Northern Nigeria bomb blast ‘kills football spectators’
At least 14 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a bar that was screening a televised football match in north-eastern Nigeria, police say. The attack place in the town of Mubi in Adamawa state,...
View ArticleBrad Pitt ‘prankster’ Vitalii Sediuk gets restraining order
A Ukrainian TV prankster who allegedly hit Brad Pitt at a red carpet film premiere has been handed a restraining order to keep him away from the star. Vitalii Sediuk was arrested and held on $20,000...
View ArticleThree arrested after girls are gang-raped and left hanging from tree in India
A police officer and two other people have been arrested after two teenage girls were gang-raped and left hanging from the branches of a mango tree in a northern Indian village, authorities said...
View ArticleSingaporean PM underlines int’l law in dealing with East Sea issue
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has emphasized the importance of international law in dealing with disputes, including those on the East Sea. Speaking at the Washington-based Council on...
View ArticleUS welcomes China’s oil rig removal
The US Department of State has praised China’s removal of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 from Vietnam’s waters in the East Sea. Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at a July 16 press conference that...
View ArticleChina ship spies on U.S.-led naval drills
China sent a surveillance vessel to waters off Hawaii even as the country participated for the first time in the world’s largest international naval exercise led by the U.S. The auxiliary general...
View ArticleThailand impeaches Yingluck Shinawatra over rice scheme
Thai authorities have banned former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office for five years and launched a legal case that could see her jailed. Anti-government protesters blockaded major roads...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz dies
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz was the fifth of his brothers to take the throne and became king in 2005, reports Caroline Hawley Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died, royal officials have announced,...
View ArticleMalaysia Airlines website targeted by hacker group “Cyber Caliphate”
A group calling itself “Official Cyber Caliphate” said it hacked on Monday the official website of national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS), but the airline said its data servers remained intact and...
View ArticleModern Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 91
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, died on Monday aged 91, triggering a flood of tributes to the man who oversaw the tiny city-state’s rapid rise from a British colonial backwater to a...
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