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Obama slams Trump in speech: 'Ignorance is not a virtue'
Obama did not specifically name the brash New York real estate developer
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Philippine president-elect Duterte vows to kill criminals
The President-elect warned his campaign threats to kill were not rhetoric
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UAE military jet crash kills two crew
A pilot and a trainer were killed in the crash, statement says
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Lightning kills 59 people in three days in Bangladesh
Thirty-four people were killed on Thursday and another 25 over the next two days around the country, says official
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Kerry holds Saudi talks ahead of Syria, Libya meetings
Riyadh has been a key supporter of rebels fighting to overthrow the Damascus regime of President Bashar al Assad
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Amid sectarian violence Iraq shuts down Al Jazeera office
Whenever a media outlet focuses on a problem, they order it to be shut down said head of the Iraqi journalist watchdog
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CIA spy claimed his tip-off led to Mandela arrest: report
A tip from a CIA spy to authorities in apartheid-era South Africa led to Nelson Mandela's 1962 arrest
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Suicide bombing claimed by IS kills 25 Yemen police recruits
The bomber detonated an explosives belt as he joined a line of men at a police recruitment centre
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Netanyahu questions French impartiality after UNESCO vote
Netanyahu says Paris's support of UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem casts doubt on the impartiality of a peace initiative
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ECB has become too powerful, says Berlin's economic advisor
'The central bank has become a quasi-political institution. It's important that we move away from this' Schnabel says
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German police arrest 120 in anti-coal demonstrations
Clashes occurred in Lausitz when around 300 demonstrators forced their way into the Schwarze Pumpe power station
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Trump has a mixed history with women: report
The thrice-married Trump, 69, cultivated an image as a womanizer ever since he was in an all-male military school
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China says Pentagon report 'severely damaged' relations
Pentagon said Beijing had been building up military facilities in a bid to assert its claims to the 'contested' waters
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Straight-talking Swamy takes aim at India's old elite
He's been called India's Donald Trump: a media-savvy right-wing populist
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China building Muslim theme park to promote state-sanctioned version of Islam
The Hui Muslims are treated more favourably than the Uighurs in the Chinese society
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Clinton, Trump must choose a VP: Who is in the running?
Democrats have to worry about unintentionally mobilizing the Republicans by picking someone scary as vice president.
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Suicide attacks at factory north of Baghdad kill 11 -police sources
A spokesman for the Operations Command said 3 of the facility's gas storage spaces were set alight amid the violence.
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Suspected militant arrested over Bangladesh gay activist murders
Police say the unnamed man was a member of a local 'Islamist' militant outfit
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India’s ‘menstruation man’ reinvents women's health care
Muruga became notorious in the neighborhood where people had started thinking he is perverted
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China's Cultural Revolution, now highly collectible
At the "East is Red" shop in Shanghai, every nook and cranny is packed with memorabilia of China's Cultural Revolution
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Britain's opposing camps intensify EU referendum campaigns
Cameron says Britain could slip into recession if it votes to withdraw from the European bloc
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Efforts to counter Islamic State propaganda bear fruit, experts say
The IS group has long used the Internet and social media to recruit fighters
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'Tick here please': Changing gender in Norway gets easier
Soon, this former Norwegian navy captain will be recognised for what she is: a woman born in a man's body
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Germany eyes free wi-fi in public spaces, finally
In an age when almost everyone carries a smartphone, the absence of such free hotspots can appear to be an aberration
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to 'educate' Trump on Islam
To suggest that it's incompatible to be Western and to be Muslim is, I think, really, really risky, Khan says
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PM Nawaz attends Turkey president's daughter wedding in Istanbul
According to sources Nawaz is in Turkey to seek advice from Turkish president regarding Panama Papers
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IS 'attacks Syria hospital, kills 20, takes hostages'
The attack sparked clashes with regime forces providing security for the hospital
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Australia charges five men over sailing plot to join Islamic State
Approximately 100 people have left Australia for Syria to fight alongside organizations such as Islamic State
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Kyrgyz opposition member arrested over IS support
Nurlan Motuyev arrested for calling Kyrgyzstanis to fight in Syria on the side of banned extremist organisations
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25 Palestinian children killed in 3 months: UNICEF
1,300 Palestinian children were injured during the spike in attacks, almost all in the West Bank and east Jerusalem
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Anti-Israel cartoon contest opens in Tehran
Best cartoon will be awarded $12,000
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Taliban bomber kills three at Afghan police training centre
Taliban spokesperson Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the militants were behind the bombing
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Muslim politician in Scotland takes oath of allegiance in Urdu
Humza Yousaf, who won a seat from the city of Glasgow, spoke first in English and then in Urdu
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Tajikistan leader creates holiday in his own honour
Amendments to the Law on Holidays were passed without opposition
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IS kills at least five in Iraq suicide raid
Islamic State group infiltrated a town in Iraq's Anbar province with several fighters wearing suicide belts
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Saudi Arabia hit by new credit rating downgrade
The crude price collapse, to around $46 on Friday, has intensified Saudi efforts to diversify the economy
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Pioneering Italian fertility doctor suspected of stealing patient's eggs
Severino Antinori was arrested at Rome's Fiumicino airport following a complaint filed by a 24-year-old Spanish woman
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'This is America' air traveler says guilty of yanking Muslim's scarf
Man grabbed the back of the hijab and "pulled it all the way off," leaving her head exposed
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Turkey president's daughter to marry in Istanbul
Erdogan to see daughter Sumeyye marry defence industrialist Selcuk Bayraktar at a large-scale, high security ceremony
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South American leaders watched from sidelines as Rousseff fell
Rousseff was suspended from office Thursday to face an impeachment trial for manipulating govt accounts
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World's largest aircraft takes rare flight
The plane was developed in the 1980s to carry the Soviet version of the space shuttle on its back
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Migrants rescued off Sicily are not Syrians, UN says
'There were hardly any Syrian migrants among the 800 people rescued off Sicily' UN and IOM
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Pakistan to comply to certain conditions to secure US military aid
State Department official says Obama administration wants Pakistan to show tougher action against Haqqani network
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Eatery employee in India dies after being pushed into boiling curry
Employee was pushed into the boiling curry over poor food quality
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Hezbollah says 'Islamist' extremists killed military chief in Syria
Blames religious extremists for killing Shia militant group's top military commander in Syria in an artillery attack
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Facebook uses reaction tool to gather users’ information, claims Belgian police
The social media giant launched in February six new ways of expressing emotions alongside the 'like' button
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Two Indian reporters shot dead in less than 24 hours
Police yet to ascertain the motive behind the killing but two people have been detained for questioning
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Venezuela's Maduro extends economic emergency measures
Maduro regularly blames US for what his administration sees as a conspiracy against Venezuela amid low oil prices
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US poultry workers forced to wear diapers at work: Oxfam report
Workers constantly ignored or mocked by supervisors when they seek permission to use the toilet
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China using 'coercive tactics' in maritime claims: Pentagon
China deploys coast guard and PLA Navy ships in the South China Sea to maintain a "near-continuous" presence there

















































