Ukraine’s Western-backed president has decided to resume a military offensive against pro-Russian separatists in the country’s restive east after opting not to prolong a shaky truce, a move that threatens to escalate the deadly conflict. “After examining the situation I have decided, as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, not to extend the…
Former French presidentNicolas Sarkozy was held today for questioning over suspicions that a network of informers kept him abreast of a separate inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign, a legal source said. It was the first time a former head of state had been held for questioning…
Netanyahu is pledging retaliation against Hamas, but his intelligence minister says the Palestinian Authority is supposed to prevent terrorist acts like the killing of three Israelis. The discovery Monday by Israel Defense Forces(IDF) of the bodies…
Lagos – An attack on churches in north-east Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram killed more than 50 people, an official said on Monday, overshadowing festivities ahead of a last-16 World Cup match against France.Gunmen stormed Sunday services in four…
LASHKAR GAHAfghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan forces battled the Taliban in southern Helmand province on Monday for a second week, officials and residents said on Monday, seeking to reassert control over a strategic district just weeks after the…
New York, June 30: In a boost to optogenetics, a technology allowing scientists to control brain activity by shining light on neurons, the first light-sensitive molecule that enables neurons to be silenced non-invasively using a light source outside…
Forget reports that the Russian president has wound down his campaign of interference in east Ukraine. Just the opposite is true— it’s getting much worse.
Facebook users have reacted angrily to a “creepy” experiment carried out by the social network and two American universities to manipulate their emotions. The UStechnology giant secretly altered almost 700,000 users’ news feeds to study the impact of “emotional contagion”. It tinkered with the algorithm controlling users’ feeds to find out what…
The gaze of the world is fixated on Brazil as they host this year’s World Cup. But outside the stadiums a severe week of weather has wreaked havoc on tens of thousands. On Sunday officials in Brazil revised earlier estimates, now saying that 50,000…
Arjen Robben apologised for diving before winning the decisive injury-time penalty in the Netherland’s FIFA World Cup victory over Mexico.Louis van Gaal‘s men, who topped Group B, were staring at elimination in Sunday’s last-16 clash until Wesley…
Why not? Everything else has happened in this World Cup, so why not a totally unpredictable, crazy, controversial, mind-boggling ending that nobody saw coming. You know it’s a crazy game when both the loser and the winner are stunned. Mexico…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The murder trial of Oscar Pistoriusresumes Monday after one month during which mental health experts evaluated the athlete to determine if he has an anxiety disorder that could have influenced his actions on the night he killed…
Security forces in Davao, Cagayan de Oro, and Iligan cities have been alerted, prompting local officials to put up checkpoints, said a senior military intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The official said based on information…
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil • Tight and tense as it was, it was enough to keep Brazil’s national obsession of winning the World Cup on home soil from taking a desperately disappointing turn. And it wasn’t Neymar, the country’s poster boy for this year’s World Cup, who played the key role this time. It was goalkeeper Julio Cesar, the country’s scapegoat…
In a related report by The Inquisitr, even though President Obama recently touted the Afghanistan war ending, and how many US troops will be coming home, he’d still like to keep a military unit of about 10,000 soldiers stationed there for years…
The Associated Press BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP)—Brazil advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday with a 3-2 shootout win overChile following a tense and thrilling battle that ended 1-1 after extra time. Neymar,David Luiz and Marcelo…
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press= MOSCOW (AP) â?? Pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday released a second team of observers from theOrganization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, who had been held captive since the end of May, the…
CAIRO: Gunmen killed four Egyptian policemen in the restive northern Sinai on Saturday, a security source said, with police blaming the attack on “takfiri” jihadist militants. Militants in…
BAGHDAD — Iraqi troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation early Saturday aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of Tikrit, one of two major urban centers they seized in recent weeks in a dramatic blitz across the…
Pakistani jets killed 17 militants in the latest raid on rebel hideouts in the country’s restive northwest, officials said on Saturday. The planes bombarded hideouts in the Dargamandi and Chashma Gaon areas of North Waziristan late on Friday, as aid…
BP has asked a US court to order a “vast number” of businesses to repay part of the compensation awards they were paid in the wake of the 2010Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The oil firm said the administrator in charge of processing…
PANAMACITY (AP) â?? A Panamanian court has acquitted the captain and two other officers of charges stemming from the seizure of a North Korean ship last July for carrying undeclared…
General Motors Co announced on Friday that it would recall 428,211 more vehicles in the United States, including new four-wheel drive pickups and SUVs with a software problem that could cause the vehicles to automatically switch to neutral and roll…
The US has armed drones flying over Baghdad to protect US troops that recently arrived to assess Iraq‘s deteriorating security, the Pentagonsaid. For more than a week the military has been flying manned and unmanned aircraft over Iraq, averaging a…
San Francisco‘s iconic Golden Gate Bridge moved a big step closer to getting an oft-debated suicide barrier after bridge officials on Friday approved a $76 million funding package for a net system that would prevent people from jumping to their…
MINNEAPOLIS — Blasting the GOP as wilfully indifferent toAmerican struggles, President Barack Obama issued a rebuke Friday to Republicanattempts to thwart his economic agenda, offering a stark contrast that Democratshope will yield electoral…
The UK is facing a major sperm shortage that may be tempting fertility clinics to accept poorer quality sperm, the British Fertility Society(BFS) warns. Some clinics rely on imported sperm to keep up with demand. However, the BFS chairman, Dr Allan…
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi insurgents executed at least 160 captives earlier this month in the northern city of Tikrit, Human Rights Watch said Friday, citing an analysis of satellite imagery and grisly photos released by the militants. The U.S.-based rights group said militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killed between 160 and 190 men…
Brussels: Google has started removing some search results in the European Union after an EU court told it last month to respond to requests by people seeking the…
London: Former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile sexually assaulted victims aged five to 75 in NHS hospitals over decades of unrestricted access, it has emerged. He assaulted patients in bed, and claimed to have abused corpses, reviews into his conduct on…
Astronomers aren’t being poetic when they say this star is a diamond. Scientists have identified what is possibly the coldest white dwarf ever detected. In fact, this dim stellar corpse is so cold that its carbon has crystallized, effectively forming…
At least two foreign peacekeepers have been killed in Somaliafollowing an attack on a military base by militant Islamist group al-Shabab.Gunmen stormed the base in the central town of Bulo-burde, leading to a heavy exchange of gunfire, residents…
Luis Suarez‘s career for club and country is in jeopardy withFifa prepared to throw the book at the disgraced striker following his latest biting incident. The Uruguayan striker is facing disciplinary action following his bite onGiorgio Chiellini…
Children should be given only water to drink at teatime to help tackle the obesity crisis, experts argue. A group of nutritional scientists said sugary drinks were empty calories, damaged health and contributed to obesity. They argued people were…
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Suarez Gets Four-Month Ban For Italy Bite
The Uruguay star is out of the World Cup and will miss the start of the Premier League season after Fifa revealed his punishment.
Video: Fifa Announces Four-Month Ban For Suarez
Luis Suarez has been caught up in yet more controversy at the World Cup in Brazil, appearing to bite an opponent, Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini (C).
Iraq‘s powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called for a national emergency government and promised to “shake the ground” under the feet of advancingSunni rebels, a day after Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, rejected any attempts to undermine his rule. Sadr, whose movement, the Mahdi army, battled the US forces during Washington’s nearly…
At least two foreign peacekeepers have been killed in Somaliafollowing an attack on a military base by militant Islamist group al-Shabab.Gunmen stormed the base in the central town of Bulo-burde, leading to a heavy exchange of gunfire, residents…
Children should be given only water to drink at teatime to help tackle the obesity crisis, experts argue. A group of nutritional scientists said sugary drinks were empty calories, damaged health and contributed to obesity. They argued people were…
By DanielWallis DENVER (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday that conservative Utah may not ban gay couples from marrying, a decision that capped a day of victories for same-sex nuptials and nudges the issue closer to the U.S.Supreme…
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. touted new models of smart watches, connected cars and Internet-enabled TVs on Wednesday, all based on the company’s Android software, as the giant tech company showed its determination to extend its services into just…
It has already been revealed that Ridley Scott‘s next film will be The Martian, starring Matt Damon. But details on its production have been skimmed, until now, as screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg revealed that filming is supposed to begin…
Luis Suarez should maybe consider eating before a big game, after he was once again seen allegedly taking a bite out of another player. During today’s (June 24) Uruguay v ItalyWorld Cup match, Suarez appeared to headbutt Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini…
Islamist militants have reportedly taken another 60 girls and 31 boys in northeastNigeria, compounding a crisis that began in April when the same group kidnapped more than 200 girls. The latest abductions were made public on Tuesday by theAssociated Press, whose reporters couldn’t safely verify the information. Nigerians reportedly witnessed the…
Luis Suarez should maybe consider eating before a big game, after he was once again seen allegedly taking a bite out of another player. During today’s (June 24) Uruguay v ItalyWorld Cup match, Suarez appeared to headbutt Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini…
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president says he may terminate a weeklong cease-fire ahead of time because of continuing rebel attacks.PresidentPetro Poroshenko‘s statement Tuesday came hours after pro-Russian insurgents in Slovyansk downed a…
photo: Creative Commons / White House / Pete Souza
At least the airline didn’t mix up the cities of Paris andDetroit. That would have been a very unfortunate surprise. Edward Gamson, anAmerican dentist, and his partner booked a trip to the Spanish city of Granadathrough British Airways. They were…
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck deep under the ocean floor near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, triggering shaking felt over vast distances and setting off a small tsunami, the NationalTsunamiWarningCenter said. A tsunami…
RABAT, Morocco — In the early hours of Monday morning, aChristian militia swept down on the village of Ardo-Djobi near Bambari in theCentral African Republic killing 18 Muslims of the Fulani ethnicity. Just a few days earlier, Muslim gunmen…
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least 22 people have been killed in two days of clashes in Central African Republic, witnesses said on Tuesday, as foreign troops struggle to curb cycles of violence between Muslim and Christiancommunities. Witnesses in…
Iraq’s foreign minister has said government forces are back in control of an important oil refinery after days of fighting with Sunni rebels led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Hoshyar Zebari told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that special forces soldiers had taken over the Baiji refinery, after almost a week of fighting. Sunni rebels had…
Geneva: Medical records purported to be those of Michael Schumacher have been offered for sale and officials are investigating the theft, his agent said, one week after the seven-times Formula One champion came out of a coma. The German driver, who…
Neonicotinoid pesticides are causing significant damage to a wide range of beneficial species and are a key factor in the decline of bees, say scientists. Researchers, who have carried out a four-year review of the literature, say the evidence of…
ANBAR, Iraq – Iran‘s supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove toward Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrianborder. Ayatollah Ali…
Police in Kosovo fired teargas and rubber bullets at ethnicAlbanian rioters burning police cars and lobbing rocks in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, in protest at the blockade of the main bridge by ethnic Serbs. A Reuters reporter saw…
Kabul: The campaign team of Afghan presidential candidateAbdullah Abdullah on Sunday released audio recordings which they said contained evidence of fraud against a…
Travel deals PARIS – (AP) — The final obstacle to GE’s $17 billion takeover of Alstom’s power division has been overcome after the French government agreed to terms with the French engineering company’s main shareholder. Economy minister Arnaud…
Baghdad — Sunni militants have blitzed through the vast desert of western Iraq, capturing four towns and three border crossings and deepening the predicament of the Shiite-led government in Baghdad led by Nouri al-Maliki. The latest military victories – including two border posts captured Sunday, one along the frontier withJordan and the other…
ANBAR, Iraq – Iran‘s supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove toward Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrianborder. Ayatollah Ali…
Police in Kosovo fired teargas and rubber bullets at ethnicAlbanian rioters burning police cars and lobbing rocks in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, in protest at the blockade of the main bridge by ethnic Serbs. A Reuters reporter saw…
Kabul: The campaign team of Afghan presidential candidateAbdullah Abdullah on Sunday released audio recordings which they said contained evidence of fraud against a…
Vietnamese protesters chant anti-China slogans at a demonstration in Hanoi. Photo: AP Beijing: China will be firm in upholding its territorial integrity and believes disputes in the region should be settled through direct talks with the countries…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The military searched Sunday for an armed South Korean soldier who fled after killing five of his comrades and wounding seven at an outpost near the North Korean border. The sergeant, identified only by his surname, Yim,…
An international organization says a surging fight between two warlords in South Sudan could leave thousands of children starving, even dead, by the end of the year. The report from UNICEF calls out South SudanPresidentSalva Kiir and his former…
See Also PopeFrancis journeyed Saturday to the heart of Italy’s biggest crime syndicate and declared that all mobsters are automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church. During his one-day pilgrimage to the southern region ofCalabria — the power base of the ‘ndrangheta, a global drug trafficking syndicate that…
Vietnamese protesters chant anti-China slogans at a demonstration in Hanoi. Photo: AP Beijing: China will be firm in upholding its territorial integrity and believes disputes in the region should be settled through direct talks with the countries…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The military searched Sunday for an armed South Korean soldier who fled after killing five of his comrades and wounding seven at an outpost near the North Korean border. The sergeant, identified only by his surname, Yim,…
An international organization says a surging fight between two warlords in South Sudan could leave thousands of children starving, even dead, by the end of the year. The report from UNICEF calls out South SudanPresidentSalva Kiir and his former…
POPEFrancis has launched a scathing attack on organised crime during a trip to the heartland of a feared syndicate. The pontiff declared all mafia members “excommunicated” from the Catholic Church. The mafia “is the adoration of…
RUSSIAN PresidentVladimir Putin has expressed support forUkraine‘s unilateral ceasefire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and appealed to both sides to halt all military operations. But he warned that Ukrainian President Petro…
photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service
Israel has sent more troops to the occupied West Bank to search for three missing teenagers it says were abducted by the Palestinian group Hamas. The military said it arrested 10 Palestinians on Saturday and that some 1,350 sites in the West Bank had…
June 21: Israel‘s foreign minister said today the UN’s special envoy could be declared persona non grata for offering to help transfer Qatarifunds to the Gaza Strip. Avigdor Lieberman said Robert Serry, the world body’s special envoy on the Middle…
Reuters Image Caption: Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadrparticipate in military-style training in the street in Basra (reuters tickers) June 21, 2014 – 10:15 By Kamal Namaa BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Sunni fighters seized a border post on the Iraq-Syria frontier on Saturday, smashing a line drawn in 1932 by colonial…
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Former SlovenianPrime MinisterJanez Jansa has gone to prison to serve a two-year sentence for bribery in an arms deal with a Finnish company. Some 2,000 banner-waving…
Ukrainepresident has ordered a unilateral week-long cease-fire against pro-Russia separatists in the country’s east in hopes the move will lead to a broader de-escalation of a conflict that has threatened to bisect…
photo: Creative Commons / The Presidential Press and Information Office
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Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla became the first politician detained following a massive corruption scandal allegedly involving dozens of lawmakers. APhilippine senator who rose to fame as an action movie hero was arrested on Friday, becoming the first…
MILAN (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi‘s appeal of his conviction for abuse of office and paying for sex with a minor began on Friday, opening a new legal battle that could severely limit any active political role for the former Italian prime minister.…
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When it comes to England even low expectations can be dashed. When they were drawn against Italy and Uruguay, FA chairman Greg Dykeran his finger across his throat. On a cold, grey night in Sao Paulo, we discovered how right he was, as England…
Islamist-led militants and pro-government forces are engaged in fierce battles for the Baiji oil refinery and Tal Afar airport in northern Iraq. Baiji, Iraq‘s biggest refinery, is surrounded by the rebels, who say they have seized most of Tal Afar airport. The fighting comes a day after the US said it would send some 300 military advisers to…
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama insisted on Thursday that his decision to send military advisers to Iraq and consider targeted strikes against insurgents from an al Qaeda splinter group did not meanU.S. troops would again be at war in…
By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan law that imposes harsh penalties on homosexuality. The…
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Spain‘s Crown Prince Felipe ascended to the Spanish throne at midnight on Wednesday, but there weren’t any ritzy official celebrations. The economic crisis that has left a quarter of Spaniards out of work prompted Europe‘s newest king to be relatively frugal at his proclamation. The former king, 76-year-old Juan Carlos, misjudged public anger at…
Tens of thousands of paedophiles are using the so-called dark net to trade images of sexual abuse, an investigation by BBCNews indicates. One site receives as many as 500 page views per second, its founder says. Figures from another site suggest…
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WASHINGTON, June 18 (Xinhua) — Spiders from at least eight different families can prey on small fish and “fishing spiders” are probably geographically widespread, occurring on all continents except Antarctica, according to a study published…
An 89-year-old man accused of aiding and abetting the killing of 216,000Jews as a Nazi camp guard at the concentration camp located inAuschwitz, Poland, during World War II, has been arrested in Philadelphia. Johann “Hans” Breyer, who emigrated to…
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LONDON: The U.K.’s electronic spy agency is legally allowed to track the online activities of millions of Britons who use U.S.-based platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google, Britain’s top counterterrorism official has said. In a…
Washington, June 18: A new research suggests that a dangerous strain of avian influenza, H7N9, that’s causing severe illness and deaths in China may be inhabiting a small fraction of its potential range and appears at risk of spreading to other…
The orbiting Gaia telescope will lose some performance because stray light is getting inside the observatory, the European Space Agency(Esa) says. But the impacts are likely to be very small, scientists believe, and the expectation is that all the…
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Prosecutors in Incheon who are investigating corruption charges against fugitive ferry owner Yoo Byung-eon and his family have applied for court approval to seize an additional W21.3 billion worth of…
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — Greenpeace has suffered a 3.8 million-euro ($5.2 million) loss on an ill-timed bet in the currency market by a well-intentioned — if reckless — employee in its finance department. The environmental group, which is based in Amsterdam,…
LONDON (AP) — ChinesePremierLi Keqiang will arrive in Britain Monday for a visit that includes an unusual meeting with Queen Elizabeth IIand talks aimed at boosting fragile diplomatic relations. The three-day visit — Li’s first since he became…
At least 48 people were killed when dozens of Somali extremists wielding automatic weapons attacked a small Kenyan coastal town for hours, assaulting the police station, setting two hotels on fire, and spraying bullets into the street, officials said today. The assault began at around 8pm local time last night as residents were watching World Cup…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China sentenced three people to death on Monday over a deadly attack at Beijing‘s Tiananmen Square last October, state television reported, an incident blamed by the government on Islamist militants. One attacker was given a life…
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was transferred from a French hospital to a facility in Switzerland on Monday after emerging from a coma following his devastating skiing accident in December. In a surprise announcement, the retired…
Pro-Russian separatists search for ammunition at the site of the crash of the Il-76Ukrainian army transport plane in Luhansk, June 14, 2014.Ukraine‘s new president vowed to “punish” pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday after they shot down a…
Finland’s EU minister Alexander Stubb, who wants to cut taxes and take his neutral country into Nato, won the leadership of his ruling conservative party today, putting him on track to become prime minister later this month. British and US-educated…
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Pakistani intelligence officials say that military air strikes overnight in the northwestern tribal regions bordering Afghanistan have killed dozens of fighters. Local officials said the…
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Finland’s EU minister Alexander Stubb, who wants to cut taxes and take his neutral country into Nato, won the leadership of his ruling conservative party today, putting him on track to become prime minister later this month. British and US-educated…
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Sticker shock. Expect to pay a lot. Hellishly hot in the summer and shockingly less sexy than advertised. But the city and local people, called Cariocas, are clean and the crime is greatly exaggerated. The Marvelous City is amazing in many ways. But if you look closely, you see the same old corruption and thuggery, the same painful poverty and injustice, that plague many states. And then there’s the Brazilian prostitutes, called programas, who frequent the bars and brothels of Copacabana and Ipanema as well as Central Rio… People in Rio and Brazil are the same as anywhere. They want the same things. Happiness, diversion, laughter, distraction, the so-called good things in life. A slightly larger piece of the pie. The World Cup is just a showcase and a distraction. Bread and circus on a grander scale.
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VOA NewsJury selection began Wednesday in the trial of four former Blackwater security guards charged with the killing of 14 Iraqis and the wounding of 18 others during a shootout in a Baghdad traffic circle. A…
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The June 2 announcement of a Palestinian consensus government is both cause for celebration and scepticism. The national unity deal was struck in late April between Hamas and Fatah. It is a significant achievement in its own right, but also because it sets this latest agreement apart from previous, stillborn attempts at reconciliation between the…
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations leaders have reiterated their backing for curtailing illicit financial flows stemming from crime, corruption, and tax evasion. At the end of their meeting last week inBrussels, they said in a…
Israel’s parliament has chosen Reuven Rivlin, a stalwart in the ruling Likud Party, as the country’s next president. Policy makers chose the former parliament speaker and cabinet minister in a secret run-off ballot against long-time legislator Meir…
Paramilitary forces say insurgents in assault on economic hub are Uzbeks Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed Pakistan’sbusiest airport on Sunday and at least 27 people were killed in a nightlong battle at one of the country’s most…
SAO PAULO — A paralyzing subway strike has been suspended, though union officials warn that if their demands for higher pay aren’t met they will call workers off the job again Thursday — the day Sao Paulo hosts the opening match of theWorld Cup. In an assembly Monday night, union members voted to temporarily suspend the strike they…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 20 women from a nomadic settlement in northeast Nigeria near the town of Chibok, where the rebel group abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in April. Alhaji Tar, a member of a vigilante group set up to resist Boko…
Paramilitary forces say insurgents in assault on economic hub are Uzbeks Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed Pakistan’sbusiest airport on Sunday and at least 27 people were killed in a nightlong battle at one of the country’s most…
A man is presumed dead and crocodiles are back inAustralian headlines after police found what they believe are the remains of a man taken from his boat over the weekend. (Via Flickr / MatthewPaulson) The 62-year-old man was camping with his family…
In an interview airing on Monday night, President Obamareveals his frustration with lawmakers who question the very existence of manmade global warming. The interview, conducted for the Showtimedocumentary series “Years of Living Dangerously,”…
LUCKNOW: After the Karachi airport siege unfolded, it was bizarre accusations doing rounds on Twitter with tweeples busy presenting their views on the search and rescue operations even as Pakistani security forces battled it out to secure the Karachi…
An armed man and woman shouting about a “revolution” opened fire and killed two Las Vegas policemen who were eating lunch in a pizza parlour on Sunday, then fatally shot a civilian in a nearby Wal-Mart store before killing themselves, police said. The two uniformed patrol officers, later identified as Alyn Beck, 41, and IgorSoldo, 31 – both family…
LUCKNOW: After the Karachi airport siege unfolded, it was bizarre accusations doing rounds on Twitter with tweeples busy presenting their views on the search and rescue operations even as Pakistani security forces battled it out to secure the Karachi…
PARIS (AP) — Trying to beat Rafael Nadal at the French Openis, without a doubt, the toughest task in tennis. Indeed, must be among the greatest challenges in all of sports. The pressure he applies, from set to set, game to game,point to…
Former guerrilla Hashim Thaci bids for a third term as prime minister of Kosovo yesterday, under pressure from voters angry over poverty and corruption and a war crimes investigation that threatens to ensnare his former comrades-in-arms. Some…
Rio de JaneiroMayorEduardo Paes has said that the Brazilian city will not be able to clean the polluted bay where Olympic sailing competitions will be held before the 2016 Games. Brazil had made a commitment to reduce pollution in the Guanabara Bay…
Mogadishu, June 07: A senior Al-Shabaab militant commander in Somalia have surrendered to authorites. Sheik Mohamed Said AtomSaturday gave himself up to authorities, saying he will not take part in violence in the country, Xinhua reported. The…
We are officially in summer blockbuster season, the time of year when studios roll out their big-budget, star-studded movies in hopes of raking in grosses that feature (at least) nine figures. This weekend brought…
Former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is to be sworn in as Egypt‘s new president after winning by a landslide in May’s elections. Security forces have been deployed at key locations around the capital Cairo in preparation for the ceremony at theSupreme Constitutional Court. The retired field marshal overthrew PresidentMohammed Morsi…
Thousands of protesters have continued to take to the streets of Madrid and otherSpanish cities calling for a referendum to abolish Spain‘s monarchy almost a week after King Juan Carlos abdicated in favour of his son. On Saturday, dozens of left-wing political parties and citizens organisations came together in support of republicanism. “Spain,…
Rio de JaneiroMayorEduardo Paes has said that the Brazilian city will not be able to clean the polluted bay where Olympic sailing competitions will be held before the 2016 Games. Brazil had made a commitment to reduce pollution in the Guanabara Bay…
Mogadishu, June 07: A senior Al-Shabaab militant commander in Somalia have surrendered to authorites. Sheik Mohamed Said AtomSaturday gave himself up to authorities, saying he will not take part in violence in the country, Xinhua reported. The…
Ukraine crisis Reuters Image Caption: Poroshenko walks past the honour guard as he arrives for his inauguration ceremony as Ukraine’s new president in Kiev(reuters tickers) June 7, 2014 – 10:35 By Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s new president Petro Poroshenko said his country would never give upCrimea and would not compromise on its…
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France – It was a day of pride, remembrance and honors for those who waded through blood-tinged waves, climbed razor-sharp cliffs or fell from the skies, staring down death or dying in an invasion that portended the fall of…
A lone gunman armed with a shotgun and knife opened fire on Thursday (local time) in a building at a small Seattle university, fatally wounding one person before a student subdued him with pepper spray as he tried to reload, police said. A student…
HARUNA UMAR Associated Press= MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) â?? When men wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons showed up in pickup trucks, villagers thought Nigerian soldiers had finally come to protect them fromBoko Haram. But it was a disguise.…
About 900 people have been evacuated from Londonskyscraper The Shard after smoke was discovered in the basement. Firefighters are now investigating what caused the smoke at the 1,004ft-high building – the tallest inWestern Europe. The mass…
Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialised nations have said that they are deeply concerned by tensions in the East and South China Sea. The G7 leaders meeting in Brussels yesterday had warned against any use of…
With Iran complying with the commitment on its controversial nuclear weapons programme, US PresidentBarack Obama has suspended his action on Iranian oil sanctions for the next six months. Even though there is enough oil in the international market…
Seattle Pacific University had a shooting on Thursday in which at least four persons were shot. Police say that they have a suspect in custody. Though social media stated that a second gunman was being sought, those messages have been updated to say that there…
HARUNA UMAR Associated Press= MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) â?? When men wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons showed up in pickup trucks, villagers thought Nigerian soldiers had finally come to protect them fromBoko Haram. But it was a disguise.…
About 900 people have been evacuated from Londonskyscraper The Shard after smoke was discovered in the basement. Firefighters are now investigating what caused the smoke at the 1,004ft-high building – the tallest inWestern Europe. The mass…
The Catholic Church in Ireland is facing fresh accusations of child neglect after a researcher found records for 796 youngsters believed to be buried in a mass grave beside a former orphanage for the children of unwed mothers in Tuam, Co Galway.…
While some 9,800 troops are slated to stay until then, plans are being formulated to continue a U.S. presence through diplomatic and intelligence assets, as well as the hiring of private security contractors. The contractors would undertake training…
Ukraine topped the agenda of the G7 summit last night, as leaders of the world’s most powerful countries – minus Russia – gathered inBrussels. The summit, the first to be held in the EU capital, had been scheduled to take place in the Russian city…
Syria’s parliament yesterday announced that incumbentBashar al-Assad won Tuesday’s presidential election, winning 88.7 per cent of the vote (10.3 million votes). An hour before the final result was proclaimed a rising ripple of celebratory…
By Gbenga Akingbule Bloomberg News An attack by suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist group left at least 400 people dead in three villages in northeastern Nigeria, according to a local official. The…
As expected, Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad has won a third seven-year term in office, with a reported 89 percent of the vote. Voting took place Tuesday in parts ofSyria controlled by the government, but was boycotted by opposition groups in areas they control. Officials say voter turnout was 73 percent. But even asDamascus erupted in…
In the “City of a Thousand Roses“, five female gardeners are tending a flower bed in the centre of town. Across the street, a man is sweeping dust and leaves from the pavement. A trolleybus trundles by, stopping briefly to collect more passengers. On the surface, this is a picture of normality. Continue reading the main story “Start…
While some 9,800 troops are slated to stay until then, plans are being formulated to continue a U.S. presence through diplomatic and intelligence assets, as well as the hiring of private security contractors. The contractors would undertake training…
Syria’s parliament yesterday announced that incumbentBashar al-Assad won Tuesday’s presidential election, winning 88.7 per cent of the vote (10.3 million votes). An hour before the final result was proclaimed a rising ripple of celebratory…
Ukraine topped the agenda of the G7 summit last night, as leaders of the world’s most powerful countries – minus Russia – gathered inBrussels. The summit, the first to be held in the EU capital, had been scheduled to take place in the Russian city…
By Gbenga Akingbule Bloomberg News An attack by suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist group left at least 400 people dead in three villages in northeastern Nigeria, according to a local official. The…
BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings tore through busy areas in the Iraqi capital and cities to the north and south on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people, officials said. Iraq is experiencing its worst surge in violence since the sectarian bloodletting of 2006…
TweetNew Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Prime MinisterNarendra ModiWednesday met the secretaries of all government departments to outline his agenda of governance to the top bureaucrats. In a first for a…
The three young Frenchmen were arrested as they tried to make their way to Syria to wage jihad. They had not harmed anyone in France or made plans to do so, according to the evidence at their trial in January, but in France these days, seeking to…
EdwardSnowden, the former US intelligence contractor turned whistleblower, has said he has requested asylum in Brazil, in an interview with journalists from the country. Appearing on Brazil’s Globo TV channel on Sunday, Snowden said he would not exchange information in return for asylum. “I already sent a petition to the Brazilian government…
Spain‘s King Juan Carlos plans to abdicate and pave the way for his son, Crown Prince Felipe, to become the country’s next king, the nation’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy said today. Juan Carlos, 76, oversaw his country’s transition from dictatorship…
The son of former Brazil striker Pele has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for laundering money earned from drug trafficking, Brazilian media reported. Edinho, who…
BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan/WASHINGTON – The soleAmerican prisoner of war held in Afghanistan was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday after being freed in a swap deal for five Taliban militants who were released from the…
UK newspaper report accuses Bin Hammam of using slush funds A former top Qatari football official paid more than $5 million to get support for the emirate’s controversial campaign to host the 2022 World Cup, a Britishnewspaper alleged on…
Spain‘s King Juan Carlos plans to abdicate and pave the way for his son, Crown Prince Felipe, to become the country’s next king, the nation’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy said today. Juan Carlos, 76, oversaw his country’s transition from dictatorship…
The son of former Brazil striker Pele has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for laundering money earned from drug trafficking, Brazilian media reported. Edinho, who…
BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan/WASHINGTON – The soleAmerican prisoner of war held in Afghanistan was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday after being freed in a swap deal for five Taliban militants who were released from the…
UK newspaper report accuses Bin Hammam of using slush funds A former top Qatari football official paid more than $5 million to get support for the emirate’s controversial campaign to host the 2022 World Cup, a Britishnewspaper alleged on…
Reuters June 1, 2014 – 17:33 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexander Ankvab, the head of Georgia‘s breakaway region of Abkhazia, resigned on Sunday, just a day after the local parliament voted to hold early presidential elections in August, a spokeswoman…
photo: Creative Commons / Presidential Press and Information Office
WASHINGTON: The long-held belief that the US does not negotiate with terrorists, mostly romanticized in movies, was quietly set aside when the Obama administration released five Taliban terrorists on Saturday in exchange for anAmerican prisoner of war captured by their associates in Afghanistan nearly five years ago. Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, 28, was…
BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan/WASHINGTON – The soleAmerican prisoner of war held in Afghanistan was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday after being freed in a swap deal for five Taliban militants who were released from the…
UK newspaper report accuses Bin Hammam of using slush funds A former top Qatari football official paid more than $5 million to get support for the emirate’s controversial campaign to host the 2022 World Cup, a Britishnewspaper alleged on…
Reuters June 1, 2014 – 17:33 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexander Ankvab, the head of Georgia‘s breakaway region of Abkhazia, resigned on Sunday, just a day after the local parliament voted to hold early presidential elections in August, a spokeswoman…
photo: Creative Commons / Presidential Press and Information Office
In a sign of how tense things have gotten in Turkey these days, a CNN journalist was detained and kicked by police — live on air. Reporting from Taksim Square in Istanbul, CNN’s IvanWatson was showing the audience lines of riot police,…
ISTANBUL — Hundreds of activists mobilized Saturday for demonstrations in Istanbul and other cities, defying a heavy police presence on the anniversary of nationwide anti-government protests that erupted last year. Policeblocked access to…
Billowing clouds of volcanic ash have forced airlines in northern Australia and Bali to cancel flights Saturday. MountSangeang Api began spewing ash on Friday. The volcano is located on…
In a sign of how tense things have gotten in Turkey these days, a CNN journalist was detained and kicked by police — live on air. Reporting from Taksim Square in Istanbul, CNN’s IvanWatson was showing the audience lines of riot police,…
ISTANBUL — Hundreds of activists mobilized Saturday for demonstrations in Istanbul and other cities, defying a heavy police presence on the anniversary of nationwide anti-government protests that erupted last year. Policeblocked access to…
Billowing clouds of volcanic ash have forced airlines in northern Australia and Bali to cancel flights Saturday. MountSangeang Api began spewing ash on Friday. The volcano is located on…
Published May 31, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 MADRID – Spain‘s prime minister says his government will unveil a stimulus package worth 6.3 billion euros ($8.6 billion) to boost competitiveness. In anothersign that the…
Chuck Hagel says US will ‘not look the other way’ if Beijing tries to ride roughshod over international maritime rules A Vietnamese boat sinks after being rammed byChinese vessels near disputed Paracels Islands in the South China Sea on Thursday.Photograph: Reuters China is “destabilising” the South China Sea region by pursuing territorial…
A judge in Argentina has summoned Vice-President Amado Boudou to appear in court in July to defend himself in a corruption case. MrBoudou is suspected of using his influence to ensure that a contract to print Argentina’s banknotes…
Company responds to EU court ruling empowering citizens to have certain links about them deleted from search results Google has created a page where EU citizens can request removal of search results about them.Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP Google has…
By David Brunnstrom ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – The United States will not be deterred from plans to strengthen its military position in Asia by emerging threats elsewhere, the U.S. defense secretary said on Thursday as he prepared to…
How Was The TeamSold? The deal comes after a tumultuous ‘bid war’ that pitted Ballmer against the Guggenheim Group (represented by David Geffen) and Los Angeles investors Tony Ressler and Steve Karsh. Ressler and Karsh bid $1.6 billion,…
Ukraine‘s President-elect Petro Poroshenko has vowed to punish “bandits” after pro-Russian rebels shot down an army helicopter, killing 12. “These criminal acts of the enemies of the Ukrainian people will not go unpunished,”…
BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press Comments In this May 28, 2014 image taken from video, police stand amongst the crowd near where two teenage sisters were found hanging from a mango tree in the Katra village in Uttar Pradesh state, in northern India. Authorities have arrested three men, including two police officers, suspected of gang-raping and…
Company responds to EU court ruling empowering citizens to have certain links about them deleted from search results Google has created a page where EU citizens can request removal of search results about them.Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP Google has…
By David Brunnstrom ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – The United States will not be deterred from plans to strengthen its military position in Asia by emerging threats elsewhere, the U.S. defense secretary said on Thursday as he prepared to…
Ukraine‘s President-elect Petro Poroshenko has vowed to punish “bandits” after pro-Russian rebels shot down an army helicopter, killing 12. “These criminal acts of the enemies of the Ukrainian people will not go unpunished,”…
New Delhi: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Thursday cracked the whip on the brutal rape and murder case of two minor girls in Uttar Pradesh seeking to demonstrate the BJP government’s “zero tolerance’’ approach towards crime…
Mahmoud Abbas names Rami Hamdallah as PM in step towards reconciliation between former rival factions Rami Hamdallah, the newPalestinian prime minister, left, with Mahmoud Abbas. Photograph: Thaer Ghanaim/AFP/Getty Images The two main Palestinian…
Underwater pings that were believed to be connected to the missing Malaysian Airlines plane were probably not coming from the jet, a US official has said. Michael Dean, the US Navy‘s deputy director of ocean engineering, told CNN the acoustic signals were likely from some other man-made source. The USNavy said Mr Dean‘s comments were…
The number of people in the world who are obese or overweight has topped 2.1 billion, up from 875 million in 1980, the latest figures published in the Lancet show. And not one country is succeeding in treating it, said the research. US, China and…
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple is striking a new chord with a $3 billion acquisition of BeatsElectronics, a headphone and music streaming specialist that also brings the swagger of rapper Dr. Dre and recording impresario Jimmy Iovine. Wednesday’s…
MEXICOCITY — Human rights activists and vigilante leaders who rose up to fight a drug cartel in western Mexico are urging Mexicans to form “self-defense” groups to demand public security and justice. In a meeting Wednesday, they…
Islamist fighters attacked a Catholic Church in the Central African Republic with grenades and firearms, killing at least 30 people. The rebels who attacked the…
CAIRO (AP) — Partial results of Egypt‘s presidential election announced late Wednesday showed the nation’s former military chief comfortably ahead of his rival after votes from 2,000 polling stations were counted. The campaign of retired field…
Behind the mask: EdwardSnowden‘s revelations forced the issue of court authorisation for surveillance into the open. Photo: Reuters United Statesintelligence leaker Edward Snowden said in a TV interview he “was trained as a spy” and had worked undercover overseas for US government agencies. In an advance excerpt of his interview in…
Thousands have gathered to mourn six US students killed in a weekend rampage as California lawmakers proposed new ways of keeping guns out of the hands of disturbed killers. “All died much too young but it’s important that we do not let the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The StateDepartment on Tuesday told U.S. citizens in Libya to leave immediately, warning that the security situation in the country was “unpredictable and unstable.” “The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all…
BRUSSELS (AP) — British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron‘s recurring complaint that the European Union is “too big, too bossy, too interfering” gained traction at an EU summit on Tuesday, after election results that underscored voter apathy and hostility…
BAMAKO (Reuters) – MaliDefence Minister Soumeylou Boybeye Maiga resigned on Tuesday, less than a week after an embarrassing defeat of army forces by Tuareg separatist rebels who seized several northern towns, sources close to the minister said. The…
PARIS — An anti-immigration movement founded by a man repeatedly convicted of anti-Semitism now leads polls in France. The mainstream conservative party risks collapse amid a financing scandal. The Socialist president is the most unpopular leader in…
AN Iranian judge has summoned Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to answer allegations that his company’s apps have breached people’s privacy, reports say. A series of rows over internet access have in recent months underscored…
ABUJA: Nigeria’s military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free them could get them killed, the country’s chief of defense said Monday. Air MarshalAlex Badeh told demonstrators supporting the much criticized military that Nigerian troops can save the girls. But he added, “we…
A Ukrainian helicopter Mi-24 gunship fires its cannons against rebels at the main terminal building of Donetsk international airport May 26, 2014. Ukrainian government warplanes carried out airstrikes against pro-Russian rebels who seized Donetsk international airport on Monday, triggering a battle in and around the complex in a show…
Published May 26, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – PopeFrancis announced Monday he would meet with a group of sex abuse victims next month at the Vatican and declared “zero tolerance” for any member…
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The leader of the protesters occupyingLibyan oil ports said on Monday he did not recognize Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq’s new government and suggested a previously agreed deal to end his blockade could be in jeopardy. Ibrahim…
Nigeria‘s military knows where the more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram are but has ruled out using force to rescue them, the state news agency quoted Chief of Defence StaffAir MarshalAlex Badeh as saying on Monday.…
Eight hours after it began, fighting was continuing after nightfall and had spread to residential neighbourhoods nearby. Ukraine launched air strikes and a paratrooper assault against pro-Russian rebels who seized an airport on Monday, as its newly…
BANGKOK, May 26 (Xinhua) — Thai coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha received royal endorsement on Monday appointing him the leader of the National Council forPeace and Order (NCPO). Addressing the press conference later, Prayuth called for public…
Malavath Purna along with 16-year-old Sadhanapalli Anandachieved the historic feat. A 13-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh Sunday became the youngest female climber to scale Mount Everest. Malavath Purna along with 16-year-old Sadhanapalli Anand…
KIEV, Ukraine — An exit poll showed that billionaire candy-maker Petro Poroshenko won Ukraine’s presidential election outright Sunday in the first round — a vote that authorities hoped would unify the fractured nation. Long lines snaked around…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel‘s conservatives won the most German votes in a European Union election on Sunday with a projected 36 percent, but slipped…
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist Boko Haram gunmen rampaged through three villages in northern Nigeria, killing 28 people and burning houses to the ground in a pattern of violence that has become almost a daily occurrence, according…
The SouthAfricanPresidentJacob Zuma has celebrated being sworn into office for a second term, with a major victory ceremony inPretoria. More than 4,000 guests and several heads of state were in attendance asZuma took the oath of office. He…
In Egypt it seems there has always been someone lying awake in the hot, airless night, dreading the policeman’s midnight knock. It is hard to imagine it now but once it was the old man we had come to interview. These days, straight of back and bright of eye he is the kind of pensioner who carefully puts on a suit and neatly knots a tie before…
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist Boko Haram gunmen rampaged through three villages in northern Nigeria, killing 28 people and burning houses to the ground in a pattern of violence that has become almost a daily occurrence, according…
The SouthAfricanPresidentJacob Zuma has celebrated being sworn into office for a second term, with a major victory ceremony inPretoria. More than 4,000 guests and several heads of state were in attendance asZuma took the oath of office. He…
A gunman fatally shot six people and wounded at least seven more in a series of drive-by shootings late Friday near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, authorities said. After exchanging fire with sheriff’s deputies, the…
Sanaa, May 24: At least 31 people were killed in multiple attacks launched by suspected Al Qaeda militants in Yemen, an official said Saturday. The attacks occurred overnight in the city of Seiyun in Hadramoutprovince, Xinhua reported. The Yemeni…
Bamako: Armed rebels who humiliated Mali‘s army in a deadly offensive across the northern desert have agreed to a ceasefire after talks with African Union chairman Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a diplomatic source says.Abdel Aziz “just…
WASHINGTON: The US military is shedding European real estate including a golf course, skeet range and hotel, as well as facilities like a munitions storage facility, as it looks to save cash during a US budget crunch,…
Steve Herman Ousted Thai Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra and dozens of other political figures appear to have been detained after arriving for meetings with military leaders who took power in a coup this week. After being summoned by the army,…
Petro Poroshenko has faced down protesters and rivals to lead the opinion polls before the first round of voting on Sunday Presidential hopeful Petro Poroshenko meets supporters in Uma. Photograph: Reuters For a man with presidential ambitions, it was not a propitious scene. Petro Poroshenko stood atop a bulldozer between a line of police and an…
Security team flunks drill in which “terrorists” hijack warhead at Montana silo WASHINGTON — Armed security forces at a nuclear missile base failed a drill last summer that simulated the hostile takeover of a missile launch silo because they…
The UNSecurity Council, acting at the request of Nigeria, on Thursday imposed sanctions on Boko Haram in a bid to cut off funding and weapons to the extremist group. Nigeria had requested the measure on Monday because of the recent surge in Boko…
BLAHODATNE, UKRAINE — In the deadliest raid yet onUkrainian troops, pro-Russia insurgents attacked a military checkpoint Thursday, killing 16, and the interim prime minister accused Moscow of trying to disrupt the upcoming election for a new…
Travel deals NEW YORK – (AP) — Guatemala‘s ex-president has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy in New York as part of a bribery scandal. Alfonso Portillo was sentenced Thursday to a prison term of…
Hours after it declared a coup d’etat, Thailand‘s military instituted a media blackout on Thursday. “All radio and television stations, satellite and cable, must stop normal programming and broadcast army content until told otherwise,” an army…
NEW YORK (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and no evidence any financial…
Iraq may have been a blood-drenched disaster and Afghanistan a grinding military and political failure. But Libya was supposed to have been different. Nato‘s war to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi in 2011 was hailed as the liberal intervention that worked. The western powers might have had to twist the meaning of the UN resolution about protecting…
NEW YORK (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and no evidence any financial…
Tuareg rebels in Mali say they have defeated government forces in heavy fighting for control of the key northern town of Kidal. Several government soldiers were killed, wounded or captured, a rebel spokesman said. UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for an…
BHOPAL: Mild tremors were felt in eastern parts of Madhya Pradesh including Jabalpur and Mandla on Wednesday night as earthquake struck in Bay of Bengal about 400 km…
4:52 PM ET Two explosions in the central Nigerian city of Jos killed at least 46 people on Tuesday, police said, while wounding dozens more. The car bombs were detonated about a half-hour apart at a bus terminal and market. “I can’t tell you the…
General Motors General Motors said today it’s recalling another 2.42 million vehicles. The Detroit-based automaker now expects to post recall-related costs of $400 million for the second quarter, including $200 million in costs it announced on May…
Published May 20, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has denied that its former No. 2 is under criminal investigation for allegedly misusing 15 million euros. But it didn’t rule out that the…
Russia‘s PresidentVladimir Putin has signed a multi-billion dollar, 30-year gas deal with China. The deal between Russia’s Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has been 10 years in the making. No official price has been given but it is estimated to be worth over $400bn. Russia has been keen to find an alternative energy…
4:52 PM ET Two explosions in the central Nigerian city of Jos killed at least 46 people on Tuesday, police said, while wounding dozens more. The car bombs were detonated about a half-hour apart at a bus terminal and market. “I can’t tell you the…
General Motors General Motors said today it’s recalling another 2.42 million vehicles. The Detroit-based automaker now expects to post recall-related costs of $400 million for the second quarter, including $200 million in costs it announced on May…
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi’s president, Joyce Banda, faced stiff challenges from a field of 12 candidates in elections Tuesday in a poor, politically fractious country that is heavily dependent on foreign donors and has struggled with…
NEW YORK — Microsoft announced a larger version of itsSurface tablet to make the device more compelling as a laptop replacement. The Surface Pro 3 will have a screen measuring 12 inches diagonally, up from 10.6inches in previous models.…
Thailand’s army chief imposed martial law yesterday after months of deadly anti-government protests caused political paralysis, but insisted the intervention did not amount to yet another military coup. Gun-toting troops fanned out after martial law…
Paris – France has delayed plans to redeploy 3 000 soldiers to fight militants across West Africa, saying it first needs to help deal with a fresh outbreak of violence in northern Mali. Paris had hoped to move the troops from its former colony Mali…
MAGLAJ – Bosnia said on Monday that more than a quarter of its 4 million people had been affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory, comparing the “terrifying” destruction to that of the country’s 1992-95 war. The extent of the devastation became apparent in Serbia too, as waters receded in some of the worst-hit…
Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal was hired as Manchester United manager on Monday, tasked with repairing the damage from David Moyes‘ disappointing 10 months in charge and reviving the fortunes of one of the world’s biggest clubs. The 62-year-old…
Apologizing for a rescue operation that saved only a fraction of the passengers on a ferry that sank last month, South Korea‘s president said she plans to dismantle the country’s Coast Guard and reform its emergency and safety systems. President Park…
Antarctica is rising unusually quickly, revealing that hot rock in the Earth‘s mantle hundreds of miles below the icy continent is flowing much faster than expected, researchers say. Antarctic ice is more than 2.6 miles (4.2 kilometers) thick on…
SEOUL, South Korea — A 23-story apartment building that might have housed more than 90 families collapsed last week in Pyongyang, theNorth Korean capital, a South Korean government official said yesterday, after theNorth reported a “serious”…
BEIJING — Yet another urban legend about North Korea bites the dust. The ex-girlfriend of leader Kim Jong Un, reportedly executed by firing squad last year, turned up apparently alive and well on a state television broadcast Friday night. HyonSong…
photo: AP / Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service
BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll in Syria‘s three-year conflict has exceeded 160,000, an activist group said Monday, a harrowing figure that reflects the country’s relentless bloodletting that appears no closer to a resolution. The Britain-based Syrian…
Beirut – At least 162 000 people have been killed in Syria‘s three-year-old conflict, a monitoring group said on Monday, and thousands more are missing after being captured by PresidentBashar al-Assad‘s forces and rebels trying to overthrow him. The pro-opposition, British-based Syrian…
SEOUL, South Korea — A 23-story apartment building that might have housed more than 90 families collapsed last week in Pyongyang, theNorth Korean capital, a South Korean government official said yesterday, after theNorth reported a “serious”…
BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll in Syria‘s three-year conflict has exceeded 160,000, an activist group said Monday, a harrowing figure that reflects the country’s relentless bloodletting that appears no closer to a resolution. The Britain-based Syrian…
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – Kiev must immediately stop its punitive operation in southeastern Ukraine and work to settle the conflict in the country peacefully, the…
photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service
Antarctica is now losing about 160 billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean – twice as much as when the continent was last surveyed. The newassessment comes from Europe‘s Cryosat satellite, which has a radar instrument specifically designed to…
photo: USAP, National Science Foundation / Nate Biletnikoff
TweetCanberra, May 19 (IANS) Australian researchers has developed a new online tool called “We Feel” which analyses words from millions of tweets to display a real-time view of our emotions, a statement from Australia’snational science agency, the…
Packaged foods help in time-management, but experts say they are killing you slowly Mornings are a rushed affair and to make life easy, you pour a glass of milk over the cereal that you picked from the supermarket. So you think you’ve had a wholesome…
Atletico Madrid have been crowned champions of La Liga following a dramatic draw in the final fixture against Barcelona at Camp Nou on Saturday. Barcelona needed a…
Women walk for miles, barefoot down muddy tracks, to come to malnutrition clinics. They carry with them listless and emaciated children. In this small part ofJonglei state, more than a quarter of children are thought to be severely malnourished – well above crisis levels. In areas where conflict is fiercer, life is harder still. At one clinic,…
Atletico Madrid have been crowned champions of La Liga following a dramatic draw in the final fixture against Barcelona at Camp Nou on Saturday. Barcelona needed a…
Travel deals PARIS – (AP) — A rogue trader facing three years in prison for one of the biggest trading frauds in history is appealing to the French president. Jerome Kerviel, who almost took down his bank, Societe Generale, with 4.9 billion euros in…
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Tens of thousands fled their homes Saturday in Bosnia and Serbia, evacuated by boat or helicopter as rising waters surged into villages and towns. Authorities said the record flooding killed at least 20 people and the death…
PARIS: Three Brazilian host cities — Fortaleza, Natal andRecife — are at higher risk than the other nine of a dengue fever outbreak during the World Cup, scientists said on Saturday. In absolute terms, the risk is low in all event venues, but…
A skeleton discovered in a watery grave called Hoyo Negro – or black hole – has shed light on the origins of the original people of the Americas. The skeleton of a teenage girl, found in a cave in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, is between 12,000 and…
India‘s incoming Prime MinisterNarendra Modi was mobbed by jubilant supporters as he arrived in Delhi to take part in a victory parade after his historic win. Narendra Modi’s BJM party’s was swept to power by the most resounding election…
The “largest creature ever to walk the Earth” has been discovered in Argentina, palaeontologists say. Continue reading the main story This gigantic dinosaur stood 40m long and 20m tall, based on the length of its enormous thigh bones.…
The Associated Press MUNSHIGANJ, Bangladesh (AP)—Rescuers have recovered at least 26 bodies after a ferry capsized during a storm in a river in central Bangladesh,…
NEW YORK (AP) — Tears in her eyes, firefighter widowMaureen Fanning emerged Thursday from the new Sept. 11 museum deep beneath ground zero, unable to bring herself to look at all of it. “I just think it would be a little too overwhelming today,”…
BOB SALSBERG Associated Press= BOSTON (AP) â?? Aaron Hernandez ambushed and shot to death two men after a chance encounter inside aBoston nightclub, prosecutors said Thursday as they announced new murder charges against the former NFL star, who was…
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By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika, newly re-elected despite suffering a stroke last year, has proposed a raft of reforms including setting a two-term presidential limit and delegating more authority to the…
DHAKA: A heavily-laden ferry capsized and sank in centralBangladesh on Thursday after being caught in a storm, leaving at least 12 people dead and hundreds more missing, police and officials said. Survivors of what is the latest in a string of ferry…
Afghan voters will return to the polls next month to choose a successor to outgoing Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai, whose refusal to sign a deal permitting US troops to stay beyond the end of the year has raised security concerns as the Taliban wages…
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The evacuation of rebel fighters from the Old City of Homs is being widely portrayed as major victory for the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Rather incredulously, some in the opposition are even claiming it as a win for their own side. The truth is, given the scenes of utter devastation witnessed by the media and returning residents, it is grotesque to…
By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika, newly re-elected despite suffering a stroke last year, has proposed a raft of reforms including setting a two-term presidential limit and delegating more authority to the…
DHAKA: A heavily-laden ferry capsized and sank in centralBangladesh on Thursday after being caught in a storm, leaving at least 12 people dead and hundreds more missing, police and officials said. Survivors of what is the latest in a string of ferry…
Afghan voters will return to the polls next month to choose a successor to outgoing Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai, whose refusal to sign a deal permitting US troops to stay beyond the end of the year has raised security concerns as the Taliban wages…
photo: Creative Commons / Employee of the U.S. State Department
SOUTH Korea‘s prosecutor has indicted 15 crew members over last month’s ferry sinking, four of them on homicide charges, in a disaster that has left more than 300 people dead or missing. Prosecutors said yesterday they brought homicide charges…
A Saudi Arabian man has reportedly divorced his wife after she sent him a video which showed her driving the family car. Saudi women are subjected to a de facto ban on driving in the kingdom because they are not allowed to apply for licences, a fact…
Ten years as head of government have taken a toll onManmohan Singh, as they might of any other figure, no matter how sturdy. But the evaluation of posterity is likely to do him greater justice than that of his contemporaries, as the Prime Minister…
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
A protester walks past a burning pro-Russian tent camp near the trade union building in Odessa, Ukraine, on May 2,
The Right Goal in Ukraine
Don’t be distracted by Putin and his antics. The real test is stabilizing Ukraine.
Nigeria’s PresidentGoodluck Jonathan has ruled out the release of Boko Haramfighters in exchange for the freedom of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants a month ago. Britain’s AfricaMinisterMark Simmonds, in Nigeria for talks about the international rescue mission, told reporters on Wednesday that he raised the…
Ten years as head of government have taken a toll onManmohan Singh, as they might of any other figure, no matter how sturdy. But the evaluation of posterity is likely to do him greater justice than that of his contemporaries, as the Prime Minister…
As people in Turkey start looking for answers after one of the country’s worst mining tragedies, attention has quickly turned to mining safety standards in the western town of Soma. The issue of mining safety was on the political agenda before…
SOMA, Turkey — Anger and grief boiled over into a violent protest Wednesday in the western Turkish town of Soma, where officials said at least 245 miners died in a coal mine explosion and fire. Nearly 450 other miners were rescued, the mining company…
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdogan has declared three days of national mourning in Turkey after a huge explosion ripped through a coal mine in Soma yesterday. A few hours ago PresidentErdogan confirmed in a press conference that 363 miners have…
SOMA: At least 201 people were killed and hundreds more remained trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey, the government said today, warning that rescue efforts faced a race against time. The toll has risen rapidly since Tuesday’s disaster in the province of Manisa, when a total of 787 mineworkers became trapped…
National alert system would help save lives In recent weeks, we have experienced the destruction of entire communities in some of ourSouthern states. Part of Florida was subjected to unusually heavy rain and floods, and many people were forced to…
Wednesday, 14 May 2014, 3:48 pm Article: Somalia: ‘AfricanSolution’ or Subjugation? by Abukar Arman May 13, 2014 One of the most potent intoxicants in Africa today is the canned phrase “African solutions for African problems.” While ‘ASAP’ is an…
An entrance to Google’s European headquarters, in Dublin. A decision by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Tuesday appeared to represent a blow for Google. CreditPaulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times
The highest court in the European Union decided on Tuesday that Google must grant users of its search engine a right to delete links about themselves in some cases, including links to legal records.
The decision by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg is a blow for Google, which has sought to avoid the obligation to remove links when requested by European users of its service.
MAIDUGURI (Nigeria): The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haramhas offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month in exchange for its members being held in detention, according to a video posted on YouTube on Monday. The search for the girls intensified as a senior US administration official said…
Right-wingFrench politicians were accused of racism on Monday after they attacked a black minister who failed to sing the national anthem at a public ceremony. Christiane Taubira, the Justice Minister, defended her decision to stay silent by saying…
The dogs can smell Glenn Greenwald long before they see him. As we drive up the hill to his house, a cacophony of barking greets us. The chorus is so overwhelming it makes me think of the National Security Agency (NSA) chiefs who Greenwald has…
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan will postpone the 2015presidential election to give warring factions time to reconcile, PresidentSalva Kiirsaid on Monday, but his rival in a conflict that is threatening to tear apart the world’s newest nation said…
BERLIN (AP) â?? A German hacking group says it is offering honorary membership to NSA leaker EdwardSnowden and ChelseaManning, a U.S.soldier convicted of providing classified documents to…
TweetKolkata, May 12 (IANS) Political violence left 24 injured as over two crore people – nearly 80 percent of the electorate – voted Monday in 17 Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal in the general election’s final phase. Dubbing the clashes…
Kabul‘s international airport came under attack on Monday as the Taliban announced the start of their annual summer offensive. Two rockets hit the airport but did not cause any casualties. There were also attacks on the US airbase inBagram, at a courthouse in Jalalabad in the east and elsewhere. Afghanistan is in transition, with a new…
AMMAN: A man has died in Jordan after being infected with the MERS virus, the government said today, on the eve of a World Health Organisation emergency meeting on the disease. The latest death brings to five the number of fatalities in Jordan from…
12 May 2014 Last updated at 10:32 BST There has been a “significant increase” in the number of UK veterans of the Afghanistan conflictseeking mental health treatment, says a charity. Combat Stress said it had received 358 new Afghanistan veteran…
London, May 12: Ever fancied eating insects for lunch? A whole lot of people in the world, especially the impoverished parts, do it. Now it is your turn. Insects can potentially provide food security to the world, according toArnold van Huis, an…
Despite efforts from the government and donors, a doctor shares his experiences struggling to save malnourished children In Tanzania nearly 2% of under-fives are malnourished. Photograph: Graeme Robertson For the past year I’ve been running a…
After deadly tornadoes in May 2013 in Oklahoma, storm survivors commonly experience strong feelings of anxiety, and even can develop post traumatic stress disorder. By Heather Warlick, Staff Writer • If you’ve lived in Oklahoma long enough, you…
“We can maintain the pressure on Russia in order to reach a political solution,” is how a high-ranking European Union diplomat in Brusselsdescribed this Monday’s summit (12.05.2014). The foreign ministers of the 28 EU states will receive several…
Pro-Russian rebels have started to cast ballots in a “self-rule” vote in easternUkraine, a move criticised by the US as “illegal” and which could pull the formerSoviet republic apart. Sunday’s poll, carried out as two “referendums” in the provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk, where armed men hold more than a dozen towns, marks a serious…
PopeFrancis condemned the growing disparity of wealth on Friday. Speaking to a group of United Nations agency leaders, the Pope said theBible demands an economic system that cares for the “poorest and most excluded.” He asked the leaders to resist…
Juba – The United Nations in South Sudan was readying aid on Saturday for towns ravaged by conflict but was waiting to see if a new ceasefire deal holds between the president and rebel leader before sending it. PresidentSalva Kiir and rebel…
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, May 10 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces have killed 63 Taliban militants and injured 41 others in Ghazni provincesince Friday night and the operation is still continuing, an army spokesman Nazifullah Sultani said…
South Sudan‘s president has reached a ceasefire agreement with a rebel leader, a US official has said, after a vicious cycle of revenge killings drew international alarm. US national security adviser Susan Rice welcomed the peace agreement in a statement, saying it “holds the promise of bringing the crisis to an end”. A ceasefire in January between…
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At least 63 militants including foreign rebels were killed during military operations in eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan. The interior ministry of Afghanistan…
Commuters were still dodging downed trees that blocked streets Friday morning, while workers cleared debris after powerful storms whipped through the area the previous day. The National Weather Service said the damage was probably caused by…
South Sudan’s president and rebel chief signed a ceasefire deal Friday vowing to end nearly five months of civil war, with the US urging both sides to “swiftly” implement their promises. PresidentSalva Kiir and rebel boss Riek Machar, who shook…
The proposed line would begin in north-east China and run up through Siberia, pass through a tunnel underneath the Pacific Ocean then cut through Alaska and Canada to reach the continental US. Digging a hole to Chinamay not sound as crazy in the…
May 9, 2014 — Updated 0734 GMT (1534 HKT) Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — U.S. militaryofficials arrive in Nigeria on Friday to help in the search for hundreds of girls kidnapped by Islamist militants, the Pentagon said. The seven will join advisers supporting local efforts to find the girls abducted over three weeks ago, said U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John…
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil‘s 23-strong World Cup squad is worth an estimated half a billion euros, Brazilian financial daily Valor reported Thursday, a day after Luiz Felipe Scolari named his list. According to a calculation by Pluri Consultoria…
Former Italian Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi is due to start a year of community service at a care home near Milan. He was sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud last year, commuted to four hours work a week with elderly dementia…
ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press= LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) â?? Islamic militants who have triggered international outrage over the kidnapping of more than 270Nigerian schoolgirls opened fire on a busy marketplace, killing hundreds of people in a new spasm of violence in the country’s northeast. The attack escalates Nigeria’s growing crisis from a…
For the first time, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute have created a new organism based on E. coli in the lab that passes along artificially engineered DNA. by 7 May 2014 9:38 PM BST facebook twitter linkedin googleplus more more + email…
Print 7 May 2014 – Having just met with displaced, war-wearySouth Sudanese sheltering in United Nations compounds, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged immediate help to end hunger and malnutrition around the world, warning that up to a…
WASHINGTON — Monica Lewinsky says there’s no question her boss — Bill Clinton — “took advantage” of her when he was president. But she says their affair was consensual and if there was any abuse involved, it came afterward, when…
updated 3:15 PM EDT, Tue May 6, 2014 (CNN) — Climate change isn’t something in the far-off future: It’s a potentially disastrous reality that’s already starting to have effects that are expected to worsen, experts say.Longer summers and heavier…
United NationsChiefBan Ki-Moon is calling on countries around the world to take strong measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming. “I am asking them (world countries) to announce bold commitments and actions that…
Thailand‘s Constitutional Court is set to decide whether to remove Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra from office on abuse of power charges, a ruling that threatens to plunge the kingdom further into turmoil. Wednesday’s legal procedure comes as Shinawatra stands accused in the country’s highest court of abusing her authority by transferring a…
WASHINGTON — Monica Lewinsky says there’s no question her boss — Bill Clinton — “took advantage” of her when he was president. But she says their affair was consensual and if there was any abuse involved, it came afterward, when…
updated 3:15 PM EDT, Tue May 6, 2014 (CNN) — Climate change isn’t something in the far-off future: It’s a potentially disastrous reality that’s already starting to have effects that are expected to worsen, experts say.Longer summers and heavier…
United NationsChiefBan Ki-Moon is calling on countries around the world to take strong measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming. “I am asking them (world countries) to announce bold commitments and actions that…
HE founded the world’s most famous software company and is dedicated to eradicating malaria. Now Bill Gates could be set to add another line to his CV: World’s first trillionaire. That’s according to financial forecasters who predict…
By Martin Dokoupil DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai may need stronger measures to counter property speculation in the emirate, a seniorInternational Monetary Fund official said on Tuesday as it warned again about a potential real estate bubble. Growth in the…
In a chilling message, the leader of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in the north ofNigeria last month, and said that he would sell them into slavery. “I abducted your girls,” Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in the one-hour video released on Monday. “By Allah, I…
JOPLIN, Mo. — A new radar system helped meteorologists inOklahoma detect debris from a tornado just as it was hitting Quapaw last month, but a similar radar in Missouri failed to see debris from the same storm when theEF2 twister bore moments…
London – Somalia is the worst country on Earth to be a mother, according to a report published by Save the Children which calls for more action to protect mothers and children in crisis-hit areas. The London-based charity estimates that 800 mothers…
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed three policemen and wounded two in the country’s westernHerat province. District police chief Shir Agha Alokozay says the attack took place in the…
KANO, NIGERIA: Calls for the United States to help find and free hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria are mounting after Boko Haramclaimed the abduction and threatened to sell the girls as “slaves”. “I abducted your girls,” the Islamist…
On Saturday, Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., announced thatPresident Obama would visit Arkansas Wednesday to visit communities devastated by recent tornadoes. But a number of people don’t want Obama there, and have started an online petition to keep him…
A yacht and a dinghy crammed with immigrants trying to enter Greece capsized today in the eastern Aegean Sea, leaving at least 22 dead, including four children, and several more missing. The vessels had been trying to enter Greece illegally when they…
Oscar Pistorius‘ murder trial enters a critical phase Monday as his defense team attempts to recover from a faltering start and reinforce the disabled athlete’s claim that he fatally shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake because he was overwhelmed by a long-held fear of violent crime. Pistorius’ mindset when he stood on his stumps in a…
MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Civic Chamber is preparing an appeal to the UN and the European Council to postpone the presidential election in crisis-hit Ukraine currently scheduled May 25, the first deputy secretary of the chamber…
SYDNEY: An international panel of experts will re-examine all data gathered in the nearly two-month hunt for the missing Malaysia jet to ensure search crews who have been scouring a desolate patch of ocean for the plane have been looking in the right…
Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams has been released without charge after five days of police questioning over his alleged involvement in a decades-old Irish Republican Army killing, an event that