The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Friday’s suicide bombing that killed at least 21 people and injured dozens of others near Kano, Nigeria’s second largest city. A
The leader of the left wing Podemos party, Pablo Iglesias A poll shows three parties are evenly matched three weeks ahead of the general election that will determine who governs Spain for
The festivities began at midday, with a presentation of gifts from both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall. An audience of 2,500, including cabinet ministers and opposition leaders, filled the hall
Two baby red pandas at the Philadelphia Zoo have been named after two of the city’s most famous residents: Betsy and Benjamin. Zoo officials said Friday that the monikers received overwhelming
The tens of thousands of people who participated in Sunday’s half marathon in India’s capital had more than just running 21 kilometers through New Delhi’s streets on a misty, chilly
Foreign banks that have been frustrated trying to break into one of the world’s most-profitable countries for banking, Indonesia, now may have a way. Buy two lenders, merge them -
Miss World Canada was barred from entering China yesterday to take part in this year’s pageant in the southern island province of Hainan, a friend of the outspoken Chinese-Canadian contestant
Labour MPs were left dumbstruck after their shadow chancellor fished out a copy of Chairman Mao’s “Little Red Book” and recited passages aloud to the House of Commons, the Financial
CHINA-USA President Barack Obama’s pardoning of a turkey named “Abe” this Thanksgiving has led some Chinese to gloat at the Japanese prime minister’s expense. As part of a peculiar annual
Russia began trade retaliation against Turkey for downing one of its warplanes over Syria as President Vladimir Putin prepared to hold talks with French leader Francois Hollande on combating Islamic
Pope Francis told Christian and Muslim leaders in Kenya yesterday that they have little choice but to engage in dialogue to guard against the “barbarous” Islamic extremist attacks that have struck
The first Beverly transport aircraft arrived in Mogadishu from Nairobi with over six tons of maize, as well as 2,000 sacks for distribution. Planes are expected to arrive daily from
What police force would start playing along with a practical joke when the capital is facing its highest state of alert and its most-wanted fugitive is still on the run?
A leading online betting company has become an international sponsor of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup tennis competitions. The International Tennis Federation says Betway will sponsor the men’s and women’s
The body of an Israeli transgender woman who committed suicide will be cremated despite her ultra-Orthodox family’s wishes, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled in documents obtained yesterday. Before she killed herself earlier
S KOREA-USA A new nuclear treaty with the United States governing South Korea’s commercial nuclear activities during the next 20 years goes into effect. The treaty opens the possibility of
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday ordered state-of-the art air defense missile systems to be deployed at a Russian air base in Syria following the downing of a Russian warplane by
A white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times last year was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, hours before the city released a video of the killing
MacStiofain - who has refused to eat or drink for nine days - was sentenced to six months imprisonment yesterday for being a member of the IRA. Four men, two of
Even amid warnings about Western infiltration, the famed fictional British spy James Bond still found a way to get into Iran. An ad hawking Omega watches appeared in the daily newspaper
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