Russia | Putin defends Iran missile decision during call-in show

President Vladimir Putin sternly urged the West to respect Russia’s interests in global affairs and defended his move to sanction the delivery of a long-range air defense missile system to Iran during

Briefs | Brazil – Governing party treasurer arrested in kickback case

Federal police on Wednesday (yesterday in Macau) detained the treasurer of Brazil’s governing Workers’ Party in the wide-ranging investigation into corruption at state-run oil giant Petrobras, and the party said

This Day in History | 1961 – Exiles invade Cuba at Bay of Pigs

The only news coming out of Cuba is broadcast by the government-run radio station. All other communications with the island have been cut. THe first landing is reported to have taken

Offbeat | Israeli ultra-Orthodox site cuts Kim Kardashian from photo

The original photo of Kardashian, her husband, Kanye West, and Jerusalem’s Mayor Nir Barkat was altered to put Kardashian behind a restaurant receipt. Kardashian was blurred in another. Nissim Ben Haim,

The Buzz | Brazilian teams on alert because of dengue fever outbreak

Brazilian teams are on alert because of a dengue fever outbreak that has already affected some of the country’s top clubs. Three players were diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease this week,

World briefs

CHINA accuses the Dalai Lama of inciting a wave of self-immolations among Tibetans that are widely seen as desperate protests against Chinese rule in the Himalayan region. The exiled Tibetan

Turkish PM says Pope joined ‘evil front’ against Turkey

Ahmet Davutoglu made the comments at an event in Ankara outlining the ruling party’s platform for June parliamentary elections and presenting its candidates. He called the pope’s description of the

Cuba | Citizens hail removal from US list of state terrorism sponsors

Cuban officials and ordinary citizens alike hailed the island’s removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, saying the move by President Barack Obama heals a decades-old insult

USA | White House standoff with Congress over Iran bill not over

Legislation empowering Congress to reject an emerging Iran nuclear pact is expected to sail through both houses of Congress, leaving President Barack Obama with the tough task of selling the

This Day in History: 1987 MP on gay sex charges

Mr Proctor, who represents Billericay in Essex, said nothing to waiting journalists at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court in central London. In court, the MP was accused of committing three acts of

Offbeat: Chimp Tushi turns drone-buster in Dutch Burgers’ Zoo

When the zoo sent a drone over the chimpanzee enclosure for a better look at how their 14 apes live, the response was swift. With the unfamiliar intruder coming close to

The Buzz | Conservatives push for NFL, NBA, MLB franchises in Britain

Britain’s Conservative Party says it will push for American football, basketball and baseball franchises to be based in the country. The pledge features in the manifesto launched by Prime Minister David

World briefs

SKOREA-JAPAN South Korea lifts an overseas travel ban on a Japanese journalist charged with defaming the South Korean president. INDIA Violent protests erupt in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir after a

US: Convict trashes his lawyers, says execution would be better

A man from India sentenced to death in the killings of a baby and her grandmother in what prosecutors called a botched kidnapping plot said he’s so dissatisfied with his

Nigeria | President-elect: Can’t promise to find Chibok girls

On the first anniversary of the kidnapping by Islamic extremists of hundreds of girls from a school in northeast Nigeria, President-elect Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that he cannot promise to

USA | Ex-guards sentenced for Iraq shootings

Defense lawyers are vowing to appeal the convictions of four former Blackwater security guards after a federal judge handed down lengthy prison terms for their roles in a 2007 shooting

This Day in History: 1986 – US launches air strikes on Libya

Around 66 American jets, some of them flying from British bases launched an attack at around 0100hrs on Monday. The White House spokesman, Larry Speakes, has said that the strike was

Offbeat: Manufacturing firm seeks to build world’s largest surfboard

WPRO-AM reports that Bristol-based mouldCAM is building the board for the Visit Huntington Beach campaign in California, which hopes to break the world record for the most people to catch

The Buzz | Pole challenges anti-immigration UK politician to a duel

An aristocratic Pole has challenged an anti-immigration British politician to a duel. Jan Zylinski, who calls himself a prince, says he’s tired of U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage criticizing eastern

World briefs

CHINA Beijing police have arrested two drivers whose supercars collided during a late-night drag race, in the latest scandal to strike the much-reviled offspring of China’s newly rich. The arrests

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