Anti-Muslim insults were found on the walls of a mosque in northern Israel on Sunday, a police spokeswoman said. “Insults against Islam… were found on Sunday morning on the walls of a mosque in Baqa al-Gharbiyeh,” she said. The spokeswoman also said…
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Economy Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday proposed that Israel annex parts of the West Bank under its full military control where most Jewish settlers live. “I favour implementation of Israeli sovereignty over the zone where 400,000 (settlers) live…
Facebook has been involved with video for a long while, but the social network isn’t necessarily known for it. Desktop videos often go up on YouTube and mobile videos tend to find homes on either Vine or Instagram. But a change quietly rolled out…
Napoli dropped two precious points in the Italian title race on Saturday after Dujan Basta levelled late on for Udinese to grab a share of the spoils from a 3-3 draw. Rafael Benitez’s men started their 15th match of the campaign looking to build on…
Real Madrid badly missed the firepower of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale as they were held 0-0 away to third tier Olimpic Xativa in the first-leg of their Copa del Rey fourth round tie on Saturday. With Ronaldo suspended following his red card in…
France on Saturday committed itself to helping establish and finance a pan-African military force capable of intervening in crises like the current conflict in the Central African Republic. A two-day summit attended by leaders of all but a handful of…
US President Barack Obama warned Saturday that an “ideal” agreement to eliminate “every nut and bolt” of Iran’s nuclear program was not a realistic goal. But he argued that the best possible available agreement with Tehran was likely to be better than…
Hosts South Africa went undefeated on the first day of the IRB’s Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens on Saturday, but England failed to make the cut for the Cup quarter-finals. Also ending day one with a 100 percent record were current series leaders New Zealand…
Ten-man Tanzania beat Uganda 3-2 on penalties to knock the defending champions out of the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup in Mombasa on Saturday. The champions fought back from a 2-1 half time deficit for a 2-2 draw at regulation time in the first of two…
Outgoing Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok said he was hoping to shun the funeral of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela next week, in comments he didn’t realise were being recorded that went viral on Saturday. Talking to Defence Minister Vlastimil Picek…
Manchester United’s dismal season lurched into crisis on Saturday after a 1-0 loss at home to Newcastle United condemned the champions to their fifth defeat of the campaign. Yohan Cabaye’s goal just after the hour gave Newcastle their first victory…
There was a minute’s applause before Manchester United’s game with Newcastle United on Saturday as the English Premier League honoured former South African president Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday. Prior to kick-off, the players from both sides…
After the initial shock of Nelson Mandela’s death, many South Africans celebrated his life and legacy with song and dance -– a fitting tribute to a man whom music helped set free. Mandela is now a household name, hailed across the world for unifying…
Dozens of people have died in northern Kenya in a week of fierce clashes between rival ethnic groups, aid sources and reports said on Saturday. The unrest, centred around the town of Moyale in Marsabit county on the frontier with Ethiopia, has seen…
Three members of a self-styled “Muslim patrol” in London who harassed passers-by for wearing short skirts, holding hands and drinking alcohol have been jailed, in a conviction welcomed by the local mosque on Saturday. The men were jailed for up to 16…
Richard Quest talks to Nigeria’s finance minister about Nelson Mandela’s economic influence in South Africa.
In the latest in a long list of travesties carried out by the US government in the Megaupload case, apparently it went to the US court handling the case, and without letting Megaupload know, got an ex parte order allowing the government to share evidence…
Stars including Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel remember Nelson Mandela at March of Dimes luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Dec. 6)
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel flew into Kabul on Saturday amid disagreement over whether he would meet the Afghan president, who has refused to sign an accord allowing NATO troops to stay in the country beyond next year. US officials said no meeting…
An English non-league club on Saturday announced that it had sacked two of its players after they were charged over match-fixing allegations. Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun, both 22, were charged this week with conspiracy to defraud contrary to…