Three Shiite rebels and a Yemeni soldier were killed on Saturday in a gunfight on the outskirts of the northern city of Amran, rebels and a security official said. The rebels, known as Huthis or Ansarullah, had travelled to Amran to take part in a demonstration…
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China has new satellite images of one or more floating objects that could be related to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Saturday. “The news that I just received is that the Chinese ambassador…
Thousands of mourners packed a Shanghai square Saturday to bid farewell to “underground” Catholic Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang, whose faith led him to endure decades of suffering at the hands of China’s ruling Communist Party, they said. Fan, who was…
Three Palestinians were killed in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank early Saturday after Israeli soldiers launched an operation to arrest a militant, Palestinian officials said. Medical and security sources said two of the fatalities were militants…
Malaysia’s missing-plane crisis has exposed the shortcomings of a ruling regime already wrestling with a rapidly shrinking support base, fierce racial divisions and international criticism of its tough handling of political opponents. The same government…
Iran is building a crude mock-up of an American aircraft carrier at a ship yard on its Gulf coast and US officials said Friday the goal of the project remains a mystery. Iran has made no attempt to hide its “curious” construction effort near Bandar…
At least seven Syrian soldiers and 17 rebels were killed Friday as three Islamist groups battled to take a border crossing into Turkey. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Islamists included the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front. “Al-Nusra…
French officials are investigating a couple of Indian origin after finding three young boys confined in appalling conditions in a suburban Paris flat. The parents were taken in for questioning after the 27-year-old mother gave birth in January and staff…
A Norwegian art museum on Friday returned a precious Matisse painting looted by the Nazis in the Second World War to the American heirs of the French art dealer Paul Rosenberg. The 1937 painting by Henri Matisse — “Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace…
British singer Kate Bush on Friday announced a surprise series of live shows in London later this year, 35 years after her one and only tour. The 55-year-old, who recently launched a new album, “50 Words For Snow”, will play 15 dates at the Hammersmith…
Canada’s high court on Friday rejected Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s appointment of a like-minded justice to the top court, saying the vacancy must be filled by a judge or lawyer from Quebec. In a 6-1 decision, Supreme Court justices barred Marc Nadon…
A London doctor and another man have become the first people to be charged in Britain over female genital mutilation, state prosecutors announced on Friday. Dr. Dhanuson Dharmasena, 31, is accused of re-performing an FGM procedure on a woman who gave…
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry said Friday it is selling most of its Canadian real estate holdings, and will lease back some space after the sale. A buyer was not identified, but the Waterloo, Canada-based company said the deal includes three…
British prime minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron said Friday he would welcome Boris Johnson back to parliament, despite many tipping the popular London mayor for the party leadership. The Eton and Oxford-educated pair have a long-running…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Moscow would for now hold off on more reciprocal sanctions against the United States, after Washington introduced punitive measures against his close allies over the Ukraine crisis. “You know, both in…
Australia resumed the search Friday for possible wreckage from a missing Malaysian jetliner in a remote, storm-swept stretch of the Indian Ocean, hoping for better weather as spotters seek to identify the objects shown on grainy satellite images. Nearly…
There is “insufficient material” to prove that British soldiers unlawfully killed Iraqi civilians following a vicious battle in 2004, lawyers for families of the alleged victims told a British public inquiry. The Al-Sweady Inquiry is investigating claims…
The Chinese and European wine industries have agreed a deal that will see Beijing end an anti-dumping inquiry into imports from the European Union, China’s commerce ministry said Friday. The announcement comes a day before Chinese President Xi Jinping…
20 March 2014 – The Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United…
20 March 2014 – A United Nations convoy carrying vital humanitarian supplies for hundreds of thousands of people in desperate…