Iraq | US denies loosening rules for avoiding civilian casualties

U.S. airstrikes probably played a role in the deaths of dozens of civilians in Mosul earlier this month, U.S. and Iraqi military officials acknowledged yesterday ,

The Buzz | Investment from China in Kushner Manhattan property is off

Talks with a Chinese company seeking a stake in a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by the family of Jared Kushner are over. Negotiations with Anbang Insurance to

Cheney blasts Russia’s alleged interference in US election

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has criticized Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election, calling it a hostile act. Russian President Vladimir Putin made

Climate plan | Trump takes aim at Obama’s efforts to curb global warming

Moving forward with a campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan to curb global warming, President Donald Trump will sign an executive

UK | Complaints as paper focuses on leaders’ legs, not policy

Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid has sparked complaints with a front page photograph focusing on the legs of Prime Minister Theresa May and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

This Day in History | 1999 – Hanratty family wins right to appeal

The Criminal Cases Review Commission, (CCRC), the body set up to investigate miscarriages of justice, has referred the case back to the courts after a two-year

Offbeat | What the smurf?! Smurfette is shunned in Israeli ultra-Orthodox city

Israel’s pious ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has long chafed at public displays of women, whether the images are of female public figures or ordinary women. Now even

World briefs

CHINA’s chances of qualifying for the World Cup have virtually ended with this first defeat in competitive action for coach Marcello Lippi since he was appointed in November.

Germany | Merkel celebrates election win, challenger deflated

German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday celebrated an encouraging win for her conservatives in a state election, declaring that her party has “every chance” in upcoming votes. Her

UK | Attacker used WhatsApp, firm must help police get access

Westminster Bridge attacker Khalid Masood sent a WhatsApp message that cannot be accessed because it was encrypted by the popular messaging service, a top British security

Russia | Protest leader Alexei Navalny gets 15 days in jail

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who organized a wave of nationwide protests against government corruption that rattled authorities, was jailed for 15 days yesterday by a

USA | Agency follows a uniquely American way of funding arts

When the National Endowment for the Arts was established in 1965, organizers had different models to choose from. They could have looked to the French

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.

Offbeat | Teens wearing leggings barred from United flight

Two teenage girls were barred by a gate agent from boarding a United Airlines flight from Denver to Minneapolis on Sunday because they were wearing leggings, according to a

World briefs

SOUTH CHINA SEA China may or may not be planning to build an environmental monitoring station on the disputed Scarborough Shoal. While the top official in the

UK police still think Westminster attacker acted alone 

British police investigating an assault on Parliament that claimed four victims and wounded dozens say they still believe the assailant acted alone. Police said late Saturday there is no

Analysis | Non merci: French voters reject corruption in politics

French voters just won’t tolerate corruption in politics anymore — that appears to be the message from the swift downfall of the country’s powerful security minister.

This Day in History | 1977 Hundreds dead in Tenerife plane crash

At least 560 people have died after two jumbo jets collided on a runway in the holiday destination of Tenerife. It is thought to be the

World briefs

US Gunfire erupted inside a crowded nightclub early yesterday, killing one person and wounding more than a dozen others. There was no indication the shooting at the

The Buzz | Minister says Dijsselbloem resignation is best for EU

Portugal’s Economy Minister Manuel Caldeira Cabral said Jeroen Dijsselbloem, whose Dutch party lost elections this month, should quit as chairman of the European finance ministers’ group after his

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