The heaviest snowfall in decades blocked roads across Israel and the West Bank Saturday, while torrential rains flooded areas of the Gaza Strip. The heavy snow, which stopped falling Saturday afternoon, prompted Israeli authorities to interrupt the…
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One person was killed Saturday in an accident at the Manaus Arena World Cup stadium in Brazil, falling some 35 meters, officials said. The accident came barely two weeks after two people died at the World Cup stadium in Sao Paulo which is scheduled…
A space module carrying China’s first lunar rover landed on the moon Saturday, state television said, the first soft landing on the moon in nearly four decades and a major step for Beijing’s ambitious space programme. Scientists burst into applause…
With a blue beret perched on his head and dressed in army camouflage, Grisha keeps guard behind one of the barricades erected by protestors on Kiev’s Independence Square. “We are ready to fight to the death against these bandits,” said the veteran of…
A small explosion hit Northern Ireland’s capital Belfast Friday after authorities received a telephone bomb warning, police said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The incident happened in the city’s central Cathedral Quarter area near many…
The once powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been executed for a string of alleged crimes. State news agency KCNA announced his death early on Friday, branding General Jang Song-Thaek a “traitor”. http://news.sky.com/story/1181627/…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 13, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On the 10th and 11th of December 2013, IOM Sudan arranged…
Russia has denied a foreign Greenpeace activist permission to leave the country pending his trial over an Arctic protest, the group said on Friday. Greenpeace has received a letter from the Investigative Committee, which probes major cases in Russia…
A knife-wielding attacker who stabbed 22 students at a primary school in China was sentenced to death on Friday, a court said. The Xinyang City Intermediate People’s Court said Min Yongjun, 37, was found guilty of intentional homicide and condemned…
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…
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…
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
Researchers at a Spanish hospital announced Monday they will start trials next year of a therapeutic vaccine for patients who already have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. A therapeutic vaccine treats a disease rather than preventing it. Barcelona’s…
A man accused of the gruesome murder of a British soldier told his trial on Monday that he loves Al-Qaeda and considers the Islamic militants to be his “brothers”. Michael Adebolajo, 28, sat surrounded by security guards as he began giving evidence…
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams will travel to South Africa this week to pay tribute to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, he announced on Monday. The Irish republican said he was invited to Tuesday’s huge memorial service in Soweto along with dozens…
A brace of world leaders including US President Barack Obama will address Nelson Mandela’s memorial, organisers said on Monday, the eve of the event. South African President Jacob Zuma will make the keynote address before a crowd in Soweto expected…
American Airlines and US Airways merged Monday to create the new American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, after overcoming concerns that it will hurt competition and raise travelers’ costs. AMR Corporation, the former parent of American Airlines…