This Day in History | 1965 – Thousands join Dr King in Alabama rally

Dr Martin Luther King has taken a crowd of nearly 25,000 people to the steps of the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama to highlight black grievances.

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CAMBODIA’s leader yesterday rejected the idea of reconciliation talks with the country’s only significant opposition party, which was dissolved by court order last November. MYANMAR’s powerful army

The Buzz | Website defying Spanish book ban taken down

A website that defied Spanish court orders banning a book investigating drug trafficking in Spain has been taken down. The Madrid Booksellers’ Guild earlier launched an online

Russia | 64 killed in Siberian shopping mall inferno

With the fire alarms silent and staff reportedly nowhere to be seen, a fire at a shopping mall packed with children and their parents on the

USA – Stormy Daniels | Porn star says she was warned to keep silent about Trump

Adult film star Stormy Daniels says she was threatened to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006, telling her story in a

Offbeat | Romanian court says ‘dead man’ can get driving license back

Days after one Romanian court told a man he was officially dead despite evidence to the contrary, another court has declared that a man who was truly dead

This Day in History | 1989 – Millions of Russians go to the polls

Millions of Russian voters have gone to the polls, with early results suggesting that a number of Communist candidates have been rejected by the electorate. The

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SOUTH CHINA SEA The Philippine military said yesterday it will continue aerial patrols of a Chinese-held shoal near the South China Sea despite protests from Beijing over the flights,

The Buzz | Thai court finds British labor activist defamed fruit firm

A court in the Thai capital has ordered a British labor rights activist to pay 10 million baht (USD321,000) in damages to a company that filed a civil

Report: Bombs disguised as rocks in Yemen show Iranian aid

Roadside bombs disguised as rocks in Yemen bear similarities to others used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and by insurgents in Iraq and Bahrain, suggesting at the

Analysis | Why Trump’s latest steps heighten risk of a global trade war

President Ronald Reagan once likened trade wars to the pie fights in old Hollywood comedies. One pie in the face leads to another. And then another.

Briefs | US: Hundreds of thousands demand gun control

In a historic groundswell of youth activism, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied across the U.S. against gun violence Saturday, vowing to transform fear and

Germany arrests fugitive ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont

Carles Puigdemont, the fugitive ex-leader of Catalonia and ardent separatist, was arrested yesterday by German police on an international warrant as he tried to enter the

Offbeat | First direct flight from Australia to London touches down

The maiden flight of a new non-stop regular passenger service between Australia and Britain has touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, operated by

This Day in History | 1979 – Israel and Egypt shake hands on peace deal

Israel and Egypt have ended 30 years of war with an historic peace treaty brokered by the United States. The ceremony on the White House lawn

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VIETNAM State media is reporting that fire alarms weren’t heard in a large condominium complex in southern Vietnam where a fire killed at least 13 people. It said

The Buzz | Never-seen photos of Beatles’ early US concerts auctioned

Hundreds of previously unseen photographs of The Beatles’ first U.S. concerts have sold for 253,000 pounds (USD358,000) at an auction in England. The photographer Mike Mitchell, who was 18

Russia-UK | War of words over ex-spy’s poisoning gets uglier

The war of words between Russia and Britain over an ex-spy’s poisoning got uglier the U.K. foreign secretary called it vomit-inducing that Russian President Vladimir Putin

USA | Maryland school shooter apparently was lovesick teen

Tuesday’s school shooting in southern Maryland that left the shooter dead and two students wounded increasingly appears to be the action of a lovesick teenager. Authorities

Offbeat | Selena Gomez responds after bikini pics show scar

Selena Gomez took to Instagram after bikini photos of her in Australia showing a scar drew social media comments that she looked “thick.” The singer

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