Pollution: EU lawmakers to ban throw-away plastics
European Union lawmakers moved on Wednesday to ban widely-used, throw-away plastics such as straws, bags and cotton buds, putting...
US and UK to revoke visas for Saudis implicated in Khashoggi’s killing
British prime minister Theresa May followed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday saying that her country would...
Ripples over pipe bombs sent to Obama, Clinton
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has begun analysis of suspicious packages containing pipe bombs mailed to former U.S....
Freed Pastor Brunson asks God to give Trump supernatural wisdom
Newly freed American pastor Andrew Brunson has asked God to fill President Donald Trump with “supernatural wisdom.” The pastor,...
Pope expels two Chilean abuser bishops from priesthood
Pope Francis has expelled two retired Chilean bishops from the priesthood after the Vatican ruled they had abused children....
Turkey has video of murdered Khashoggi Saudi journalist
There are audio and video recordings of how Jamal Khashoggi, the missing Saudi journalist was “interrogated, tortured and then...
Hackers stole 29m users’ data on Facebook
Facebook Inc on Friday said attackers in the mass security breach it announced late September accessed the accounts of...
Hurricane Michael throws 1m people into darkness
No fewer than one million people remained in darkness Friday morning after Hurricane Michael left a trail of destruction...
Two men rape 9-month-old baby
Two men from Tennessee, U.S., accused of raping a 9-month-old girl and filming the attack were indicted Tuesday on...
Cholera kills 42 people in Somalia
No fewer than 42 people have been reported killed by cholera, acute watery diarrhea (AWD), in war-torn Somalia since...
South Africa’s Tutu back home after two weeks in hospital
South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, 87, has returned home after a two-week stay in hospital, his office said...
Malaysia to ban smoking from Jan 1
Malaysia will enforce a smoking ban at restaurants, coffee shops and hawker stalls nationwide from Jan 1, Sin Chew...
One dead as monstrous Hurricane Michael tears into Florida
Hurricane Michael claimed its first life after roaring ashore in Florida on Wednesday, flooding homes and streets and toppling...
75 bodies found in mass grave in Libya
A mass grave containing 75 bodies has been found near the former jihadist bastion of Sirte in western Libya,...
Journalist murdered after reporting EU corruption
A Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova who had been reporting on alleged corruption linked to European Union funds was found...
Indian schoolgirls’ beaten for resisting boys’
Thirty-six Indian schoolgirls have been treated in hospital after they were attacked by a large crowd of teenage boys...