A video posted online claims to show that Islamic State militants have killed the captured US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig.
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Ghana: Avram Grant in talks to become new national coach
Ghana expect to have a deal in place for Avram Grant to be their new national coach after their final 2015 Nations Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
Muslims found Americas before Columbus says Turkey’s Erdogan
Muslims discovered the Americas more than three centuries before Christopher Columbus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. He made the claim during a conference of Latin American Muslim leaders in Istanbul, pointing to a diary entry in which Columbus…
G20 summit ends outlining economic pledges
The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has brought the G20 summit to a close by detailing economic pledges agreed by the world leaders. He said the package, if implemented, would boost global economic growth over five years by 2.1% more…
Philae comet lander sends more data before losing power
The Philae lander on the distant comet 67P has sent another stream of data back to Earth before losing power.
Indonesia tsunami alert after 7.3 scale quake
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake under the Molucca Sea in eastern Indonesia has triggered a tsunami warning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was a possibility of “hazardous” waves up to one metre (3.3ft) high on coasts within a 300km (186…
Isis to introduce its own currency, the Islamic dinar
Website affiliated with Islamic State says leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has instructed his followers to start minting coins Islamic State says its leader has ordered that the organisation start minting gold, silver and copper coins for its own currency, the…
Five-year-old passes Microsoft exam
A boy from Coventry has become the youngest computer specialist in the world.
UN says Islamic State imposing rule of terror in Syria
The militant group Islamic State is committing war crimes and imposing a “rule of terror” in areas it controls in Syria, a UN report says.
Six weeks of US-led air strikes kill over 860 people in Syria
The U.S. military says U.S.-led forces have conducted 16 air strikes in Syria since Monday, most around the heavily contested town of Kobani near the Turkish border. The U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday that 10 of the strikes hit…
India police detain doctor as 13 women die after sterilisations
Police have detained a doctor who performed mass sterilisation surgeries in central India that left 13 women dead and dozens ill in hospital, a senior officer said Thursday. – AFP/BSS “He has been taken into custody. He will be produced…
Obama warns of Myanmar reform ‘backsliding’
US President Barack Obama is to hold talks with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, hours after accusing his government of backsliding on reforms. Mr Obama is in Nay Pyi Taw for the East Asia summit, which follows Wednesday’s Asean meeting. In…
Indian sterilisation clinic full of cobwebs and dust
Thirteen women have died after undergoing sterilisation surgery at a health camp organised by the government in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone health workers go on strike
More than 400 health workers involved in treating Ebola patients have gone on strike at a clinic in Sierra Leone.
Ukraine crisis: Russian troops crossed border, Nato says
Nato officials have seen Russian military equipment and Russian combat troops entering Ukraine this week, its top commander says.
8 more Russian nuclear power units for Iran
Russia and Iran have signed a set of documents on enhancement of cooperation in peaceful use of atomic energy. Sergei Kirienko, Head of ROSATOM, Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation and Ali Akbar Salehi, Vice- President of Iran and Head of…
Indian botched sterilisations kill nine women in Chhattisgarh
Eleven Indian women have died after undergoing botched sterilisation surgery at a government-run health camp in the central state of Chhattisgarh.
South Korea ferry disaster trial: Relatives angry at verdict
A verdict of negligence rather than homicide on three senior officers of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 has angered many victims’ relatives as too lenient. “Do you know how many children are dead?”…
Dozens dead in Nigeria school blast in Potiskum
At least 46 students have been killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum, police have said.
Reagan’s apology to Thatcher over Grenada revealed
A recorded conversation between an apologetic Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher over the invasion of Grenada has been published for the first time.
World leaders gather in Beijing for Apec summit
Leaders from China, Russia, Japan, the US and other Asia-Pacific states are in Beijing for a two-day summit. Bilateral meetings between top leaders will take place on Monday, followed by a formal leaders’ summit on Tuesday. There is speculation Chinese…
Berlin Wall: Angela Merkel hails fall as ‘dream come true’
The fall of the Berlin Wall has shown the world that dreams can come true and “nothing has to stay as it is”, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.
Iraq troops ‘seize Baiji oil refinery town centre’ from IS
Iraqi government forces have seized large areas of the town of Baiji – home to Iraq’s biggest oil refinery – from Islamic State fighters, officials say.
India army says sorry over Kashmir teenager deaths
The Indian army has issued an unusual apology for shooting dead two teenage boys in Indian-administered Kashmir. The army says it made a mistake in firing at a car they were travelling in on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday.…
Celebrations mark 25 years since Berlin Wall’s fall
Germany has kicked off celebrations marking 25 years since the epochal fall of the Berlin Wall, set to culminate in rock stars and freedom icons joining millions at an open-air party. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in communist East…
Growing tension at Al-Aqsa holy site
There have been disturbances in some parts of Jerusalem and surrounding areas in the occupied West Bank after Israeli police staged a huge security operation to prevent rioting after Friday prayers. The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists there are…
China and Japan smooth over East China Sea island row
China and Japan have agreed to try to reduce tensions over a disputed chain of islands in the East China Sea.
Canada ‘failing to prevent overseas mining abuses’
By Carey L. Biron Washington (IPS) – The Canadian government is failing either to investigate or to hold the country’s massive extractives sector accountable for rights abuses committed in Latin American countries, according to petitioners who testified here Tuesday before…
The Gangs of Iraq destroy opposition in name of ISIS
Tirana Hassan ERBIL, Iraq — Marauding pro-government militias are using the fight against the Islamic State as a pretext to destroy Sunni Arab communities across the country. Behind the relative safety of the large concrete blast walls, a Kurdish Peshmerga…
Pain relief for Mexico’s terminally Ill
By Amy Braunschweiger Mexico, like much of the developing world, is facing a growing public health challenge – more people than ever will be dying from chronic illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes that often cause extreme pain. In…