MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Islamic State (ISIS) fighters launched a renewed assault on the Syrian city of Kobani on Wednesday night, and at least 21 people were killed in riots in neighbouring Turkey where Kurds rose up against the government for doing nothing to protect their kin.
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Islamic State (ISIS) fighters launched a renewed assault on the Syrian city of Kobani on Wednesday night, and at least 21 people were killed in riots in neighbouring Turkey where Kurds rose up against the government for doing nothing to protect their kin.
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Jihadists fighting to take the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane advanced on Wednesday despite intensified US-led air strikes, as deadly protests over the fate of its Kurdish residents shook neighbouring Turkey.
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Jihadists fighting to take the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane advanced on Wednesday despite intensified US-led air strikes, as deadly protests over the fate of its Kurdish residents shook neighbouring Turkey.
BEIJING: Hong Kong's democracy protests have stoked fears of retribution from China, but observers say the city is simply too valuable to punish and sideline, even as it faces a long-term challenge from mainland rival Shanghai.
BEIJING: Hong Kong's democracy protests have stoked fears of retribution from China, but observers say the city is simply too valuable to punish and sideline, even as it faces a long-term challenge from mainland rival Shanghai.
TORONTO: Following a request from the US, Canada's Parliament has voted to authorize airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group in Iraq.
TORONTO: Following a request from the US, Canada's Parliament has voted to authorize airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group in Iraq.
MADRID: An assistant nurse at a Madrid hospital where two Ebola patients died is infected with the virus herself, health officials said on Monday, in what is believed to be the first time a person has contracted the disease in Europe.
MADRID: An assistant nurse at a Madrid hospital where two Ebola patients died is infected with the virus herself, health officials said on Monday, in what is believed to be the first time a person has contracted the disease in Europe.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff steeled herself Monday for a hard-fought race against center-right challenger Aecio Neves, who is seeking to unite frustrated voters to beat her in a run-off.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff steeled herself Monday for a hard-fought race against center-right challenger Aecio Neves, who is seeking to unite frustrated voters to beat her in a run-off.
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Street fighting raged between Kurdish defenders and Islamic State militants who advanced into Kobani on Monday after subjecting the Syrian border town to an assault lasting almost three weeks, residents and fighters said.
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Street fighting raged between Kurdish defenders and Islamic State militants who advanced into Kobani on Monday after subjecting the Syrian border town to an assault lasting almost three weeks, residents and fighters said.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong civil servants returned to work at the government's headquarters on Monday as pro-democracy protests which have paralyzed the area for more than a week subsided in the face of a deadline to disperse.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong civil servants returned to work at the government's headquarters on Monday as pro-democracy protests which have paralyzed the area for more than a week subsided in the face of a deadline to disperse.
WARSAW: New Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the Western alliance could deploy its forces wherever it wants, apparently calling into question post-Cold War agreements that have been shaken by Russia's actions in Crimea and Ukraine.
WARSAW: New Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the Western alliance could deploy its forces wherever it wants, apparently calling into question post-Cold War agreements that have been shaken by Russia's actions in Crimea and Ukraine.
