Cancer movie wins top prize at Sundance
Art news
February 1, 2015
Cancer movie wins top prize at Sundance
"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," a moving drama about a teenager who befriends a classmate with cancer, won…
Pro-democracy protesters to return to Hong Kong streets
World
February 1, 2015
Pro-democracy protesters to return to Hong Kong streets
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters will rally on Hong Kong's streets Sunday for the first time since mass demonstrations shut down…
Palestinians say West Banker killed by Israeli soldiers
World
January 31, 2015
Palestinians say West Banker killed by Israeli soldiers
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian late on Saturday near Nablus in the north of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian…
Bahrain strips 72 unrest convicts of citizenship
World
January 31, 2015
Bahrain strips 72 unrest convicts of citizenship
Sunni-ruled Bahrain said Saturday it had revoked the citizenship of 72 people convicted of "harming the interests of the kingdom"…
Minister: Russia’s economy to shrink by 3% in 2015
World
January 31, 2015
Minister: Russia’s economy to shrink by 3% in 2015
Russia's economy minister on Saturday said GDP is expected to shrink by three percent in 2015 with oil prices at…
France’s Louvre keeps title as world’s most-visited museum
Art news
January 31, 2015
France’s Louvre keeps title as world’s most-visited museum
The famous LOuvre in France received 9.3 million visitors last year, retaining its title as the most-visited museum in the…
Report: CIA, Israel plotted senior Hezbollah commander’s killing
World
January 31, 2015
Report: CIA, Israel plotted senior Hezbollah commander’s killing
The CIA and Israel's spy agency Mossad were behind an elaborate plot to kill Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh in a…
Yemen Shiite militia holds widely boycotted meeting on crisis
World
January 31, 2015
Yemen Shiite militia holds widely boycotted meeting on crisis
Yemen's Shiite militia and ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh's party held a meeting boycotted by others parties Friday to discuss ending…
Netanyahu denies wife pocketed from returned bottles
World
January 31, 2015
Netanyahu denies wife pocketed from returned bottles
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday dismissed as "false" reports that his wife Sara had pocketed at least $1,000…
Jihadists increasingly wary of Internet, experts say
Egypt
January 31, 2015
Jihadists increasingly wary of Internet, experts say
After having used the Internet profusely for propaganda and recruitment, jihadist organisations have realised that investigators are gleaning crucial information…