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
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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
Breaking News: FBI arrests a U.S. police officer for secretly aiding ISIS
Washington (CNN) In the first case of a U.S. police officer charged with aiding ISIS, a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority cop was arrested Wednesday for Read more
Emirates plane catches fire after emergency landing in Dubai, all passengers safe
An Emirates Airline flight from India caught fire after making an emergency landing at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday, but all 300 passengers and crew Read more
Turkey captures commandos who tried to seize Erdogan during coup bid
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish special forces captured a group of rebel commandos who tried to seize or kill President Tayyip Erdogan during a failed Read more
F1 boss’ kidnapped mother-in-law released in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro (CNN)The mother-in-law of Bernie Ecclestone, the head of Formula One auto racing, was freed Sunday after being kidnapped more than a week Read more
Muslim leaders refuse to bury French priest killer
(CNN) Muslim community leaders have refused to bury one of the terrorists who killed a Catholic priest this week in northern France, according to the Read more
Turkey expels nearly 1,400 personnel from armed forces: Anadolu
[ Reuters ] The Turkish government dismissed nearly 1,400 military personnel for suspected links to a cleric it blames for an attempted coup, state media Read more
Texas shooting: One reported dead and multiple hospitalized
[9News Australia] At least one person is reported to have died and “multiple” people are injured after a shooting in Austin, Texas. The Austin Police Read more
Mosquitoes now spreading Zika in USA starting from Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mosquitoes have apparently begun spreading the Zika virus on the U.S. mainland for the first time, health officials said Friday in Read more
N. Korea: US has crossed red line, relations on war footing
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s top diplomat for U.S. affairs told The Associated Press Thursday that Washington “crossed the red line” and effectively Read more
Alas! Two attackers slit the throat of a catholic priest in France
PARIS (AP) — Two attackers invaded a church Tuesday during morning Mass near the Normandy city of Rouen, killing an 84-year-old priest by slitting his Read more
Drug War: Two Mexican Mayors Killed in one day
(CNN)Two Mexican mayors and a vice mayor were killed in different parts of the country on Saturday, according to Mexican officials. Ambrosio Soto Duarte, mayor Read more
Munich shooting: Recent attacks on Western targets
Nine people died on Friday when an 18-year-old German-Iranian gunman went on a killing spree in the southern German city of Munich. The attack sparked Read more
US POLICE SHOOTING: Florida policeman shot unarmed man in driveway
(CNN)The police shooting of an African-American caregiver, who was lying in the street trying to help an autism patient, was accidental, according to the local Read more
Muslim man removed from American Airlines flight after attendant told him: ‘I will be watching you’
[Telegraph UK] A Muslim passenger was asked to leave an American Airlines flight after a flight attendant told him over the plane’s public address system: “I Read more
North Korea ‘fires three ballistic missiles into sea’
[BBC] North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, say US and South Korean military officials. The missiles were launched from Read more