Palestinian teen stabs to death an Israeli soldier Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:55:41 -0800 JERUSALEM, Israel - A Palestinian teenager allegedly stabbed to death 19-year-old Israeli soldier in northern Israel Wednesday, police here said, triggering an outrage in Israel. The latest incident has raised by a notch the uncertainty about the peace process that is already ridden in crisis over Israeli settlement plans in the disputed West Bank. Police said the soldier was stabbed ...
Boston mobster Bulger faces life in prison Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:50:39 -0800 BOSTON, Massachusetts - In a courtroom, they said he was a "rat", a "punk" a coward and one even went on to express his wish to kill the convicted Boston mobster, James "Whitey" Bulger who appeared before a judge Wednesday for his sentencing. Bulger is set to be locked up till he is alive as prosecutors have called for his life imprisonment for the 84-year-old convicted criminal who has been ...
US names Boko Haram and Ansaru groups as terrorists Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:47:45 -0800 WASHINGTON The United States has named Nigerian-based militant groups Boko Haram and Ansaru as foreign terrorist organizations. In a statement Wednesday, U.S. counterterrorism official Lisa Monaco said the two groups have been responsible for thousands of deaths in northeast and central Nigeria in recent years. The state department described the move as "an important" step to help Nigeria ...
Morsi warns of instability without reinstatement Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:58:45 -0800 CAIRO - Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi said the country will not see stability until the coup is reversed and those responsible for driving him out of power are held accountable. In a letter read by one of his lawyers Wednesday, Morsi praised his supporters for protesting his July ouster and accused military leader General Abdel Fatah el-Sissi of treason. He said he had been ...
23 people killed in escalated Iraq violence Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:56:30 -0800 BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 23 people were killed Wednesday in bombings across Iraq mostly targeted at religious processions by Shia Muslims, officials said. The dead included two children who were killed in the attack targeting a group of Shia Muslims marking Ashoura the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussain over 1400 years ago in the eastern city of Baqouba, a former Al Qaida ...
Germany under review over economic role in EU Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:23:29 -0800 BRUSSELS The European Commission told Germany, the EU's most powerful member, that its export success may harm the grouping's EU economic recovery even as it does little to cut soaring unemployment. Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said it wanted to see if Germany "could do more" to help rebalance the European economy. The Commission is also scrutinising 15 other European countries ...
e-mail soliciting relief support. Typhoon Haiyan was just the latest proof that climate inaction is ruining the world, he claimed. The usual environmental scaremongers also jumped on the disaster ...
students at Cambridge University , a covertly recorded film reveals.An officer monitoring political campaigners attempted to persuade an activist in his 20s to become an informant and feed him information about students and other protesters in return for money.But instead the activist wore a hidden camera to record a meeting with the officer and expose ...
The recently deceased 507-year-old bivalve joins a noble throng of spectacularly ancient organisms, from a colony of quaking trees to a pottymouthed anti-Nazi ...
German car giant Volkswagen is to recall 2.6 million cars worldwide due to various technical problems. The company, Europe's biggest car company, said potential faults have been found in different models of its various brands. The problems ranged from faulty lighting, leaky fuel pipes and incorrect gear oil, a spokesman said. The recall includes 800,000 Tiguans built between 2008 and ...
