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…