2016-03-15
BEIJING: Chinese state news agency was left red-faced after it referred to President Xi Jinping as "China's last leader", an apparent copy editing error which forced the rest of the official media to...
2016-03-15
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his country would soon conduct a nuclear warhead test and test launch ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the official KCNA news agency...
2016-03-15
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Rejecting RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's suggestion for infusing patriotism, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has said he will not chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' even if a knife is put to his...
2016-03-15
Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accepted a key ministerial role in President Dilma Rousseff's government, media reports say. Members of the governing Workers' Party say his...
2016-03-15
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A mentally ill homeless woman who picked up a police baton as officers scuffled with and fatally shot a man on Skid Row last year has reached a deal with prosecutors that will keep...
2016-03-15
Pope expected to sign decree that Nobel peace prize winner will be canonised, with ceremony to take place at a later date...
2016-03-14
Citing her “hidden agenda,” a prominent member of the Ku Klux Klan has switched his support from Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, The Inquisitr reports. Will...
2016-03-14
A passenger train derailed overnight in a rural area of southwestern Kansas, injuring at least 32 people, The Associated Press reports. Officials said Monday the Amtrak train was traveling from Los...
2016-03-14
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial pullout of the Russian military from Syria in a televised meeting with Russia’s foreign and defense ministries, voicing hope the move will...
2016-03-14
Tuesday, 15 March is well known as the Ides of March from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. But 14 March, for those who don’t already know it, goes by a number of different names as well – Pi Day (3.14),...
2016-03-14
SAO PAULO (AP) — Mammoth demonstrations across Brazil are putting even more pressure on embattled President Dilma Rousseff as she heads into a tough week for her attempt to survive impeachment...
2016-03-14
US President Barack Obama , who visits Cuba in a week, promised dissidents he would directly discuss human rights issues with their president, Raul Castro , in a letter published Sunday. ......
2016-03-14
BERLIN: Voters punished Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in three German regional elections on Sunday, giving a thumbs-down to her open-door refugee policy and turning in droves to the...
2016-03-14
Western powers have condemned efforts by the Syrian government to set limits to the agenda of fresh peace talks starting on Monday. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on...
2016-03-14
The recent crash involving a Google self-driving car and a bus was "not a surprise", the US transport secretary has said. Anthony Foxx told the BBC that accidents were inevitable, but that the...
2016-03-14
Millions of low-paid workers who put aside savings could receive a top-up of up to £1,200 over four years, the government has announced. Employees on in-work benefits, such as tax credits, who put...
2016-03-13
By Daniel Flynn and Alonso Soto SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians poured onto the streets of major cities on Sunday to protest against President Dilma Rousseff,...
2016-03-13
A car bomb went off near bus stops in the heart of Turkey's capital on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and wounding around 125 others, officials said. The blast occurred on the city's main...
2016-03-12
By Girish Gupta and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition launched a new protest campaign on Saturday to oust President Nicolas Maduro, but support was thin and the ruling...
2016-03-12
Troops loyal to Yemen's president have captured the western entrance to the strategic city of Taiz, partially breaking a siege by Houthi fighters allied with Iran, medical and military sources said on...
2016-03-12
Tunisia's leaders have called for civil servants and the general public to donate part of their income to an "anti-terrorism fund", following a deadly assault on a town near the Libyan border....
2016-03-12
It’s a tough pill to swallow for many survivors and families of victims that Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in gun and bomb attacks in 2011, gets another day in court, this time claiming...
2016-03-12
Katherine Gypson Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump resumed his campaign in Ohio Saturday after thousands of protesters clashed with his supporters Friday night, forcing the cancellation...
2016-03-12
The Greek government on Saturday started handing out flyers printed in Arabic, Farsi and Pashto to migrants and refugees camped out on the country’s northern border with the Former Yugoslav...
2016-03-12
By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - With a passionate defense of her migrant policy, Chancellor Angela Merkel threw herself into one last campaign push on the eve of "Super Sunday" elections...