A twin bombing struck a crowd in a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria yesterday, killing 44 people and wounding dozens more, Syria’s state-run news agency and Kurdish media reported.
Bavaria’s top security official says it’s unclear whether the man who blew himself up at a bar in the town of Ansbach meant to detonate it at the moment he
Nearly 80 men imprisoned for terrorist offences have been freed from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. The release of the 52 republican and 26 loyalist paramilitaries from the County Antrim
A U.S. Marine Corps horse who served during some of the bloodiest fighting of the Korean War has been posthumously decorated for bravery. Sgt. Reckless was awarded the Dickin Medal during
Norway is considering moving a mountain — or at least its peak — to neighboring Finland. Anne Nordskog, a spokeswoman for Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, said yesterday the government is
The 27th Hong Kong Book Fair ended on Tuesday, after drawing a record attendance of close to 1.02 million visitors, according to a statement from the Hong Kong Trade Development
CHINA Shares plunged yesterday, with a gauge of smaller companies sinking 5.5 percent, as people familiar with the matter said the China Banking Regulatory Commission is discussing stricter curbs on
When President Barack Obama blamed North Korea in December 2014 for hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment, he had little to lose. The stakes are higher with Russia, as speculation swirls that
Two attackers seized hostages yesterday in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen, killing one hostage by slitting his throat before being shot and killed by police, a French
A bomb has exploded at a crowded concert in Atlanta, Georgia, the city hosting this year’s Olympic Games. Two people are reported to have been killed and firefighting officials say as
A Buddhist monk was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling more than USD260,000 from the Louisiana temple he led and gambling most of the
A film production company yesterday admitted health and safety breaches over an accident on the set of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” that broke the leg of star Harrison Ford. The
The world’s first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun’s energy made history yesterday as it landed in Abu Dhabi, where it first took off on an epic
CHINA Nine people were killed and two others injured after two SUVs collided in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, according to government sources. The collision happened on a highway in Fuyuan
Democrats who gleefully jeered Republican divisions last week awoke to a political mess of their own making yesterday as party unity behind Hillary Clinton proved much harder to secure. Gathering for
A peace pact to end more than two years of civil war in oil-producing South Sudan is in jeopardy as one faction of the armed opposition moves to replace Vice
Brazilian police say they have arrested the last suspect who was sought in the case of a group that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State on social media and shared
Clement Attlee has been elected Britain’s new prime minister after Labour won a sweeping victory in the general election. The outgoing prime minister and great wartime leader Winston Churchill tendered his
For the first time in its 36-year history, a Hemingway has won a competition seeking the man who most looks like literary giant Ernest Hemingway. Dave Hemingway was named the winner
CHINA The International Champions Cup match between Premier League rivals Manchester United and Manchester City has been canceled after recent extreme weather made the playing surface at Beijing’s National Stadium
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