The return to Iqrit
A dream long nurtured by hundreds of thousands of Palestinians made refugees during the establishment of the state of Israel has become a concrete reality at a small makeshift camp atop a windswept...
View ArticleNorth and South Korea hold official talks
North and South Korean officials have sat down for their first talks in years, confronting decades of mutual distrust in a search for some positive end to months of soaring military tensions. The...
View ArticleMandela spends second night in hospital
Former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has spent a second night in hospital with a lung infection. The 94-year-old had been ill for several days and was in a "serious...
View ArticleSwiss vote on refugee rights amid influx
Switzerland is voting in a referendum on whether to throw out a government move to tighten the country's asylum law amid an influx of refugees. The government made controversial changes to the asylum...
View ArticleObama and Xi 'aligned' on N Korea issue
A senior US national security official says President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached "quite a bit of alignment'' on the subject of curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons...
View ArticleNadal wins record eighth French title
Rafael Nadal became the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam tournament when he beat fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the French Open final Sunday, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Nadal broke the men's...
View ArticleSouth Africa prays for Mandela
South Africans prayed for Nelson Mandela's recovery as the 94-year-old former president spent a second day in hospital with a recurring lung infection. Mandela was taken to hospital early on Saturday...
View ArticleTurkey PM supporters plan 'show of strength'
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to be welcomed by crowds of supporters in Ankara as he returns to the capital following a visit to Istanbul, hours after his spokesman ruled out...
View ArticleSyria opposition sticks to talks boycott
Syria's opposition has once again reiterated its decision to boycott planned peace talks in Geneva, as rebel fighters reeled from losing a strategic town to forces of President Bashar al-Assad. George...
View ArticleHezbollah unites clans to raise border force
- Hezbollah has significantly increased its presence along Lebanon's northern border to prevent Syria's conflict from spilling into its territory, after recent Syrian Army gains ousted rebels in the...
View ArticleMany dead as asylum boat sinks off Australia
At least 13 people have died and dozens are missing after a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers sank near Australia, officials say. Australian Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said on Sunday that...
View ArticleFroome wins Criterium du Dauphine
British rider Chris Froome reinforced his status as favourite for this year's Tour de France on Sunday when he won the testing warm-up race, the Criterium du Dauphine. The 28-year-old, second behind...
View ArticleUS gunman was ex-California college student
A gunman who killed three people in a shooting in the US was a former student at the California college where he was ultimately killed by police, officials said. The attack happened on Saturday near...
View ArticleQaeda chief annuls Syrian-Iraqi jihad merger
Al-Qaeda’s top leader has ruled against the merger of two jihadi groups based in Syria and Iraq, in an attempt to put an end to increased tensions and infighting among members. Ayman al-Zawahiri’s...
View ArticleNaked cyclists in Mexico pedal power protest
Naked and scantily-clad cyclists in Mexico braved saddle sores to protest against a number of bugbears – including aggressive drivers, C02 emissions from cars and conservative attitudes to dressing....
View ArticleChina jails relative of Nobel prize winner
A court in China has sentenced the brother-in-law of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison. The court in suburban Beijing issued the sentence in a brief hearing on...
View ArticleSerena has no plans to retire
Serena Williams warned her punchdrunk rivals that she is still to realise her potential and that retirement is not on her agenda as she targets adding to her 16 Grand Slam titles. The 31-year-old...
View ArticleEx-CIA worker identified as NSA whistleblower
Britain's The Guardian newspaper has identified a former CIA technical worker as the source of leaked information on a controversial surveillance programme operated by the US government. The Guardian...
View ArticleCambodians protest over Khmer Rouge denial
At least 10,000 Cambodians have protested in the capital, Phnom Penh, expressing their anger at an opposition leader who allegedly described a notorious Khmer Rouge prison as a Vietnamese invention....
View ArticleGermany steps up flood evacuations
German authorities have urged thousands of people to evacuate parts of a city on the swollen Elbe river as the floods in central Europe continued to cause havoc in the Czech Republic, Austria and...
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