Bangladesh was rocked by a new wave of deadly violence Friday as Islamist supporters went on the rampage to vent their fury at the execution of one of their leaders for war crimes. Abdul Quader Molla became the first person to be hanged for his role…
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Cross-industry coalition aims to provide cheaper access in developing world, but analysts say service lacks support from ISPs
Private plane carrying ‘near to death’ asylum seeker forced back to UK
The White House rejected claims Thursday that it had clamped down on press access more than previous administrations after it was accused of mounting an “Orwellian” image control campaign. President Barack Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney faced a fresh…
Brutal communal violence is being perpetuated in central Nigeria because of a failure to tackle the root causes of the bloodshed and prosecute those responsible, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The global rights monitor said in a new report that formal…
“I want to be able to persuade people in power that girls’ education is important,” says Simon Abigail, 15
Jose Mourinho has warned his Chelsea stars that finishing top of their Champions League group is no guarantee they will be able to make a serious challenge for the trophy. Mourinho’s side ensured they took first place in Group E with a 1-0 win over…
Norwich captain Sebastien Bassong signed a two-and-a-half-year contract extension with the Premier League club on Thursday. Bassong was voted player of the year by Norwich fans last season and has now been rewarded with a new deal. The 27-year-old Cameroon…
Instead of saving data on the local hard disk drive, people these days tend to save their data on cloud drives. Yes, cloud drive is safe, convenient, and easy for us to share things with friends on SNS. But most cloud drives have a limit on storage space, no matter it’s Google Drive or Dropbox. For larger storage space or other purposes, many of us have created multiple cloud drives on different cloud drive services. However, this may bring us some trouble as well. For example, we might find ourselves in trouble of locating a specific file among multiple cloud…
Human Rights Watch on Friday called for Boko Haram to stop targeting ordinary Nigerians, claiming the banned Islamist group had abducted scores of women and girls and used children as young as 12 in fighting. The organisation also called on the Nigerian…
Report cites discrepancies between evidence of environmental damage from Nigeria spills and claims made by oil company
Hiring a private jet to get a dying man out of the country looks like the immigration equivalent of a show trial by Theresa May
Argentina, Indonesia and Nigeria among world’s top 10 most polluted places due to jewellery and other chemical processing
After India has reinstated a ban on gay sex, we look at LGBT rights globally and where criminalisation remains the norm
As Kenya marks half a century of independence, celebrations are tempered by concern about the future. How have things changed since 1963 – and what does the future hold?
It’s easy to get caught up in the obvious aspects of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, but success lies in the subtleties
CounterPoint Research report comes before China Mobile deal, while iOS 7 adoption running faster than last year, statistics show
Manchester City’s manager Manuel Pellegrini admitted keeping his stars fresh for Saturday’s Premier League visit from leaders Arsenal had been a factor in their stunning 3-2 win at Bayern Munich. On a historic night for the club, City fought back from…
Two footballers appeared in court on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged match-fixing in English non-league football. Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun, who have both been sacked by sixth-tier club Whitehawk FC from the southern English…
Arsenal qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League despite losing 2-0 away to Napoli on Wednesday, while the Italian side agonisingly miss out. Gonzalo Higuain and Jose Callejon both scored in the second half either side of Mikel Arteta’s sending…