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Muslim leader urges Indonesians to boycott Starbucks over LGBT stand
You can sell your shares in Starbucks and buy shares in another company
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Did this Iranian city record the world's hottest temperature?
Temperature in Ahvaz hit 54 degrees Celsius
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Talks in Paris on Sunday on Italy's migrant crisis
Nearly 77,000 migrants have landed in Italy since January, up 15 percent on the same period in 2016
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States refuse Trump commission request for US voter data
Trump has made unsubstantiated claims that millions of people voted illegally for his rival, Hillary Clinton
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Northern Ireland talks resume without progress
Negotiations between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein broke up on Friday without an agreement
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China's Xi warns Hong Kong to toe the line as he swears in new leader
Xi's words were his strongest yet to the city at a time of heightened social and political tensions
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American Muslims decry Trump travel ban
The ISNA believes the ban will ultimately be proven unconstitutional
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British Airways cabin crew begin 2 week strike in pay dispute
There have been 26 days of strike action so far this year.
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US state allows college students, teachers to carry guns
Kansas is joining Arkansas, Georgia and other states to allow students to carry guns to college
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Gunman opens fire on New York hospital, killing doctor
He entered the building in a white coat with an automatic weapon concealed under his shirt
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Girl killed as five suicide bombers attack Lebanese troops
The objective of the operation was to arrest a wanted man and it was this man who was the first to blow himself up
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70-year-old French woman raped in India
The woman was asleep when a security guard at the hotel where she was staying entered her room and attacked her
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Uber launches speedboat service along the Croatian coast
UberBOAT, which offers speedboats for up to 12 people, has already been tested in Istanbul and Miami
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'No smartphone' Juncker pushes EU's digital future
Estonia PM Juri Ratas had teased the EU Chief Executive about his lack of mobile connection by sending him a postcard
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Woman found guilty of tricking female friend into sex using fake penis
Gayle Newland befriended the victim by posing as man on Facebook
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Instagram uses AI to filter offensive comments and spam
Comment filtering service restricted to English language for now
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American boy invents device to stop babies dying in heated cars
Wi-Fi and GPS enabled device consists of a fan that can detect heat and turns on when a car hits a preset temperature
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Britain's opposition leader sacks lawmakers over Brexit rebellion
Forty-nine lawmakers supported an amendment, defying Corbyn's orders to stick to the party's policy
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Tobacco giant Philip Morris is paying people to help quit smoking
The company launched a “heat not burn” product in the UK last year that heats up the tobacco but without the smoke
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Using Facebook and Twitter beneficial for kids, young people: study
Researchers found using social media helped children with their social skills
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German parliament votes to fine social media over hate speech
Failure to comply could see a company fined up to US$57 million
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Over 140 high-rise British buildings fail safety tests after west London fire
So far the cladding from 149 buildings in 45 local authority areas have failed the tests, says PM's spokesperson
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Dubai's monarch helps villagers raise funds to buy chapel in Cornwall
The village shares its name with the world famous Godolphin stables founded by the sheikh
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Five-year-old girl with terminal cancer gets ‘married’ to her best friend
Eileidh Paterson list also consists of a trip to Disneyland Paris and painting her bedroom pink
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China 'outraged' by $1.42b planned US arms sales to Taiwan
The wrong move runs counter to the consensus reached by the two presidents, the embassy says in a statement
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Demand for Qatar to close down al-Jazeera "unacceptable" - UN
UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein is concerned by the demand that Qatar close down the Al Jazeera network
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Saudi national names his daughter 'al-Saudia' amid kingdom's rift with Qatar
The father, Ahmed al-Anizi, posted his video on Twitter, posing with his newborn baby wrapped in Saudi Arabia’s flag
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Indian minister convinced men don't 'commit suicide', statistics say otherwise
Of the 86,808 married people who killed themselves in India in 2015, 64,534 or 74 per cent were men
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Myanmar says it will refuse entry to UN investigators probing Rohingya abuses
Suu Kyi has been criticized for failing to stand up for the more than 1 million stateless Rohingya Muslims
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Indian teen pirouettes from Mumbai slum to US ballet school
Shah says he wants to open his own ballet academy one day
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New Chinese border road raises 'security' concerns: India
India and China have long disputed parts of their Himalayan border
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Ex-CIA agent convicted over Imam kidnapping to face sentencing
Omar was kidnapped on February 17, 2003, before being transferred to Egypt where his lawyers say he was tortured
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This 11-year-old has higher IQ than Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking
Arnav Sharma scored 162 in an IQ test
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Silicon-on-Seine: world's biggest tech incubator opens in Paris
34,000 square-metre facility is designed to provide a home for 1,000 fledgling companies
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China releases evidence of Indian army's 'transgression' into its territory
Indian army chief tours border state with China amid tensions
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Etihad allowing passengers to pay extra to sit next to empty seat
Customers can now bid to have the whole row to themselves
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Israel pushes its curriculum in Palestinian schools
'Israeli authorities have for years neglected the education system in East Jerusalem'
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German parliament legalises same-sex marriage
The lower house passed the bill by a margin of 393-226
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Trump insults female TV host in personal terms on Twitter
Please just stop. This isn't normal and it's beneath the dignity of your office
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Five suicide bombers attack Lebanese army during raids
A number of attacks in Lebanon in recent years have been linked to the war in Syria
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Japan carrier forces wheelchair bound man to crawl onto plane
The airline had previously barred passengers who could not walk from boarding a flight at Amami
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China builds new military facilities on South China Sea islands: think tank
The United States has criticized China's build-up of military facilities on the artificial islands
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From Trump, provocative tweets and taunts are nothing new
She has called him 'sadistic,' while he has frequently mocked her as fat, "obnoxious and dumb" and "a total loser"
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Trump administration reverses policy on fiancés as travel ban takes effect
The 90-day ban took effect at 8 pm on Friday along with a 120-day ban on all refugees
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Qatar working with US, Kuwaitis on response to Gulf demands
We conclude that the purpose of ultimatum was not to address issues listed but pressure Qatar to surrender sovereignty
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Man held after driving vehicle into barriers protecting Paris mosque
Rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris described the incident as an 'Islamophobic act'
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Spider-Man swings into Marvel Universe for latest film
British actor Tom Holland plays lead role in film
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Trump launches personal attack on 'crazy, low IQ' female journalist
The president appeared to have been responding to sharp comments by Brzezinski during her Thursday's programme
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Britain hopes Hong Kong makes more progress towards democracy
Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, under a "one country, two systems" formula
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Turkey angry as Berlin blocks Erdogan Germany speech
Berlin-Ankara relations have badly deteriorated amid disputes over Turkey's mass crackdown

















































