Pope Francis speaks out for terminally-ill British toddler
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis made a fresh plea yesterday against a British court ruling that authorises doctors to turn off…
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School shooting ‘hero’ files first civil suit against gunman
MIAMI: A young survivor of the Feb 14 school massacre in Florida who was repeatedly shot while protecting fellow students…
US plans to send American ‘IS fighter’ to third country
WASHINGTON: The US government intends to hand over to a third country an American citizen captured in Syria allegedly fighting…
UN security team came under fire in Douma
UNITED NATIONS, United States: A UN security team was fired at on Tuesday while on a reconnaissance mission in the…
Indian court fines media for naming rape victim
NEW DELHI: An Indian court yesterday ordered 12 media companies to pay US$15,000 each to a compensation fund for victims of…
Indonesia arrests suspected deadly homebrew kingpin
JAKARTA: Police have arrested the main suspect in a spate of bootleg alcohol poisonings thought to have killed dozens across…
Unprecedented German raids net Thai prostitution ring
BERLIN: German police carried out dawn raids yesterday against an alleged organised crime ring suspected of human trafficking for forced prostitution…
Russia: Our response to US sanctions will be precise and painful
MOSCOW: Valentina Matvienko, the speaker of the Russian upper house of parliament, said on Wednesday that Moscow’s response to US…