Egypt to hold two-phase parliamentary election in March and April
Reuters, Cairo :Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election in two phases starting on March 22-23, the Election Commission said on Thursday, something the government...
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China steps up political prosecutions: Rights Group
AFP, Beijing :China prosecuted almost 1,400 people for political offences in 2013, the vast majority in secret, an advocacy group reported Thursday as the ruling...
Record-breaking cold closes US schools
Agencies :Record-breaking cold that gripped the U.S. East and Midwest on Thursday snarled travel, shut schools, filled homeless shelters and even led to zoo penguins...
Sri Lanka votes in tightest election
AFP, Colombo :Sri Lanka went to the polls Thursday in its tightest election in decades, with its strongman president battling for survival after accusations of...
France mourns as manhunt for suspects continues
Reuters, Paris :French police extended a manhunt on Thursday for two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at a satirical magazine in Paris in a...
FBI director gives new clues tying North Korea to Sony hack
AP, New York :The FBI director revealed new details Wednesday about the stunning cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., part of the Obama administration’s effort...
‘Paris attack cannot curb free speech’
AFP, London :Britain’s newspapers rallied behind their French counterparts on Thursday following the horrific terror attack on magazine Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead, urging...
Spain increases terror threat level after France attack
AP, Madrid :Spain raised its terror threat level Wednesday following the attack on a French satirical newspaper that killed 12 people.But Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez...
Large part of US in deep freeze
Reuters, Chicago :Schools closed in cities across the Midwest and as far south as Tennessee to protect children from bitterly cold temperatures as wind chill...
N Korea has 6,000-member cyber army: S Korea
AP, Seoul :South Korea said Tuesday that rival North Korea has a 6,000-member cyber army dedicated to disrupting the South’s military and government, a dramatic...
Obama, Mexico`s president discuss US shift toward Cuba
AP, Washington :US President Barack Obama embarked on a new year of foreign policy by welcoming Mexico’s embattled President to the White House on Tuesday,...
Boko Haram captures town, military base
AFP, LagosBoko Haram’s seizure of a key town and military base in Nigeria’s far northeast has tightened its grip on the region, undermining efforts to...