The Australian 7.01pm: The search was continuing tonight for the AirAsia plane carrying 162 people, which has gone missing in bad weather over the Java Sea en route from Indonesia to Singapore in the third crisis...
Sunday, 28 December 2014
Al Jazeera People in South East Asia have been warned to prepare for more flooding, after days of heavy rain across the region that has killed dozens of people and displaced tens of thousands in Thailand,...
South China Morning Post Heavy snowfall in the French Alps left some 15,000 drivers stranded overnight, forcing many to sleep in their cars and prompting officials to open emergency shelters. The snow and ice hit as a rush of...
Khaleej Times The United Nations Support Mission in Libya said in a statement that it 'strongly condemns' attacks on Libya’s oil installations. More storage tanks were ablaze on Saturday at one of Libya’s...
- CNN: Syria says it's ready for new talks with opposition
- Sun Sentinel: Man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II puts roses on his tomb
- STL Today: Belarus replaces prime minister, central bank head
- STL Today: Japan's Abe unleashes stimulus plan to spur growth
- Reuters: Swedish centre-left make deal with opposition, call off snap vote
- The Australian: North Korea blasts Obama as ‘monkey’ over film
The Japan News The Associated Press DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russia rebels exchanged nearly 370 prisoners Friday, a major step toward easing hostilities in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine handed over 222 prisoners and the rebels released 145...
DNA India Police officers in dress uniform and other mourners joined a somber, four-block line outside a New York City church on Friday for the wake of one of two officers shot by a man who said he was avenging the killing of unarmed black men by...
The Siasat Daily December 27: At least 20 militants were killed today in a retaliatory action by Pakistan Army when the terrorists attacked military check posts in the volatile tribal region near the Afghan border. The militants attacked the check posts in Shindara...
The Siasat Daily New Delhi, December 27: The Director General (DG) of armed border force B.D. Sharma said here that they will cooperate with army and police in an offensive against a tribal militant group that had shot dead at least 80 people in Assam this week....
The Inquisitr Over the last few months Ronaldo has been linked to a move to Manchester United, Chelsea, and Barcelona, even though the latter is only likely to happen once hell has frozen over. However Mendes is adamant that Ronaldo won’t even consider...
The Siasat Daily Bogota, December 26: A soldier captured last week in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca was handed over Friday to a humanitarian delegation led by the International Red Cross, the FARC rebel group said. "Pvt. Carlos Becerra Ojeda has been...
Boston Herald NAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen attacked the African Union's main base in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Thursday leading to an exchange of gunfire between militants and soldiers that killed at least nine people, including three soldiers, an official...
Stars and Stripes MOSCOW — Russia named NATO's military buildup near its border as the main military threat and raised the possibility of using precision conventional weapons as a "strategic deterrent," according to the nation's new military doctrine signed...
Al Jazeera Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have begun swapping prisoners as agreed during a negotiation in the capital of Belarus this week that failed to reach main deals. The swap began on Friday with the exchange of 30 captives from each side and would...