Farmer Ajmad Miyah has given up on ever settling down again. Three years after the sea swallowed his home on the Bangladeshi coast, he still has no property or possessions,
Iraq’s prime minister has defended his country’s security forces, saying they’re capable of defeating the Islamic State group without the help of foreign combat troops. Haider al-Abadi’s statement late Tuesday came
The mother of five from Detroit was shot and killed while driving a young black activist, Leroy Moton, back to the town of Selma following a protest march to the
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week approved a USD290,000 payout to settle a lawsuit by the guitarist of rock band Journey that claimed the city unfairly jacked up
French Prime minister Manuel Valls has threatened Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema with the loss of his spot on the national squad due to his involvement in a sex-tape case. Facing
CHINA The addition of China’s yuan to the select basket of currencies used as a yardstick by the International Monetary Fund is a sign that the yuan may one day
Syria’s al-Qaida branch yesterday released a group of Lebanese troops held captive for over a year as part of a Qatar- brokered swap that involved Lebanon setting free at least 11
The man accused in the shooting rampage at a Colorado women’s health care clinic that provides abortions made his first court appearance Monday (yesterday, Macau time) and learned that he will face
From deserts encroaching on African farmland to rising sea levels shrinking islands of the South Pacific, leaders of poor nations most affected by climate change shared their stories of global
Aiming to head off a rift between major Mideast players, President Barack Obama urged Turkey and Russia yesterday to set aside tensions over the downing of a Russian warplane and
The chief magistrate of Pretoria, Martinus Prins, said he officially accepted findings the 30-year-old died of extensive brain injuries sustained during a scuffle with police on the morning of 7
Spotify users are clearly listening to Drake. The rapper was the most streamed artist of the year globally. Spotify announced its end-of-the-year list yesterday and said Drake earned 1.8 billion streams
The Michelin Guide, long regarded as the world’s foremost authority of culinary merit, is set to put out a Singapore edition in 2016, The Straits Times reported yesterday. “This will be
Chicago was his kind of town, L.A. was his lady and he certainly was a big part of New York, New York. But despite a love-hate relationship, the mile-square New
CHINA A gas leak at a steel parts factory in eastern China kills 10 people and leaves seven others hospitalized. The Zouping County government says on its official microblog the
Defying calls from Moscow, Turkey’s prime minister said yesterday that his country won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, saying the Turkish military was doing
Pope Francis ventured into a volatile Muslim neighborhood of Central African Republic’s capital yesterday and brought his message of reconciliation to the city’s main mosque, insisting that Christians and Muslims
A Jerusalem court yesterday convicted two Israeli youths in the grisly killing last year of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, while delaying the verdict for the third and chief suspect
Addressing the twin threats of global warming and extremist violence, the largest group of world leaders ever to stand together kicked off two weeks of high-stakes climate talks outside Paris
Mrs Rosa Parks now faces a fine for breaking the segregation laws which say black Americans must vacate their seats if there are white passengers left standing. It is not the
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