Nigerian Oil Minister, Kachikwu says oil output had fallen to 1.56 million barrels per day
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian oil minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said on Thursday that while a cut in OPEC production is unlikely, there is hope a Read more
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Turkey car bombs: Police station attacks kill six and injure 219
Two big car bombs have hit police stations in separate cities in Turkey, killing six people and wounding at least 219 others. The first attack Read more
US ready to ‘hand over’ the internet’s naming system
The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet’s naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a Read more
Brazilian Police arrest two American swimmers at Rio airport
The Brazilian authorities have stopped US swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger from boarding a flight at Rio de Janeiro airport, the US Olympic Committee Read more
Turkey set to release 38,000 prisoners, makes space in jails after coup
By Daren Butler | ISTANBUL Turkey will release some 38,000 prisoners under a penal reform announced on Wednesday as the arrests of tens of thousands Read more
Oil prices fall on doubts producers can agree output restraint
By Mark Tay | SINGAPORE Oil prices fell away from 5-week highs on Wednesday as analysts doubted possible producer talks to rein in ballooning oversupply Read more
Prosecutor: Russian man’s computer linked to hacking scheme
SEATTLE (AP) — When federal agents arrested a Russian man in the Maldives in 2014, they found 1.7 million stolen credit card numbers on his Read more
New York man charged in slaying of Muslim imam, assistant
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man was charged on Monday with second-degree murder in the deaths of a New York Read more
Mexico gang abducts group from Puerto Vallarta restaurant
Heavily armed men in Mexico have abducted at least 10 people who were dining in a restaurant in the popular seaside resort of Puerto Vallarta. Read more
US transfers 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates
The US says it has sent 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates – the largest single transfer during President Barack Obama’s administration. Read more
Pope Francis makes surprise visit to former prostitutes
Pope Francis has surprised 20 former prostitutes by popping in for a visit at their safe house in Rome. The women had been rescued from Read more
Germany’s Merkel to urge executives of big companies to hire refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited executives from some of Germany’s biggest listed companies to attend a summit next month where she will Read more
Islamic States leader in Afghanistan killed by US drone attack
Hafiz Saeed Khan, leader of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan and Pakistan, died in a US drone strike last month, the US believes. Last Read more
Muslim woman sues Chicago over arrest, stripping off of head garment
A Muslim woman has sued six Chicago police officers alleging abuse and harassment after she was arrested as she entered a train station on July Read more
Germany in new anti-terror plan to thwart Islamist militants
Germans with dual nationality will lose their German citizenship if they fight for militant Islamist groups abroad under new anti-terror proposals. Interior Minister Thomas de Read more
Syria conflict: Russia to halt to Aleppo action to allow aid in
Russian forces are due to suspend military action in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo shortly to allow in desperately needed humanitarian aid. It is Read more
Rio Olympic: How are Refugee Olympic Team getting on?
They were selected – in the words of International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach – to “send a message of hope to all the refugees Read more
Canadian police ‘kill suspect in anti-terror operation’
Police have shot dead a suspect in an anti-terror operation in the Canadian province of Ontario, media reports say. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Read more
Majestic Simone Biles leads USA to gold with GB fifth
The United States blew away the field to win Olympic gold in the women’s gymnastics team event as Great Britain finished fifth. Led by overwhelming Read more
Delta: Power cut strands thousands of passengers
Thousands of air passengers around the world have been left stranded after a power cut forced the US airline Delta to suspend flights. The incident Read more
Google manager, raped, murdered and set on fire while jogging in woods
The body of a Google employee has been found murdered and burnt in the woods after she went for an afternoon jog near her mother’s Read more
Australia sets up specialist cyber unit to trace terrorism payments
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has set up a cyber-intelligence unit to identify terrorism financing, money laundering and financial fraud online, the government said on Tuesday, Read more
Bombing at a hospital in Pakistani city of Quetta kills 42
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday, Read more
Hijab and a Sword in Rio 2016
Rio Olympics 2016: Ibtihaj Muhammad on hijab, Donald Trump & Muhammad Ali (BBC) She gave the First Lady a fencing lesson, just two weeks after Read more
Iran executes nuclear scientist for spying for U.S
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has executed an Iranian nuclear scientist detained in 2010 when he returned home from the United States, after a court convicted Read more
ISIS captures up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqis – UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters may have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers on Thursday and subsequently executed 12 of them, the U.N. Read more
US Activists Handcuffed, Threatened and Deported by Israel
Israel profiled a five-person activist delegation that had sought to study the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, banning some for years Five U.S. citizens were denied entry to Read more
Cuba says 2 people apparently contracted Zika inside country
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba says it has diagnosed the Zika virus in two people who appear to have contracted it inside the country, which has Read more
America seen from abroad: arrogant, nice, tech-savvy, free
BANGKOK (AP) — The rest of the world may think Americans eat a lot of burgers, have huge shopping malls and are ruled by an Read more
Supreme Court blocks transgender bathroom choice for now
A Virginia school board may temporarily block a student who was born a girl from using the boys’ bathroom while a legal fight over transgender Read more
