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…
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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…
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…
Talks between experts from Iran and world powers on implementing last month’s nuclear deal will resume on Thursday in Geneva, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Wednesday. “The technical talks will be resumed tomorrow and…
Syria said Wednesday that a British doctor alleged to have been effectively murdered in custody had hanged himself after being arrested for “unauthorised activities.” Regime warplanes meanwhile pounded Aleppo for a fourth straight day in raids that…
Russian lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill that is set to free the two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot while also ending the prosecution of 30 Greenpeace crew members. Russia’s Duma lower house of parliament voted…
Disasters including the floods that struck central Europe in June caused global economic losses of about $130 billion in 2013, reinsurer Swiss Re said on Wednesday. The insurance industry is likely to cover about $44 billion (32 billion euros) of all…
A Canadian retiree pledged Tuesday to give away a Can$40-million ($37 million USD) lottery prize to charity, telling Canada’s public broadcaster that he doesn’t need the money. “I’ve been fortunate enough, through my career, 44 years with a company.…
17 December 2013 – With the lives of nearly six million children disrupted by the typhoon that devastated the Philippines…
17 December 2013 – Despite volatility and uncertainty, Afghanistan continues to make progress in enhancing its stability as the drawdown…
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned China Tuesday against any move to declare an air defence zone in the South China Sea, as he affirmed defence ties with long-time ally the Philippines. Kerry, in Manila for a two-day visit, criticised China for…
Under fire from courts and allies over a vast US spying dragnet, President Barack Obama faced new heat Tuesday from Internet titans who fear the surveillance has crossed constitutional lines. Obama met bosses of tech giants Google, Apple, Netflix, Yahoo…
India on Tuesday launched a series of reprisals against the US over a diplomat’s arrest in New York, including pulling identity cards for American consular officials in the country, foreign ministry sources said. “We have ordered the withdrawal of all…
Britons born in the 1960s and 1970s will be no better off in retirement than previous generations unless they inherit, bucking a trend of rising living standards, a think-tank said Tuesday. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the take-home income…
OTTAWA, Canada, July 11, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Canada is providing immediate assistance to approximately 55,000 people in Namibia…
16 December 2013 – Voicing concern over the lack of a national action plan by the Bahamas to address trafficking…
Stonehenge’s new visitor centre opens Wednesday in time for the winter solstice, hoping to provide an improved experience for the million tourists that flock annually to Britain’s most famous prehistoric monument. The mysterious circle of standing stones…
British police on Monday said they had finished examining new information about the 1997 death of Diana, princess of Wales, but had found “no credible evidence” she was murdered. Scotland Yard police headquarters announced in August it was checking…
A US judge struck a first blow against the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone records Monday, ruling it breaches citizens’ privacy to a degree that is probably unconstitutional. The ruling by the Washington District Court was stayed…
Public prosecutors on Monday called for British budget airline easyJet to be fined 70,000 euros ($96,000) for having forced a disabled woman off a flight. In one of two cases before French courts this week involving claims against easyJet from wheelchair…