Tag: world news
Poisonous smog chokes Beijing
Mask-wearing Beijing residents endured a third day of pollution at hazardous levels on Sunday, as authorities warned that a thick…
Syrian rebels overrun biggest airbase
Syrian rebels overran Friday morning Taftanaz airbase, the largest in northern Syria, after several days of fierce combat, the Syrian…
5 Indians charged with gang-rape, murder
Five men were arraigned in court on Monday on charges of gang rape and murder of an Indian female student,…
Put your New Year resolution on Google world map
Google is letting people peg their New Year’s resolutions to an online map and see what promises others around the…
Hollande dismisses Ansaru, others as not ‘credible’
President Francois Hollande said Thursday Islamist groups holding French hostages in Africa were not trustworthy and should not be taken…
Brutal cold spell kills 123 in Russia
A bitter cold spell in Russia has claimed 123 lives in the past 10 days, an official said Tuesday, with…
Mandela spends Christmas in hospital
Ailing African icon Nelson Mandela is spending Christmas Day in hospital, his longest stay in care since being released from…
Mandela spends 14th day in hospital
Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, 94, spends his 14th day in a South African hospital today amid reports of…
In the spirit of Christmas, Pope forgives butler
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for…
Obama: Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton
US President, Barack Obama has nominated former presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.…
China cracks down on religious group
China has arrested more than 800 people in a crackdown on a Christian sect which spread doomsday rumours and challenged…
Hillary Clinton seriously ill
The normally indefatigable, globe-trotting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was Wednesday still laid low by a nasty stomach bug…
Israel kills Palestinian joy by new home plans
Israel revealed plans on Friday to build 3,000 settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank in response to…
Xi heads China’s new leadership council
BEIJING (AFP) – China’s all-powerful Communist Party on Thursday unveiled a new seven-man leadership council steered by Xi Jinping to…
Army claims shooting Mauritanian president in error
NOUAKCHOTT(AFP) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was shot and “slightly wounded” Saturday when an army unit accidentally fired…
Obama blasts US reps for abandoning duty for polls
US President Barack Obama urged members of Congress Saturday to pass a series of measures stimulating economic growth and job…
Australian Catholic Church admits 620 sexual abuses of kids
The Catholic Church in one Australian state has revealed that at least 620 children have been abused by its clergy…
Anniversary of 9/11: US Consulate burnt in Benghazi
An armed mob protesting over a film they said offended Islam, attacked the US consulate in the Libyan city of…
Like Nigeria, corruption China’s biggest threat
Like Nigeria, where a mind-blowing $400 billion has been stolen in five decades by corrupt officials, China is also grappling…
US blames Iran for rising Al-Qaeda threats
Al-Qaeda affiliates pose a rising threat exploiting poverty and upheavals in the world’s most vulnerable regions even as the core…
Anti-Assad forces take battle to Damascus
Syria’s military deployed armoured vehicles near central Damascus on Monday as troops battled rebels around the capital in what activists…
Scots begin move to break away from UK
With rousing speeches, patriotic music and support from actor Sean Connery, supporters of independence for Scotland launched a campaign on…
Meteorite falls on Oslo home
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through…
Okonjo Iweala, others Tipped for World Bank Presidency
Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is among the candidates being proposed to take over the presidency of the World Bank,…