Cinema

Bradley Cooper is cooking in 'Burnt'

Bradley Cooper is back in a role far removed from the character he played in ‘American Sniper.’ This time Cooper is the Michelin starred chef Adam

28 October 2015

Syria

Iran asked to join the US and Russia in Syria talks

Washington has confirmed that Iran for the first time will be invited to talks with the US and Russia over ending the Syrian conflict. The

28 October 2015

Cuba

UN fails for 24th time to get unanimous rejection of America's Cuban embargo

There has been some surprise that despite the warming in US-Cuban relations, the annual Cuban attempt to get the US sanctions on the island condemned

27 October 2015

Sport

In the red corner: Former boxing star Jones Jr picks collects Russian passport

Former WBA Heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr picked up his Russian passport on Tuesday over a month after being granted citizenship by President

27 October 2015

Cuba

UN votes to condemn United States embargo on Cuba

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to condemn the United States embargo on Cuba. It was the first vote on the resolution since the two

27 October 2015

Economy

Walmart seeks approval for drone delivery tests

Walmart has joined Amazon and other smaller companies in asking regulators for permission to test drones for home deliveries in the US. The world’s

27 October 2015

Sport

Farrington claims Red Bull Aces wingsuit title

As adrenalin-pumping sports go it doesn’t get much better than Red Bull Aces wingsuit racing. Combining speed, precision and agility, four athletes

27 October 2015

USA

Trick or Treat? NASA spots an unexpected asteroid flyby this Halloween!

27 October 2015

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USA: Zombie Bike Ride

Halloween is coming! Almost 9,000 Zombie cyclists took the streets of Key West in Florida for the Fantasy Fest. This event continues until November

27 October 2015

USA

UNGA: former president may face further charges

Prosecutors in the US say a former president of the UN General Assembly facing two counts of tax fraud may be confronted with additional charges

27 October 2015

Culture news

MoMA: Joaquín Torres García retrospective

A retrospective exhibition on the works of Joaquín Torres García has opened in MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York. Joaquín Torres García was

27 October 2015

China

China-US: reef row gets real

Tensions are on the rise in the South China Sea. The USS Lassen reportedly breached the 12-mile exclusion zone imposed by China around the Subi and

27 October 2015

Cinema

Room with no view at all

Room, Lenny Abrahamson’s new film, is about kidnap and captivity. It tells the story of a woman, Ma (Brie Larson) who is kidnapped and held captive

26 October 2015

Syria

Free Syrian Army rebels dismiss Russian offer of help in fighting ISIL

Stop bombing us before talking about helping us… That is the reaction from Western-backed rebels in Syria to Russia’s offer of support in fighting

25 October 2015

USA

Four dead and dozens injured in Oklahoma parade horror crash

Four people were killed and more than 40 injured on Saturday after a car with a suspected drink driver at the wheel ploughed into past and present

25 October 2015

USA

United Nations celebrates 70 years in blue

24 October 2015

Austria

Quartet: calls for calm between Israelis and Palestinians

International Middle East peace mediators have repeated their calls for calm to be restored between Israelis and Palestinians. #EU

23 October 2015

Austria

Mideast: international mediators meet in Vienna

International Middle East peace mediators are meeting in Vienna. They are planning to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria, as well as the growing

23 October 2015

USA

Republican jibes sully hearing into fatal attack on US consulate in Benghazi

Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has endured an 11-hour congressional hearing into the fatal attack on the US consulate in Benghazi

23 October 2015

USA

Hillary Clinton 'took responsibility' for 2012 Benghazi consulate attack

Hillary Clinton says she took responsibility and launched reforms following a deadly 2012 attack on a US consulate in Libya.

22 October 2015