Breastfeeding Aussie Senator in political first
AFP, Sydney :A breastfeeding senator has made Australian political history by becoming the first woman to nurse her newborn baby in the nation’s parliament.Greens’ senator...
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Jakarta governor jailed for blasphemy
AFP, Jakarta :The outgoing governor of Jakarta has been jailed for two years for blasphemy after judges handed down a sentence that was harsher than...
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Police reopen Paris train station AP, ParisPolice gradually began reopening Paris’ Gare du Nord train station early on Tuesday morning after earlier evacuating the platforms...
Putin urges world to fight terror as Russia marks WWII victory
AFP, Moscow :President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned Russia could defeat any aggressors but insisted that the world come together to fight “terrorism” as Moscow...
Irish beach reappears 33 years after vanishing into Atlantic Ocean
Reuters, Ireland :A beach that was swept away more than 30 years ago from a remote island off the west coast of Ireland has reappeared...
Flood-hit Quebec declared state of emergency, military called in
Reuters, Quebec :Canada’s Quebec police hope to send divers into a swollen river on Monday to search for a toddler and a man who were...
US anti-Muslim bias incidents increased in 2016: Report
Reuters, Boston :When the Masjid Al-Kareem mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, received a threatening letter in November calling Muslims a “vile and filthy people,” its...
Trump admin insists travel ban not anti-Muslim
AFP, Washington :Did Donald Trump’s contested travel ban deliberately single out Muslims? The US administration fiercely denied it during an appeals court hearing Monday-despite the...
Hunger grows amid slow advances against IS in Mosul
AP, Mosul :Aliyah Hussein and the 25 family members sheltering with her in Mosul’s western Mahatta neighborhood are surviving by picking wild greens growing in...
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Merkel’s party scores strong win in state pollAFP, KielChancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives secured a strong win on Sunday in state polls in northern Germany, early...
South Sudan child refugees top one million: UN
AFP, Nairobi :War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the country, the United...
Obama to receive Kennedy Foundation `Profile in Courage Award`
Reuters, Boston :Former US President Barack Obama is expected in Boston on Sunday to receive the John F Kennedy Foundation’s annual “Profile in Courage Award,”...