US sailor rescued after 66 days lost at sea
AFP, Miami :A sailor who spent two months lost at sea has been rescued after apparently surviving on raw fish and rainwater.Louis Jordan, 37, was...
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Massive tea consumption linked to kidney failure
Reuters, London :The puzzling case of a 56-year-old U.S. man who suddenly developed weakness, fatigue and body aches is leading doctors to warn that massive...
China’s ex-security chief indicted on corruption charges
AP, Beijing :Prosecutors charged former national security chief Zhou Yongkang with corruption and leaking of state secrets, setting the stage for him to become the...
Black box suggests Germanwings crash was deliberate: Investigators
Reuters, Paris :France BEA’s aviation investigators said on Friday a second black box recovered from the Germanwings crash site indicated that the copilot deliberately crashed...
Pakistan evacuates 176 more citizens from Yemen
AP, Islamabad :Pakistani media says as many as 176 more Pakistanis have returned home after being evacuated from Yemen with help from the Chinese navy.State-run...
Yemen rebels quit Aden palace after air raids
Reuters, Aden :Houthi fighters and their allies have pulled back from the central Aden district of Crater after overnight clashes with gunmen loyal to President...
Russian ships in old Arctic NATO base set alarm bells ringing
AFP, Oslo :Russian ships docked at what was once a secret Norwegian naval base in the Arctic have prompted concern from the NATO country’s former...
Gunmen kill 15 soldiers, two civilians in Egypt’s Sinai
Reuters, Ismailia :Gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked several military checkpoints in Egypt’s Sinai on Thursday, killing 15 soldiers and two civilians, security sources said,...
California imposes water restrictions to deal with drought
Agencies, Phillips :Governor Jerry Brown ordered mandatory water use reductions for the first time in California’s history on Wednesday, saying the state’s four-year drought had...
Kenya attack: 147 dead in Garissa University assault
BBC Online: At least 147 people, mostly students, have been killed in an assault by al-Shabab militants on a university in north-eastern Kenya. Heavily armed...
Houthi forces in Aden pull back after Saudi coalition air strikes
Reuters, Aden :Houthi forces pulled back from positions in central Aden after air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition at dawn on Thursday, residents of the...
Rebels seize Syria-Jordan border as IS storms Damascus
AFP, Damascus :Rebels backed by Syria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate seized control Wednesday of the last border crossing with Jordan that had been under regime control, dealing...