A Saudi court has jailed five people for up to 30 years on charges including plotting to blow up an oil refinery on behalf of Al-Qaeda, state media reported Monday. The official SPA news agency gave no details of when the alleged plot against the refinery…
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Liz Cheney, the oldest daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, is dropping her bid to be the Republican senate candidate for Wyoming, US media reported late Sunday. CNN, citing unnamed sources, said that Liz Cheney, 47, could make the announcement…
Staff at Oakwood prison near Wolverhampton have ‘resolved’ an overnight incident, the security firm that manages the facility said on Monday. A G4S spokesman said: “This incident was resolved successfully at 2.10am. “Police and internal investigations…
Bruce Springsteen’s 18th studio album “High Hopes” went online in the United States, nine days before its general release — and on the 41st anniversary of The Boss’s debut outing. Television network CBS had announced it would host the Internet-only…
British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will warn that 2014 is to be the year of “hard truths” and public spending cuts when he sets out his plans for the year ahead on Monday. He will tell an audience in central England that there is “still…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 6, 2014) – Reality Crowd TV (www.RealityCrowdTV.com), a new reality TV program hosted by Manolis…
LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Jan 5, 2014) – Blacksumac today announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations…
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jan 5, 2014) – The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. reminds investors who purchased or otherwise acquired…
It is with great emotion and great sadness that CAF President, Issa Hayatou, on Sunday, 5 January 2014, learnt of…
Syrian rebels in the northern Damascus district of Barzeh on Sunday agreed a local ceasefire with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime after nearly a year of fighting and bombardment, activists said. “After intense negotiation in recent days between the…
Editor’s note: the author, Zhenyu Li, a contributing columnist for some of the world’s premier publications and editor-in-chief of the business channel at the People’s Daily Online, a publication of China’s Communist Party. BEIJING, China — For the…
EDINBURGH, Scotland — In the United States, where drinking alcohol in public is prohibited, police routinely turn a blind eye to people sipping from bottles wrapped in brown paper bags. A similar system has existed in the Scottish capital for almost…
Millions of people in the United States hunkered down Sunday in anticipation of brutal weather from a dangerous Arctic blast that forecasters warn could send temperatures plummeting to their coldest in 20 years. The northeast of the country and parts…
Four skiers were killed and another was in a critical condition after a series of avalanches hit the Alps in southern Switzerland Sunday, Swiss media reported. Three of the victims, including a guide, died when a wall of snow bore down on a group of…
Syria’s main opposition National Coalition re-elected Ahmad Jarba as its leader during a general assembly meeting in Istanbul on Sunday, the coalition said in a statement. Jarba won 65 votes, beating his only rival Riad Hijab — the best-known defector…
Four-time European champions Toulouse remained unbeatable at their Ernest-Wallon fortress this league season with a 19-12 victory over Top 14 leaders Clermont on Sunday. A mouth-watering match-up between the most successful team in French rugby history…
Nigeria is repatriating over 1,600 citizens who have sought refuge in its embassy in Bangui, fleeing violence wracking the Central African Republic, an army spokesman said Sunday. “The Federal Government has … arranged several chartered flights to…
Three-time champion jump jockey and former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Terry Biddlecombe died on Sunday, aged 72, after a long illness, his family said. Biddlecombe won the jockeys’ title in 1965, 1966 and shared the honours with Bob Davies in 1969.…
Portugal’s Carlos Sousa, driving a Haval, claimed the opening stage of the 36th Dakar Rally on Sunday, but double defending champion Stephane Peterhansel lost time after suffering a puncture. Sousa finished the 180km special from Rosario to San Luis…
A private jet plane crashed on Sunday at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, which serves the famous Colorado skiing resort, local and federal officials told AFP. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said an accident had taken place at…