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Solidarity for Australian Muslims after Sydney siege

Solidarity for Australian Muslims after Sydney siege

One of the bouquets left on Tuesday in a sea of flowers at the site of the Sydney siege read…
Nearly 200 dead as Syria bases lost to Qaeda, say monitors

Nearly 200 dead as Syria bases lost to Qaeda, say monitors

Nearly 200 combatants on both sides were killed in 24 hours when the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda took two regime…
Israeli troops kill Palestinian during West Bank clash

Israeli troops kill Palestinian during West Bank clash

Israeli soldiers on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian during an arrest raid in a refugee camp in the occupied…
Pakistani official: 84 children dead in Taliban school attack

Pakistani official: 84 children dead in Taliban school attack

 At least 84 children have been killed in a Taliban attack on a school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar…
UK petition calls for Guantanamo detainee’s release

UK petition calls for Guantanamo detainee’s release

British celebrities and MPs on Monday joined in a plea for the release from Guantanamo of a Saudi detainee with…
Oil rebounds from new five-year lows, boosting stocks

Oil rebounds from new five-year lows, boosting stocks

World oil prices rebounded slightly Monday from fresh five-year lows amid stubborn worries over weak global crude demand, boosting European…
Russian arms sales soared in 2013, bucking global slowdown – think tank

Russian arms sales soared in 2013, bucking global slowdown – think tank

Russian arms makers' sales soared 20 percent in 2013, bucking a slowdown in other countries' industries, largely thanks to a…
Fears of jihadist attack as hostages held in Sydney cafe

Fears of jihadist attack as hostages held in Sydney cafe

Australian police locked down the centre of the country's biggest city on Monday after an armed man walked into a…
Paris climate summit faces tougher job after modest Lima deal

Paris climate summit faces tougher job after modest Lima deal

A Paris summit in 2015 will face a tougher task to agree a U.N. deal to slow climate change after…
S.Sudan’s descent into horror as civil war enters 2nd year

S.Sudan’s descent into horror as civil war enters 2nd year

War in South Sudan is worsening with "extreme violence" and growing hunger, rights groups warned Monday, one year on since…
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