Soldiers lock down Gambia capital after overnight shooting

BANJUL: Gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in Gambia's capital Banjul overnight and soldiers blocked the bridge leading to the centre of the coastal city amid media reports of an attempted coup.A diplomat said unknown gunmen had attacked...

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Migrant ship off Greece says armed people on board: Reports

ATHENS: A cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants near the Greek island of Corfu sent out a distress signal saying armed people were on board on Tuesday, Greek television reported.Two Greek officials confirmed that a distress signal had...

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Suicide car bomb targets Libya parliament

CAIRO: A Libyan lawmaker says a suicide car bomber has rammed his vehicle into the outer gate of the headquarters of the internationally recognized parliament.Parliamentarian Abu Bakr Baeira said no one was killed in the attack in the eastern city of...

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Rocket hits tank at Libya's biggest oil port

TRIPOLI: A rocket hit a tank at the eastern Libyan oil port Es Sider, officials said on Thursday.Libya's biggest export terminal, Es Sider has been closed for two weeks because of fighting nearby between forces allied to Libya's competing governments."A...

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China to test its Ebola vaccine on humans

BEIJING: China on Thursday said it has developed a vaccine to combat the spread of deadly Ebola virus that has killed more than 7,000 people in three West African countries, and the test of the drug on humans would begin this month.Defence ministry spokesman...

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Ukraine's move to join Nato dangerous: Russia

MOSCOW: Kiev's efforts to join Nato are dangerous for Ukraine itself and Europe's security, Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying on Thursday."There are a few western countries that want to maintain the...

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Up to 11 dead in Japan snow storms: Reports

TOKYO: Up to 11 people are now reported to have died in a winter snow storm gripping much of Japan, as forecasters on Friday warned bad weather would continue.Northern and central parts of Japan have been lashed by strong winds that have dumped huge...

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Eight children found dead in Australia home

CAIRNS (Australia): Eight children ranging from babies to teenagers were found dead at a home in the Australian city of Cairns on Friday, police said, reportedly in a gruesome mass stabbing just days after a deadly siege in Sydney.Prime Minister Tony...

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Iraqi Kurds say Mount Sinjar siege broken

NAHYAT AL-AYADHIYA (Iraq): Iraqi Kurds claimed on Thursday to have broken a siege on a mountain where Yazidi civilians and fighters have long been trapped as the US said air strikes killed several Islamic State leaders in recent weeks.Officials said...

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EU bans investment in Crimea, targets oil sector, tourism

BRUSSELS: The European Union banned investment in Crimea on Thursday, halting European help for Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration and outlawing European cruise ships from calling at Crimean ports.The new measures, which EU governments have signed...

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Rajapaksa asks minority Tamils to 'forget the past'

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will not allow any Arab Spring-type uprising in the country which is emerging from decades of ethnic war, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is seeking an unprecedented third term, vowed on Thursday as he appealed to minority Tamils...

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Black 14-yr-old boy exonerated 70 yrs after execution

George Stinney Jr became the youngest person to be executed in the US in the 20th century when he was sent to the electric chair in 1944, but more than 70 years after his death his conviction has been overturned.Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen said the speed...

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Heart warming epitome of kindness in UK

LONDON: A remarkable act of kindness is warming hearts across Britain after a homeless man offered a British student all his loose change to ensure she gets home safe at night after she lost her bank card.The student Dominique Harrison-Bentzen has now...

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First ever female Bishop in the Church of England

LONDON: History was made on Wednesday with the Church of England getting its first ever female bishop in the form of Libby Lane, a parish priest from Crewe.Her appointment brings to an end 22 years of resistance to the promotion of female priests.Lane...

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EU orders bloc to remove Hamas from its terror blacklist

LONDON: The second highest court of the European Union has ordered that the Palestinian militant group Hamas be removed from the bloc's terror blacklist.The General Court of the European Union ruled on Wednesday that the inclusion of the group was not...

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Murdoch's Sydney siege tweet triggers uproar

KOLKATA: Rupert Murdoch is at the receiving end again! Celebrities and netizens have taken on media baron Rupert Murdoch for his tweet congratulating one of his publications for its timely coverage of the Sydney terror attack.'AUST gets wake-call with...

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New development in forensic science for solving sex crimes

LONDON: Sex crimes can now be solved with a help of a new technique — the DNA of the hair belonging to a rapist.A study has revealed that the bacteria living in pubic hair is different for men and women and can help the police distinguish between individuals.Forensic...

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Human rights court turns down mercy plea on the failed plot to blow london transport

LONDON: Four men jailed over the failed plot to blow up the London transport network on July 21, 2005 lost an attempt to have their convictions overturned at the European Court of Human Rights.Judges in Strasbourg today threw out their claim saying that...

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Hong Kong police close final protest site

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police tore down barricades, folded up tents and arrested some protesters on Monday at a third and final pro-democracy protest camp, ending demonstrations that blocked traffic in the southern Chinese city's streets for 2 1/2 months.A...

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Uber offers free rides in Sydney after criticism of price surge amid siege

SYDNEY: Online car service Uber on Monday offered free rides from Sydney's central business district following a public backlash over an initial surge in prices amid a hostage drama in a city cafe.Fares on the US-based company's booking app initially...

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Belgium cut off from world by national strike

BRUSSELS: Belgium ground to a halt in its biggest strike in years on Monday as trade unions grounded flights, cut international rail links and shut sea ports to protest the new government's austerity plans.In the climax to a month of industrial action...

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Intelligence committee requests CIA material on UK role in interrogation

LONDON: Britain's top security committee will ask CIA to hand over all material documenting UK's role in the CIA's post-9/11 interrogation programme.The House of Commons Intelligence and Security Committee has launched an inquiry into the treatment of...

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US cop buys eggs for woman caught shoplifting to feed family

HOUSTON: A white police officer in the US gifted 12 eggs to a grandmother after he caught her stealing five eggs from a store to feed her starved family in Alabama.47-year-old Helen Johnson, who had not eaten anything for two days, burst into tears when...

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Sweden confirms Russian spy plane violated airspace

LONDON: In what could have been catastrophic, it was confirmed on Saturday that a Russian military aircraft turned off its transponders to avoid commercial radar and nearly collided with a passenger jet over Sweden.Sweden's air force chief Major General...

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Hong Kong to shut down last, smallest protest site

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police said on Saturday that they would clear out the third and final pro-democracy protest camp next week, putting an end to demonstrations that have blocked traffic in the southern Chinese city's streets for 2 1/2 months.Police...

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IS militants shoots down Iraqi military helicopter

BAGHDAD: Islamic State group militants shot down an Iraqi military helicopter, officials said on Saturday, killing the two pilots onboard and raising fresh concerns about the extremists' ability to attack aircraft amid ongoing US-led coalition airstrikes.The...

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Radicals rampage through Zurich centre

GENEVA: Police have fired tear gas and water cannon in central Zurich to disperse some 200 masked radicals who attacked officers and set cars, trees and trash bins on fire, sending terrified residents fleeing in the upscale and normally tranquil neighbourhood.The...

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Taliban suicide blast kills six Afghan soldiers in Kabul

KABUL: A suicide blast claimed by the Taliban killed at least six Afghan soldiers in the suburbs of Kabul on Thursday morning, police said.A suicide bomber on foot targeted a bus carrying Afghan troops in Tangi Tarakhil on the outskirts of the capital,...

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White House says CIA torture undermined US 'moral authority'

JOHANNESBURG: The White House has said that the torture meted out to al Qaeda suspects by the Central Investigative Agency (CIA) in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack undermined the United States' "moral authority" and added that the release of a report...

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South Africa to sign fuel deals to tackle power crisis

CAPE TOWN: South Africa will increase diesel and gas imports and sign a private sector coal-fired power plant deal as it seeks to stem chronic electricity shortages, the cabinet said on Thursday.South Africa has suffered its worst power shortages since...

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No major damage as Philippine storm weakens

LEGAZPI (Philippines): Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, mowed down trees and sent more than 8,00,000 people into shelters before it weakened on Sunday, sparing the central Philippines the type of devastation that a monster storm brought to the region...

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Israel to probe one of deadliest Gaza war strikes

JERUSALEM : The Israeli military says it has opened a criminal investigation into one of the deadliest airstrikes of the last Gaza war.At least 24 members of the Abu Jamea family were killed in the July 20 strike on their home. They included 18 children...

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Princess Diana gowns go under hammer in US

LOS ANGELES: Five dresses designed for and worn by Britain's late Princess Diana have gone under the hammer in Los Angeles for a total of nearly half a million dollars.Three of the gowns were made by British dressmaker Catherine Walker, Diana's favourite...

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Emirates police make arrest in American's stabbing

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates' interior minister said on Thursday that police have arrested a female suspect in the stabbing death of an American schoolteacher in the country's capital and revealed that the attacker also planted...

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Yemen's al-Qaida threatens US hostage in new video

SANAA, Yemen: Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen threatened an American hostage kidnapped over a year ago, giving Washington three days to meet unspecified demands and denouncing US actions in the Arabian Peninsula country in a new video released on Thursday.The...

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Pakistan appoints sharia court judge as new CEC

ISLAMABAD: Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza Khan was on Friday named Pakistan's new chief election commissioner, a day before the expiry of a Supreme Court deadline to fill the key constitutional office lying vacant for over 16 months.The announcement was...

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Egypt's top prosecutor to appeal Mubarak verdict

CAIRO: Egypt's public prosecutor on Tuesday said he would appeal against a court verdict that acquitted former president Hosni Mubarak, his former interior minister and six aides, of murder charges for killing unarmed protesters during the country's...

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Fears rise for over 50 missing from S Korean ship

SEOUL, South Korea: More than 50 crew members from a South Korean fishing ship that sank in the western Bering Sea were feared dead on Tuesday, as furious relatives blamed the ship's owner and its captain for not doing enough to save their family members...

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3 Hong Kong protest leaders to surrender to police

HONG KONG: Three founders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement called on Tuesday for an end to street demonstrations to prevent more violence and take the campaign to a new stage, but it wasn't clear whether student protesters, who make up the...

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