USA The main points of Obama's last speech as President President Barack Obama delivered his final speech as President of the United States in Chicago's McCormick Place 11/01/2017
World News Watch: Polar bear cam shows Arctic plight Scientists equip a female polar bear on the ice sheet of the Beaufort Sea with a camera to understand how polar bears live with diminishing ice cover 10/01/2017
USA Iconic giant Sequoia tree collapses in California A winter storm has felled California's iconic Pioneer Cabin Tree, an ancient Sequoia which is believed to have lived for at least 1,000 years 10/01/2017
USA Meryl Streep launches scathing critique of Donald Trump Actress Meryl Streep took to her Golden Globe award speech Sunday to launch a biting critique on President-elect Donald Trump's behaviour 09/01/2017
World News Four people arrested in connection to Chicago torture video Four persons of interest in Chicago are questioned by police after a Facebook Live video showed a brutal attack against a bound and gagged teen 05/01/2017
France Con man steals millions in jewellery from under jeweller's nose A Parisian jewellery boutique in the city's 8e arrondissement has been swindled of 5.5 million euros worth of jewellery without the jeweller's notice 05/01/2017
Germany Rising Mein Kampf sales in Germany shock publisher Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler's semi-autobiographical foundation of Nazi ideological thought, has experienced a surprising resurgence, says its publisher 04/01/2017
India Claims of mass New Year assaults on Indian women attributed to "western" copycats A state minister in India dismisses claims of sexual assaults in Bengaluru as young men copying western behaviour and clothing 04/01/2017
USA Los Angeles' iconic Hollywood landmark vandalised The Hollywood sign erected on the hills overlooking Los Angeles has been vandalised as part of a New Year prank 02/01/2017
Turkey 'Syrian Twitter girl 'Bana Alabed meets Turkey's Erdogan Bana Alabed the seven-year-old Syrian girl who captured the imagination of Western media from inside besieged Aleppo has met Turkey's President 21/12/2016
United Kingdom UK to consider banning far-right neo-Nazi group The UK government will be called upon to make a landmark decision which would ban and label a British neo-Nazi group a terrorist organisation 12/12/2016
United Kingdom EU to offer UK citizens individual access to EU citizenship post Brexit People living in the United Kingdom may be able to retain their European Union citizenship says the EU's top Brexit negotiator 10/12/2016
Iran Iran considers currency change The Rhouhani government approved on Wednesday a call by central bank to replace the rial with the more colloquially and historically known toman 08/12/2016
USA Dakota Access Pipeline: a potentially short-lived victory for eco-protesters The victory in temporarily halting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota USA could be short lived. What will a Trump Presidency do? 07/12/2016
Austria Austria's asylum seeker crackdown plan 'part of bid to deter migrants' Austria's government has agreed on a draft law that will fine or jail asylum seekers who lie about their identities to authorities 06/12/2016
World News German Chancellor Merkel calls for a ban on the burka German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a ban on the burka in public life “wherever possible.” 06/12/2016
United Kingdom UK voters reject ''hard Brexit'' in shock Lib Dem by-election victory UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative government suffered a shock election result Friday losing a London constituency in what is being described as a protest against the UK leaving the European 02/12/2016
USA Reddit to increase speech monitoring against "most toxic" users Social media website Reddit Inc., which hosts online community message boards, will proactively start enforcing its content policy 01/12/2016
World News UK government to face a second Brexit legal challenge The UK government may face a second court battle on whether triggering Article 50 means the UK also exits from the European Economic Area. 28/11/2016
World News Slovakian PM Fico calls journalists "dirty prostitutes" Government is in the spotlight over funding of promotional events as part of EU presidency 24/11/2016