Stoke City on Wednesday due to an unspecified injury, manager David Moyes revealed. Rooney played for 84 minutes in United’s 3-0 win at Aston Villa on Sunday, but…
Real Madrid reached the last 16 of the Copa del Rey with a comfortable 2-0 win over Olimpic Xativa at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. Without the injured Gareth Bale and suspended Cristiano Ronaldo, Real boss Carlo Ancelotti gave a number of his…
Manchester United beat Stoke City 2-0 to reach the League Cup semi-finals on Wednesday, while the post-Andre Villas-Boas era at Tottenham Hotspur began with defeat by West Ham United. After a first-half hailstorm briefly forced the teams off the pitch…
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has allowed youngster Kelechi Iheanacho to quit a training camp in Abuja so as to finalise a move to English Premier League giants Manchester City. Iheanacho, 17, was the stand out performer at the recent FIFA Under-17 World…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan lost his majority in parliament on Wednesday after 37 lawmakers bolted his party for a new opposition coalition, the latest political blow to hit the embattled leader. In a letter presented to the speaker of the…
South Africa’s “Dr Death” Wouter Basson, who headed the apartheid regime’s germ warfare programme, was found guilty on Wednesday of unprofessional conduct by the country’s health council. The cardiologist, 63, now risks being barred from practising…
The United States flew 120 people out of South Sudan on Wednesday in three plane-loads amid fierce fighting in the capital, US officials said. Two C-130 planes plus a charter aircraft took off from Juba “carrying non-emergency chief of mission personnel…
A Spanish judge has ruled that Barcelona must submit the contracts that brought Brazilian star Neymar to the club in May to ascertain if president Sandro Rosell has a case to answer for misappropriation of funds. Barcelona have publicly stated that…
The photo of a young Italian woman kissing a police officer’s helmet visor during a protest has gone viral, with a police union threatening to sue her for “sexual violence”. The 20-year-old student, Nina De Chiffre, was snapped by a photographer working…
Mideast peace efforts are being “hampered” by Israeli settlement construction, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem said Wednesday in his traditional Christmas message. “The Israeli-Palestinian talks resumed in late July, after three years of interruption…
By Callum Hamilton @Callum_TH on Dec 18 2013, 8:17a + José Mourinho’s Chelsea have been poor this season, suffering another shock defeat to Sunderland in the League Cup last night. Yet they still look favourites for the Premier League title. When…
The European Commission said Wednesday it would ban meat from cloned animals but stopped short of imposing restrictions on produce from the offspring of such animals, a hugely sensitive issue. Animal rights groups attacked the plan as not going far…