Magical views from top of the world for solar eclipse
Full ArticleThe Times of India
LONGYEARBEN: All eyes will be on the skies on Friday for a total solar eclipse expected to offer spectacular views, if only in the far northern Svalbardarchipelago and Faroe Islands. A partial eclipse of varying degrees should also be visible, weather permitting, across most of Europe, northern Africa, central Asiaand the Middle East. On Friday,…
Russia drafts UN resolution on east Ukraine election talks
EU links lifting Russia sanctions to peace in Ukraine
Greece boxed into corner as EU leaders harden stance
Body Of Missing WSJ Reporter David Bird Found In New Jersey River
Italian minister to quit over corruption scandal
US, Israel fomenting violence in Ukraine, not Russia: Former US Senate candidate
Report: Fragment From MH17 Crash Site Supports Missile Theory
Thai former PM Yingluck to face trial over rice scheme
BANGKOK: Thailand‘s former premier Yingluck Shinawatra was Thursday ordered to stand trial on charges of negligence over a bungled rice subsidy scheme, in a case that could see her jailed for up to a decade. ? The decision is the latest legal move against Yingluck – Thailand’s first female prime minister and sister of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin…
Yahoo closes China office, hundreds laid-off
U.S. Ambassador Kennedy Allegedly Receives Death Threats
Shafqat Hussain execution stayed for 72 hours
Pentagon Confirms West Gate Mall Planner Killed in Drone Strike
Republican Rand Paul to enter 2016 presidential race next month: report
Tunisia museum shooting: 8 dead including tourists, officials say
Breastfeeding ‘linked to higher IQ’
Struggle in Brussels and Berlin over Fate of Greece
European Commission President Juncker wants to keep Greece in the euro zone, no matter what the price. Member states, though, are beginning to lose their patience. Who will ultimately have the final say ?
ECB besieged by protests as Draghi opens $1.4 billion tower
As the European Central Bank prepares to inaugurate its new headquarters four months after moving in, more than 10,000 protesters are seeking to spoil the party.Frankfurt, the euro area’s financial capital and home of the common currency, is bracing for demonstrations and sit-ins on Wednesday at locations throughout the city by…
Lufthansa cancels 750 flights due to pilots’ strike
Egypt to try police officer for killing female protester
Iraqi offensive for Tikrit stalls as Islamic State inflicts casualties
Israelis vote in parliamentary elections
Kerry, Zarif Hold More Nuclear Talks as Deadline Nears
Warm water eroding another glacier, study finds
Full ArticlePhiladelphia Daily News
A hundred years from now, humans may remember 2014 as the year that we first learned that we may have irreversibly destabilized the great ice sheet of West Antarctica, and thus set in motion more than 10 feet of sea level rise. Meanwhile,2015 could be the year of the double whammy – when we learned the same about one gigantic glacier of East…
Israelis vote in parliamentary elections
Kerry, Zarif Hold More Nuclear Talks as Deadline Nears
Millionaire Robert Durst faces murder charge after broadcast
Video appears to show Greek finance minister giving Germany the ‘stinkefinger’
Netanyahu pledge: No Palestinian state
Cuba-US resume talks to restore relations
Nigerian, Cameroon troops oust Boko Haram from town, village
Hundreds of thousands march to ask Brazil president’s ouster
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians marched peacefully Sunday in more than 50 cities around the country to demand President Dilma Rousseff‘s impeachment and to criticize government corruption amid a sprawling graft inquiry at state-run oil firm Petrobras. The biggest protest was in Sao Paulo, an opposition stronghold where some 210,000 gathered on…
Ceasefire in east Ukraine not holding: Poroshenko
Brazil bus crash claims 50 lives
3 dead in attack on Lahore churches
BBC’s Clarkson probe ‘preposterous’
Death toll rises to 42 in Brazil bus crash
Kerry: Unclear If Iranian Nuclear Deal Will Be Reached
Afghanistan gave CIA money to Al Qaeda to free diplomat: report
WASHINGTON: Afghanistan used about $1 million provided by the CIA to a secret government fund to pay Al-Qaeda in 2010 for a diplomat’s release, The New York Times reported Saturday. The terror group’s leader at the time, Osama bin Laden, worried that the Americans knew about the payment and were either tracing the cash or had laced it with…
3 dead in attack on Lahore churches
Death toll rises to 42 in Brazil bus crash
Kerry: Unclear If Iranian Nuclear Deal Will Be Reached
CIA funds found their way into Al Qaeda coffers
Iraqi Kurds Claim Islamic State Militants Used Chemical Weapon
Dozens feared dead as cyclone pounds Pacific island of Vanuatu
Chile forest fire rages near Valparaiso, thousands evacuated
Cyclone Pam leaves trail of destruction in Pacific’s Vanuatu
Full ArticleThe Times of India
SUVA, Fiji: A huge tropical cyclone smashed into Vanuatu in the South Pacific, terrifying residents and leaving “complete devastation” with fears on Saturday that dozens of people may have died. The full extent of the damage is unknown, with limited communications in place after maximum category five storm CyclonePam slammed directly into the…
Iraqi forces to recapture Tikrit ‘within 72 hours’
‘Decisive’ phase of Libya talks to start next week, UN envoy says
Brazil: Thousands back Dilma Rousseff over Petrobras
Ukraine president confirms ‘de-escalation’ of fighting in east
Is Vladimir Putin Sick Or Just On Paternity Leave?
Two under investigation for links to Paris killings
Tunisia arrests comedian, TV host for ‘offending’ president
Julian Assange: Swedish prosecutors ask for London interview
Lawyer for WikiLeaks founder accused of sexual assault and rape welcomes move to question him in Britain rather than Sweden …
NASA launches rocket mission to study magnetic fields around Earth
Ferguson on edge again after police shootings
Brazil police arrest Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti
ISIS Leader Accepts Allegiance Of Nigeria’s Boko Haram
Amped-Up Atom Smasher Will Look For New Particles, Dark Matter
Ebola-related deaths pass 10,000 mark
Kremlin rubbishes illness rumours, says Putin in good health
2 police officers have been shot during protests in Ferguson, Missouri
APPolice form a line outside the Ferguson Police Department as people demonstrate nearby Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. See Also FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Two police officers were shot outside the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday as protesters gathered following the resignation of the city’s embattled police chief, the St. Louis…
New Cuba US direct phone link established
Almost a year after #BringBackOurGirls, they’re still missing but the US pulled its 80 troops …
Ferguson Committed To Keeping Police Department, Mayor Says
Iraqi forces enter Tikrit, as IS suicide bombings hit Ramadi
Crufts 2015 death: Poisoning of Irish setter dog Jagger ‘likely to have happened after event’
Seven Marines, four soldiers missing after helicopter crashes
Japan remembers the 18,000 victims of 2011’s triple disaster
China says Muslim Uighurs have joined Islamic State group
BEIJING (AP) ? Chinese officials say that members of the country’s Muslim Uighurethnic minority have gone overseas to fight with the Islamic State group, which controls sections of Syria and Iraq, and returned to take part in plots at home. Authorities in the far-western region of Xinjiang, which borders Afghanistan andPakistan, will strengthen…
Islamic State video shows killing of teen accused as Israeli spy
Silvio Berlusconi acquitted on charges of abuse of office
Venezuela’s Maduro seeks decree powers to face US ‘imperialism’
Hillary Clinton comes out fighting in email row
The CIA Is Trying to Hack Your iPhone
China jails two for selling military secrets, including details of aircraft carrier
Blasts hit police, army in Egypt’s Sinai; 2 dead, 46 hurt
Frontline Ukraine: ‘How Europe failed to slay the demons of war’
Blasts hit police, army in Egypt’s Sinai; 2 dead, 46 hurt
Dozens of prisoners have escaped an ISIS-run jail in Syria
Venezuela declared a threat to US national security
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says rebels have withdrawn weaponry
University of Oklahoma severs ties with fraternity over racist video
German Chancellor Merkel reminds Japan to deal with history of second world war
Solar-powered plane takes off in first round-the-world attempt
ABU DHABI: The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using only solar power was launched on Monday in a landmark journey aimed at promoting green energy. The Solar Impulse 2, piloted by Andre Borschberg of Switzerland, took off at 7:12 am (0412 GMT) from Al-Bateen airport and headed to Muscat, the capital ofOman, where it is expected to…
Canada and Kurds disagree over soldier’s death in Iraq
Israeli mass rally calls for replacement of Binyamin Netanyahu
Juncker says EU army would deter Russia from aggression
International Women’s Day: 9 charts that prove women are still treated like second-class citizens
Canadian Soldier Among 304 Killed in Iraq
White House locked down after vendor cart catches fire
Obama says racial history still casts shadow on the nation
ISIS and Black Swan Events
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Black swans, meaning certain events that-like the invention of the printing press or steam engine, the American Revolution or storming of the Bastille, and the attacks on the World Trade Centeror Arab Spring-happen rarely but carry great importance when they do.(1) Yet it would be a grave mistake to…
Canadian Soldier Among 304 Killed in Iraq
White House locked down after vendor cart catches fire
Obama says racial history still casts shadow on the nation
A year into MH370 disappearance, Chinese maker pushes for new recorder system
Colombia and FARC rebels reach deal to clear landmines
IS bulldozing ancient city of Hatra because its 2,000-year-old temples ‘promotes idolatry’
Good Education Helps Girls Grow Into Strong Women
Iran Nuclear Talks Intensify Ahead of Deadline
Pakistan Will Name Schools After Victims Of Peshawar Massacre
Tanzania Arrests 32 Witch Doctors for Albino Murders
Study: 46,000 Twitter Accounts Linked to IS Supporters
Ebola Survivors Emerge as New Focus for Care
Edward Snowden Wants Switzerland To Grant Him Asylum
Mars once had sea larger than the Earth’s Arctic Ocean: NasaArticleThe Times of India
Kerry Tries to Reassure Gulf Allies on Iran Deal
Jodi Arias Jury Unable To Reach Unanimous Decision
Burkina Faso allows family to exhume grave of Thomas Sankara
Egypt’s el-Sissi replaces interior minister in reshuffle
Canadian pastor is ‘detained in North Korea’
Last Ebola patient is released in Liberia
‘It was him’ Boston bomber’s lawyers admit guilt, focus on brother
The Unthinkable Was Not Mentioned in Netanyahu’s Speech
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Albert Einstein once said, “With the unleashed power of the atom everything has changed, save our modes of thinking, and thus we drift towards unparalleled catastrophe.” Having assisted in the development of the first atomic weapons, and then witnessing their appalling devastation against civilians,…
‘It was him’ Boston bomber’s lawyers admit guilt, focus on brother
U.S. Attorney General says Ferguson police officers biased against black communities
Chad’s President: Boko Haram Leader Must Surrender
Pakistani man guilty in al-Qaida plot to attack NYC subway
US clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force
External factors can’t distract P5+1 from Iran talks: Kerry
Russia Accuses U.S. of Plot to Oust Putin by Funding Opposition
Indonesia moves Australians ahead of expected executions
Full ArticleThe Times of India
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Two convicted Australian drug smugglers arrived on Wednesday at an Indonesian island prison where they will be executed by firing squad along with seven other foreigners amid a diplomatic squabble with some of their governments. An Indonesian is also scheduled to be executed. The preparations at the execution site at…
‘WWII Japanese ship found in Philippines’
Boston Marathon bombing: Opening statements to begin in bombing trial
Documentary on 2012 Delhi gang rape banned in India
Alabama Supreme Court halts gay-marriage licenses
Hundreds of koalas killed in Australia
Spectacular eruption of Villarrica volcano in southern Chile sends thousands fleeing
Cambodian Tribunal Charges 2 New Khmer Rouge Suspects
Bright spotlight on Dawn mission to Ceres
Scientists say they are hugely excited to learn the origin of two bright spots on the surface of Ceres. The US space agency’s Dawn probe is bearing down on the dwarf planet and on Friday will be captured by its gravity. That will allow the satellite to spiral down in altitude in the coming months, to take ever sharper images of the spots,…
The spy who came in from al-Qaeda
Kerry driving force behind talks to limit Iran’s nuclear programme
Coffee prevents clogged arteries: study
Netanyahu, US officials to face off on Iran
New report reveals Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli fighter jets
Netanyahu Ready to Press Congress to Help Delay Iran Deal
Solar aircraft successfully completes third test flight in UAE
Deadly LAPD shooting of homeless man is caught on video
Full ArticleThe Los Angeles Times
By Gale Holland and Jack Dolan contact the reporters Crime Shootings Los Angeles Police Department Video on Facebook shows LAPD officers fatally shooting homeless man on skid row on Sunday In a dramatic confrontation caught on video, Los Angeles police shot and killed a homeless man in the heart of downtown’s bustling skid row Sunday. A…
North Korea Fires Missiles as U.S., South Korea Begin Exercises
Hunt for missing MH370 jet may be called off soon
Elegant Vazquez replaces folksy Mujica as Uruguay president
Yemen’s Hadi: Former Leader Tried to Scuttle Power Transfer
Mali Government Signs Peace Deal While Rebels Delay
UN: Violence in Iraq Killed 600 Civilians in February
With IS rising, West ponders if Syria’s Assad is ‘lesser evil’
PARIS: Faced with a seemingly unending bloody conflict in Syria and the rise of the self-styled Islamic State group, is President Bashar al-Assad the lesser of the country’s evils and should the West re-engage with him? While world powers such as the United States, France and Britain refuse to have anything to do with a leader the French prime…
Boko Haram: Thousands march in Cameroon to protest against the Islamist terror movement
Thousands of people marched in Cameroon’s capital yesterday to protest againstBoko Haram, the Islamist terrorist movement based in northeast Nigeria, but also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. The marchers in Yaounde also showed their support for the army, which is fighting alongside regional neighbours to defeat the Islamist group. The…
Swine flu: 36 more succumb to virus, death toll in India increases to 1,041
Boris Nemtsov shot dead: Investigators say Islamic extremists may have murdered politician
Lanka says it will not allow docking of Chinese submarines
Egypt court puts Hamas on terrorist list
Ocalan calls for disarmament of Kurdish fighters
Car bombs kill 27 people north of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad
World leaders condemn killing of Russian opposition leader Nemtsov
Chinese diplomat tells West to consider Russia’s security concerns over Ukraine
BEIJING (Reuters) – Western powers should take into consideration Russia‘s legitimate security concerns over Ukraine, a top Chinese diplomat has said in an unusually frank and open display of support for Moscow‘s position in the crisis. QuXing, China’s ambassador to Belgium, was quoted by state news agency Xinhualate on Thursday as blaming…
‘Jihadi John’: Haines widow wants militant caught alive
The widow of a man killed by a masked Islamic State militant known as “JihadiJohn” says she wants him caught alive. Dragana Haines says the “last thing” she wants for the man who killed her husband, British aid worker David Haines, is an “honourable death”. The militant, pictured in the videos of the beheadings of…
Former pop star Gary Glitter sentenced to 16 years in prison
Ericsson sues Apple in patents row
Asian herb derivative may help fight against Ebola
Isis fighters destroy ancient artefacts at Mosul museum
‘Jihadi John’ raised in UK, studied computers, reports say
Argentine Judge Rejects Accusations Against President
Jimmy Savile report finds widespread sex abuse with impunity
Ex-Marine convicted in ‘Sniper’ trial faces life in prison
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — A Texas jury has rejected the insanity defense of a formerMarine in the deaths of famed “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and another man. After a two-week trial in which jurors heard testimony about defendant Eddie Ray Routh’s erratic behavior, including statements about anarchy, the apocalypse and pig-human hybrids, they…
Worst Avalanches In Decades Kill 186 In Afghanistan
Suicide attack on Turkish diplomatic vehicle kills two in Kabul
Fate of abducted Syrian Christians unclear; Syria clashes continue
Libyan parliament proposes Haftar to lead army: spokesman
Syria’s Assad meets French lawmakers
Nasa rover clicks stunning selfie on Mars
States fail to protect civilians from militant violence: Amnesty
Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline, leaving it in limbo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday, as promised, swiftly vetoed a Republican bill approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, leaving the long-debated project in limbo for another indefinite period. The U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, after receiving Obama‘s veto message, immediately countered by announcing the…
Nasa rover clicks stunning selfie on Mars
Suicide bombers kill 24 at 2 bus stations in north Nigeria
Czech Restaurant Shooting: At Least 9 People Killed, More Wounded
Bombs in Iraq, including twin blasts in busy street, kill 23
Islamic State seizes Christians again – this time in northeastern Syria
Ukraine disputes pullback claims
UN says ISIL abuses in Iraq may amount to genocide
India concerned over arrest of ex-Maldives president
Ivory Coast’s former first lady rejects charges over election violence
Death toll soars as Bangladesh ferry sinks after collision
The mayor of Jerusalem stopped a knife-wielding attacker
Egyptian Court Jails Leading Activist For Five Years
Hungary’s Right-wing Alliance Loses 2/3 Majority
Liberia Lifts Ebola Curfew, Reopens Borders
Somalia extremists urge attacks on United States shopping malls
Full ArticleThe Malta Independent
A video purported to be by Somalia‘s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries. U.S. authorities said there was “no credible” evidence suggesting a U.S. mall attack was in the works. The threat by the al-Qaida affiliate came in the final minutes of a…
Turkish troops enter Syria, evacuate guards from tomb
Ukraine fears spread of war after deadly blast
Fresh nuclear leak detected at Fukushima plant in Japan
Sisi’s new, old war in Libya
UK security services ‘failed’ over Syria girls
Astronauts and cable guys
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Spacewalking astronauts routed more than 300 feet of cable outside the International Space Station on Saturday, tricky and tiring advance work for the arrival of new American-made crew capsules. It was the first of three spacewalks planned for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Terry Virtsover the coming week. Altogether,…
Cincinnati exhibit on Auschwitz shows how hope can thrive amid despair
Sisi’s new, old war in Libya
89 children abducted by militia in South Sudan
U.S. National Guard protected Mexican drug shipments and traffickers
Training Afghan army officers
Tibetan Villagers Pose Before Backdrops, Earn Oscar Nomination
Greece wins eurozone extension deal with strict conditions
Mugabe seeks to consolidate power with African Union post
Greece, EU Reach Agreement Over Bailout Plan
Hack gave US and British spies access to billions of phones
Kim Jong Un’s new haircut and what it looks like according to Twitter
Vladimir Putin: No One Can Gain Military Superiority Over Russia
Over 40,000 displaced in Darfur in 2015
Ukraine: UK and EU ‘badly misread’ Russia
Britain and the European Union have been accused of a “catastrophic misreading” of the mood in the Kremlin in the run up to the crisis in Ukraine. The House of Lords EU committee claimed Europe “sleepwalked” into the crisis. The EU had not realised the depth of Russian hostility to its plans for closer relations with Ukraine, it…
Tough Talks On Greek Debt As D-Day Looms
Over 40,000 displaced in Darfur in 2015
Rudy Giuliani says that Barack Obama does not love America
Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Given 15 Days In Custody
‘Destructive’ tropical cyclone Marcia hits Queensland
US, Turkey Sign Pact to Train Syrian Rebels
Germany Rejects Greece’s Extension Proposal
Mali signs UN ceasefire to end conflict with northern rebels
Celebrations mark Lunar New Year around the world
19 February 2015 Last updated at 02:41 GMT People across Asia and throughout the world have been celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year – the year of the sheep. The leader of Hong Kong said citizens should be more like sheep in the coming year – mild, gentle and peaceful. He was referring to the pro-democracy protests of the past year. Ben…
World’s coral reefs face major bleaching event this year, US agency warns
Ex-Thai PM faces criminal charges
Obama chooses Clancy to be Secret Service director
U.S. court overturns conviction of Australian once held at Guantanamo
Conservative law professor voted new Greek president
For much of South, no relief from winter storm, cold spell
One college fights South Sudan’s civil war in the classroom
HSBC tax leaks: Bank’s Geneva office raided by Swiss police over money laundering
Swiss prosecutors and police have raided the Geneva offices of HSBC Private Bankas they launched a criminal investigation…
Ukraine troops withdrawing from embattled Debaltseve
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — Ukraine has pulled most of its troops out of Debaltseve, the epicenter of recent fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine, the president confirmed Wednesday. The Russia-backed separatists reported taking hundreds of soldiers captive as they continued their onslaught on the strategic railroad junction.Associated Press reporters saw…
What does the biggest human migration on earth look like on a map?
Vice President Joe Biden Calls for Steps ‘Beyond Force’ to Fight Islamic Extremism
Court ruling puts Obama’s immigration work on hold
Explosions, gunfire at south Nigeria rally kill policeman
Canadian man convicted of murdering Chinese student drops appeal
Argentina Asks US to Include 1994 Bombing in Iran Nuclear Talks
ISIS Burns 45 People Alive In Western Iraq In Latest Barbaric Atrocity
Another SPY PROGRAM EXPOSED: NSA has hidden software in hard drives around the world
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba, and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world’s computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives.
That long-sought and closely guarded ability was part of a cluster of spying programs discovered by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based security software maker that has exposed a series of Western cyberespionage operations.
Kaspersky said it found personal computers in 30 countries infected with one or more of the spying programs, with the most infections seen in Iran, followed by Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Mali, Syria, Yemen, and Algeria. The targets included government and military institutions, telecommunication companies, banks, energy companies, nuclear researchers, media, and Islamic activists, Kaspersky said.
Ukraine truce fades as sides refuse to withdraw big guns
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Government forces and pro-Russian separatists said they would not carry out an agreement to pull back heavy guns in east Ukraine on Tuesday, pushing a shaky peace deal closer to collapse. Fighting has eased in many areas since a ceasefire came into force on Sunday, but the rebels have refused to halt attacks on a town…
China assumes leading role in Afghan reconciliation
Quake hits northern Japan, evacuation warning issued
The school growing a digital forest in Rwanda
Hezbollah chief urges Middle East to unite against ISIL
Ukraine Conflict Grinds on as First Deaths Reported After Truce
Egypt signs agreements to purchase advanced French warplanes
NASA Warns That This Century Could See Crippling Megadroughts
Full ArticleThe Times of India
This week, NASA published its most robust study looking at drought prediction-and the news isn’t good. Within the next century, the American southwest could experience a landscape-altering megadrought due to rising carbon emissions and global warming. Unlike other scenarios when “mega” is a prefix indicating something awesome, like a Mega Bowl or…
Video Shows IS Militants Beheading Christians
UN security council passes resolution demanding Yemen rebels give up power
Carnival parades begin at Rio’s Sambadrome, despite deluge
Sisi Warns Of Response After Islamic State Kills 21 Egyptians In Libya
Ukraine Cease-fire Mostly Holds
Rebels killed in Myanmar army offensive
Danish police kill man suspected of cultural centre and synagogue shootings
Thrilled By Chills? Take A Look At The World’s Coldest City
Too Much Asia to Be Civilized by the West
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The historic treaty that was just signed between China and Thailand, which will boost political and military ties while serving as a counterbalance to the United States, is one more indication that: “Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too…
Official: At least 16 dead in Mexico bus-train crash
Canadian police say Valentine’s Day mass shooting plot foiled
Ukraine cease-fire deadline provokes bitter last-gasp battle
Argentine president accused of bombing cover-up
G7 urges parties not to complicate Ukraine situation
Obama: Chapel Hill Shootings ‘Brutal and Outrageous Murders’
War crimes trial of Chad’s Habre to go ahead in Senegal
US ‘at risk of mega-drought future’
The American Southwest and Central Plains could be on course for super-droughts the like of which they have not witnessed in over a 1,000 years. Places likeCalifornia are already facing very dry conditions, but these are quite gentle compared with some periods in the 12th and 13th Centuries. Scientists have now compared these earlier droughts with…
Court sentences Korean Air nut rage exec to 1 year in prison
Ukraine cease-fire reportedly reached
Source: France, Egypt Agree Rafale, Military Hardware Deal
House OKs Keystone XL Pipeline, But Presidential Veto Looms
Facebook to launch social network for cyber security experts
Costa Concordia captain gets 16 years in prison
Obama opens door to U.S. ground troops in fight against Islamic State
Full ArticlePhiladelphia Daily News
WASHINGTON – President Obama is asking Congress for authorization to fightIslamic State extremists in Iraq, Syria, and beyond without ruling out ground troops, opening a debate on Capitol Hill over the extent of U.S. militaryinvolvement in fighting the group that Obama says poses a “grave threat” to U.S. national security. “With…
House OKs Keystone XL Pipeline, But Presidential Veto Looms
Facebook to launch social network for cyber security experts
Costa Concordia captain gets 16 years in prison
Leaders in Minsk for crucial Ukraine peace talks
Spread of plague slows in Madagascar, death toll at 71: WHO
NBC suspends anchor Brian Williams for 6 months without pay
NYPD Officer Indicted For Fatal Shooting Of Akai Gurley
A meeting of minds in Cairo
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin arrived in Egypt on Monday for talks with hisEgyptian opposite number on new roubles-only trade deals, the sale of billions of dollars’ worth of guns and tanks, and quite probably a new “anti-terrorist” alliance of the kind Russia already boasts in Syria. President Abdel Fattah al Sisi personally escorted Mr Putin…
Afghanistan could become haven for IS, warns ex-CIA officer
WASHINGTON: Afghanistan is in danger of turning into a sanctuary once again for extremists as the West withdraws troops and shifts its attention elsewhere, a former senior Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official warned Tuesday. The country could even become a refuge for Islamic State jihadists now waging war inSyria and Iraq, said Robert…
NBC suspends anchor Brian Williams for 6 months without pay
AP Exclusive: 20,000 foreign fighters flock to Syria, Iraq
Kotzias rebuffed in Berlin over WWII reparations
The Obama Family Was Allegedly Threatened By ISIS Via A Newsweek Twitter Hack
South Sudan Army Accuses Rebels of Launching New Attacks
Syria is being tipped off about US-led air strikes on Isis, says Assad
President confirms his government is being kept informed by third parties of campaign against Islamic State …
The Houthi challenge
Up until six months ago, few people outside the Gulf ever heard of the Houthi rebels, an insurgent group from northern Yemen that fought a series of on-again off-again conflicts with the government for most of the last decade. Part of theZaidi branch of Shia Islam – a small minority in a country and government dominated by Sunnis – the Houthis had…
Heart of Earth’s inner core revealed
Laos Faces Pressure to Stall Decision on Lower Mekong River Dam
China Executes Mining Tycoon
Indonesian Muslims Try to Counter Islamic State’s Appeal
HSBC Helped Rich Customers Secretly Dodge Tax, Report Says
German Chancellor to Hold Talks Monday with Obama on Ukraine
Tsipras’ strategy gives Greeks a voice
Vaso Vouvani, a quiet and determined middle-aged mother, had long wanted a leader who stood up for the interests of Greeks, “not bankers, Eurocrats or Germanpoliticians.” “We need fighters, not servants of the troika,” she said, referring to the international lenders who had given Greece billions in bailout loans in exchange for punishing…
Ahead of curfew ending, bombs kill 37 in Iraq’s capital
US anchor faces more accusations
US wants Iran to meet March N-deadline: Kerry
Compared To Global Oil Indus CEOs, Brazil’s Petrobras CEO Has No Experience
Brazil Cops Kill 13 Would-Be Robbers In Shootout
German, French leaders take Ukraine peace effort to Moscow
China Tightens Controls as Reach of Social Media Expands
ISIS’s Apocalyptic Vision is Adaptive, West and Arab Powers Static
Ahead of curfew ending, bombs kill 37 in Iraq’s capital
US anchor faces more accusations
US wants Iran to meet March N-deadline: Kerry
Compared To Global Oil Indus CEOs, Brazil’s Petrobras CEO Has No Experience
Yemen coup: What happens now?
The Houthis issued their first military communiqué on Friday, putting another nail in the coffin of Yemen‘s democratic transition. The transitional period had lasted from February 2012 until September 21, 2014, when Houthi militias – with significant help from former President Ali Abdullah Saleh‘s loyalists in the military – entered the capital,…
Brazil Cops Kill 13 Would-Be Robbers In Shootout
German, French leaders take Ukraine peace effort to Moscow
China Tightens Controls as Reach of Social Media Expands
AU Seeks UN Security Council OK in Boko Haram Fight
Kerry, Zarif to Hold Nuclear Talks
China Opposed to Foreign Nations Welcoming Dalai Lama
Mummified monk isn’t actually dead, says Buddhist expert
Jordan military jets pound Islamic State as king comforts pilot’s family
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordanian fighter jets pounded Islamic State targets in Syria on Thursday, before roaring over the hometown of the pilot killed by the militants while King Abdullah consoled the victim’s family. A statement from the Jordanian armed forces said tens of jets were deployed in the attacks, which destroyed…
GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, rules court
Burkina to review presidential guard’s role amid row with premier
Damascus Rocket Attacks Kill 3 After Islam Army Warning
Obama, Dalai Lama Share Greetings At Prayer Event
Jordan vows ‘relentless’ retribution against Islamic State
Italy’s Berlusconi declares end of reform pact with Renzi
Obama’s defense secretary nominee faces Congress
Egypt sentences 230 activists to life in prison
Death toll hits 31 in Taiwan plane crash, with 12 missing
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Rescuers were searching for 12 people Thursday morning after using a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan’s capital following a crash that killed at least 31 others.Flight 235 with 58 people aboard — many of them travelers from China — banked sharply on its side Wednesday…
Till we run ‘out of fuel and bullets’: Jordan’s king vows to crush ISIS
Published February 05, 2015FoxNews.com Facebook0 Twitter0 livefyre Email PrintJordan‘s King Abdullah, himself a former general, angrily vowed to pursue ISISuntil his military runs “out of fuel and bullets,” in a closed door meeting with U.S.lawmakers that followed the release Wednesday of a grisly video showing a captured Jordanian airman being…
Mr. UNESCO: Meet the world’s ultimate checklist traveler
(CNN)With more than 1,000 UNESCO World Heritage Sites out there waiting to be explored, most travelers can claim to having seen at least a couple of them, whether it’s the Great Pyramids of Egypt, Venice, Italy, or the Grand Canyon inArizona. Few have seen as many as Gary Arndt. It’s been nearly eight years since the founder of travel blog…
Kerry to visit Ukraine as US mulls arms supplies
More to this story US ponders sending weapons to Ukraine forces US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to hold talks in Kiev, as Washington considers sending weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian-back separatist rebels. Kerry’s visit on Thursday comes a day after rocket salvoes hit a previously safe section of Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk,…
Italy’s Berlusconi declares end of reform pact with Renzi
Obama’s defense secretary nominee faces Congress
Egypt sentences 230 activists to life in prison
Chilcot inquiry still talking to Whitehall over document declassification
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Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird resigns unexpectedly
Anger boils in Jordan over ISIS killing of pilot: What comes next?
(CNN)An ISIS video showing the horrific killing of a Jordanian air force pilot has stoked anger in the Arab kingdom and left analysts wondering what impact it will have on the U.S.-led coalition fighting the militant group. Jordan already carried out one act of retaliation, executing two terrorist prisoners with ties to al Qaeda inIraq. One of…
Chilcot inquiry still talking to Whitehall over document declassification
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird resigns unexpectedly
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Bomber blows herself up after Nigeria president’s rally
Serbia and Croatia await genocide verdict at ICJ
Bomber blows herself up after Nigeria president’s rally
Ukraine rebels plan call-up, want 100,000 soldiers
Super finish: Patriots edge Seahawks 28-24 for NFL title
Egypt Sentences to Death 183 Brotherhood Members in Police Killings
Nobel laureate Malala amongst most admired women after Angelina Jolie
Sex offence trial of ex-IMF head Strauss-Kahn opens
China warns US against Obama meeting Dalai Lama
America’s U-turn on Afghan Taliban
EVEN when the US does get it right, it tends to do so for mostly the wrong reasons.The Afghan Taliban, according to a White House spokesperson, are not a terrorist organisation but an armed insurgency. A belated, welcome realisation — and a correct one at that — on the part of the US government, but then there are the circumstances that triggered…
Ukip couldn’t better what Winston Churchill had to say about Muslims
Football: Socceroos the kings of Asia
Spanish radical left party gets boost with huge Madrid rally
Former German president Richard von Weizsaecker dies at 94
Italy’s Lawmakers Elect Sergio Mattarella As President
Merkel: No Relaxing Of Terms On Greek Debt
Serena Williams Wins Australian Open For 19th Grand Slam Title
Greece puts privatisations on ice as anti-austerity wave arrives in Madrid
Supporters of the Spanish anti-austerity party Podemos gather at Puerta del Solsquare in Madrid on Saturday. Photo: Getty Images Athens: Greece‘s new anti-austerity government has sacked the heads of its privatisation agency in what its finance ministry officials called “a first step in the new privatisation policies” ofPrime Minister…
Football: Socceroos the kings of Asia
Spanish radical left party gets boost with huge Madrid rally
Former German president Richard von Weizsaecker dies at 94
Italy’s Lawmakers Elect Sergio Mattarella As President
Serena Williams Wins Australian Open For 19th Grand Slam Title
Mass Protests Held for 58 Killed in Pakistani Shi’ite Mosque Bombing
IS Chemical Weapons Expert Killed, Says US
31 January 2015, 1:39 IS Chemical Weapons Expert Killed, Says US Tweet A chemical weapons expert working with the Islamic State in Iraq has been killed in a coalition airstrike, the US military has said. Abu Malik was killed near Mosul during an air raid on 24 January, US Central Command announced on Friday. Malik had worked at a chemical weapons…
White house describes this week in the West Wing as ‘Namaste Obama’
Biden tells Democrats to be proud of their work
Heavy snowfall expected for parts of Metro Detroit
Pakistan Shia mosque bombing kills dozens
50 years after funeral, Churchill towers over UK politicians
Romney Won’t Run for President in 2016
UN court upholds Srebrenica findings
Balloonists set new world distance record
Two pilots have set a new world distance record for a flight in a helium balloon after crossing the Pacific Ocean. American Troy Bradley and Russian Leonid Tiukhtyaev are also on course to set a new duration record. They left Japan in their “Two Eagles” balloon on Sunday and had aimed to land in Canada or the…
Gas Balloon Crew Rocket Past Distance Record
Senate Passes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
Qatar Is Set to Gain Control of London’s Canary Wharf
Bill Gates: Artificial intelligence will become strong and threaten us
Spain calls for UN inquiry into death of Spanish peacekeeper in Lebanon
Philippines says peace pact’s collapse would aid terrorists
UNICEF makes record appeal to help 60 million children in crisis
Ebola outbreak: Virus mutating, scientists warn
Scientists tracking the Ebola outbreak in Guinea say the virus has mutated. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France, which first identified the outbreak last March, are investigating whether it could have become more contagious. More than 22,000 people have been infected with Ebola and 8,795 have died in Guinea,Sierra Leone and Liberia.…
Hagel Lauds US Service Members in Farewell Speech
Supreme Court halts Oklahoma executions pending lethal injection case
Raul Castro: US must return Guantanamo for normal relations
Treasure hunter who found a fortune in gold is captured
4 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Hezbollah Attack
Himachal has succeeded in reducing poverty: World Bank
ISIS threatens to behead Obama and ‘transform America into Muslim province’
Full ArticleThe Times of India
An ISIS fighter has threatened to behead Barack Obama “in the White House and transform America into a Muslim province” before murdering a Kurdish soldier in a gruesome propaganda video. The footage, entitled “Bombardment of PeacefulMuslims in the City of Mosul” showed damage from shelling allegedly carried out by Peshmerga forces in the Iraqi…
Apple profit hits US$18bn world record
Apple Inc quarterly results smashed Wall Street expectations with record sales of big-screen iPhones in the holiday shopping season and a 70 percent rise in Chinasales, powering the company to the largest profit in corporate history. The company sold 74.5 million iPhones in its fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 27 last year, while many analysts had…
Feared snowstorm fizzles in New York but clobbers New England
Full ArticleThe Los Angeles Times
It was to be “crippling” and “potentially historic.” It was to dump up to 3 feet of snow onto New York City, bringing Gotham to its knees and causing hardened locals to huddle inside as drifts inched up the sooty walls of buildings and encased humans, subway rats, feral cats and cockroaches in a thick layer of ice. It was to…
Obama: Netanyahu’s visit too close to election for meeting
Ukraine’s Government Is Losing Its War. Here Is Why:
Snow expected on west coast as high winds sweep the country
Save my IS-held son, mum begs PM
Oxfam: Rich countries must support Ebola recovery
See how Brooklyn looked the morning after the ‘blizzard’
Ex-KGB spy told UK cops Putin ordered his death
Kurds oust Islamic State militants from Kobani
Development is a significant victory for coalition Jubilant Kurdish fighters oustedIslamic State militants from the key Syrian border town of Kobani on Monday after a four-month battle — a significant victory for…
Scientists ask if Ebola immunises people too?
Fidel Castro Appears to Lend Support to Cuba Talks with US
Small drone crashes on White House grounds
Millions brace for monster blizzard in US north-east
FBI says it has arrested Russian spy in NYC
The New Greece of Alexis Tsipras
After turmoil, Church of England consecrates first woman bishop
Tsipras moves to form anti-austerity government after crushing victory
Greek leftwing leader Alexis Tsipras will move on Monday to build a stable government that can take on international lenders and reverse years of painful austerity following a crushing election victory by his Syriza party. Fresh from his defeat of conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the 40-year-old Tsipras will meet the head of the small…
Obama and Modi laud ‘new trust’ era
Nasa’s New Horizons probe to start taking pictures of Pluto
Unlikely buddies Obama and Modi aim high on India trip
Boko Haram kills 15 villagers in Nigeria’s northeast
Police arrest four suspected Islamist militants in Spain
Exclusive: CIA’s Top Spy Steps Down
New Horizons probe eyes Pluto for historic encounter
The American space agency’s (Nasa) mission to Pluto is about to get under way in earnest. Its New Horizons probe will take the first of a set of critical pictures on approach to the icy world on Sunday. At a separation still of 200 million km, Pluto will be hardly discernable in these images – just a speck of light against the stars. But the…
Bear hug with Modi gets Obama’s India trip off to warm start
Full ArticleThe Times of India
NEW DELHI: Signalling his determination to take relations with the United States to a higher level, Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke with protocol to meet and bear-hug US President Barack Obama as he landed in New Delhi on Sunday.Obama‘s visit is a fresh bid to make India an enduring strategic partner and he will seek to nurture friendship with…
High-stakes election may put Greece on collision course with European Union
Radical leftists Syriza, led by Alexis Tsipras, promise to renegotiate the international bailout that has imposed five years of austerity on Greece.Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images After five punishing years of austerity and recession, Greeks have begun casting their votes in a high-stakes election that could set their battered…
Nasa’s New Horizons probe to start taking pictures of Pluto
Unlikely buddies Obama and Modi aim high on India trip
Boko Haram kills 15 villagers in Nigeria’s northeast
Police arrest four suspected Islamist militants in Spain
Haiti forms electoral panel for overdue polls
Haiti has installed a Provisional Electoral Council to organise long-delayed elections – after weeks of protests and political uncertainty. The nine-member panel represents different sectors of society. It was sworn in shortly before a UN Security Council delegation arrived on a three-day…
Exclusive: CIA’s Top Spy Steps Down
Dozens dead in Syria air strike
Argentine President Now Says Prosecutor’s Death ‘Not A Suicide’
FIFA confirms loss of three major sponsors
“Unchecked climate change” causes atomic scientists to push Doomsday Clock closer to midnight
Police Arrest 153 In South Africa Looting Chaos
Yingluck Shinawatra, Former Thai Prime Minister, Impeached And Banned From Politics For 5 Years
Greek elections: Europe waits on voters’ verdict
When Greeks vote on Sunday they will not just be choosing a new government, they will be delivering a verdict on Europe and its leaders. If the polls are accurate,Greece is on the verge of electing the first anti-austerity party in the eurozone. If that happens, Greece’s future will once again be uncertain. But the election will be judgement…
David Cameron hails Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, dead aged 90
US and Cuba clash on human rights
Ex-Thai PM Yingluck to be charged
Goosebumps And Gas: New Data From Rosetta Probe Describes Comet
Yemeni president and PM resign
Yemen president resigns under pressure from rebels
Kofi Annan: Leaders in Davos must act now to confront global issues
(CNN)The horrific events in Paris and northern Nigeria have underlined again how troubled and fragmented our world is. Religious extremism and sectarianism is fueling terrorism and widespread conflict which has forced millions in Syria, Iraqand elsewhere to flee. Aggressive nationalism and politics based on prejudice and a false view of identity…
‘We are the victims of our own corrupt government’ – life as an activist in Sudan
LRA rebel, set for war crimes trial, was a child soldier
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UN says despite progress fight against Ebola is far from won
US-built Ebola treatment centers in Liberia are nearly empty as outbreak fades
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