International
Comedian sentenced over facebook post on Charlie Hebdo attack – Ivy Hernandez reports from Paris
Spain arrests two suspected ISIS militants in Ceuta – Wes Ramos reports
World leaders extend sympathy to Singapore as leader passed away
World leaders extended their sympathies as the “Founding Father of Singapore”, former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, passed away.
Italian authorities confiscate large eggs
The Italian customs officers confiscated a million-year old prehistoric egg in an airport. The large egg was said to came from a prehistoric “elephant bird”.
Modern Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 91
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore‘s first prime minister and architect of the tiny Southeast Asian city-state’s rapid rise from British tropical outpost to global trade and financial centre, died on Monday (March 23), aged 91, the government announced. A statement from the Prime Minister’s office was read out on Channel News Asia. Although Lee had receded from the public and political scene over the past few years, he was still seen as an influential figure in […]
Awareness push for World Tuberculosis Day
Ahead of the World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for global solidarity and action to support a new 20-year strategy which aims to end the global tuberculosis epidemic. Recent years have seen significant progress in the fight against TB, with over 37 million lives saved, but WHO reminds that much more needs to be done. In 2013, 9 million people fell ill with TB, almost half a million […]
Richard III’s coffin leaves Leicester University for reburial
The remains of King Richard III left the University of Leicester on Sunday (March 22) to make their final journey to Leicester Cathedral. Richard, the medieval English monarch whose remains were found under a car park three years ago, will be reburied on Thursday (March 26) nearly 530 years after he was slain in battle and dumped in a humble grave. He was the last English king to die in battle when he was killed […]
‘Our country needs us now ‘ say Syrian female army soldiers fighting on front line
A battalion of female soldiers are fighting on the front line of the Syrian war, saying they were tempted to join their male counterparts to support their country during a time of need. The women are stationed in the capital Damascus and are fighting in the district of Jobar, an area of heavy fighting where most buildings have been reduced to a shells. After they have their morning breakfast to the soft tunes of Arabic […]
Tunisian president says third museum gunman on the run
Tunisia‘s President Beji Caid Essebsi said on Sunday (March 22) in Tunis that a third gunman involved in an attack that killed 23 people, mostly foreign tourists, at a Tunis museum last week was on the run. Confirming reports that there had been a third attacker along with the two shot dead by security forces, Essebsi also said that a monument would be built to commemorate the dead. “For sure there were three because they […]
Yemeni president vows to “plant Yemen’s flag” in north
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday (March 21) accused the Iranian-allied Houthi militia that controls the capital Sanaa of staging a coup against him, and said he would “raise Yemen’s flag” in the Houthis‘ northern stronghold. He said Yemen must return to the political situation in place before the Houthis took control ofSanaa, restoring its constitution and implementing the results of a national dialogue process and Gulf-sponsored political transition. In his speech, he denounced […]
Category 2 cyclone hits the far north east of Australia
Cyclone Nathan lashed the far north east of Australia’s Northern Territories on Sunday (Mar 22) with high winds and heavy rain, as it passed over the town of Nhulunbuy. The Category 2 storm recorded winds speeds of more than 65 mph (110kph) and gusts of more than 95 mph (155kph). On Elcho Island, about 110 kilometres (65 miles) south-west of Nhulunbuy, people sheltered in each others houses in a community still recovering from last month’s […]
