Australia lifts ban on veil
AP, Australia :Australia’s Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after the prime minister intervened.The government department...
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Second royal baby due in April
BBC Online :The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child in April next year, Kensington Palace has said.The pregnancy had already been...
Deadly suicide blast hits Baghdad funeral
Al-Jazeera.com :A suicide bomber has killed at least 21 people at a funeral in the Iraqi capital, while an ambush has halted the government forces’...
Bilawal tries to reclaim the legacy of his mother
New York Times, Pakistan :Seven years ago, Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan after a decade in exile to a boisterous welcome from hundreds of thousands...
Five jailed for life in India rape
BBC Online :A court in India has sentenced five men to life in jail for the abduction and gang rape of a call centre worker.The...
AI deplores abuses by both sides
BBC Online :Human rights group Amnesty International says there is evidence of atrocities committed by both warring sides in eastern Ukraine, but not on the...
HK students, govt firm on their stance before talks
Reuters, Hong Kong :Hong Kong students and the government stood their ground on Monday ahead of talks aimed at defusing more than three weeks of...
Germany blames pro-Russia rebels for MH17
Al-Jazeera.com :Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency has concluded that pro-Russian rebels are to blame for the downing of Malaysia Airline MH17 in Ukraine in July,...
Nigeria declared Ebola free
BBC Online :Nigeria has been declared officially free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.WHO representative Rui...
WHO won’t discuss Ebola mistakes document
AP, London :The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it wouldn’t explain details contained in an internal document obtained by The Associated Press in...
Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town
Reuters, Turkey :The fiercest fighting in days shook the Syrian border town of Kobani overnight when Islamic State fighters attacked Kurdish forces with mortars and...
HK street clashes erupt despite imminent talks
Reuters, Hong Kong :Violent clashes erupted in Hong Kong early on Sunday for a second night, deepening a sense of impasse between a government with...