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Qatar pledged $1 billion Sunday toward the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after this year’s devastating 50-day Israel-Hamas war as one of its Gulf Arab rivals, the United Arab Emirates, promised $200 million. The Qatari […]

There are several stories today about how Islamic State militants are threatening Baghdad. Some of the stories suggest that “an all-out assault on Baghdad” may be in the cards, while others say that the militants […]

The 1,500 paintings, believed to have been destroyed in air raids, include works by Pablo Picasso, Renoir and Henri Matisse. The discovery was hailed by a spokesman for German customs officials as “a sensational find, […]

Girlfriend Lindsay Mills has visited U.S. secrets leaker Edward Snowden in Russia but cannot stay because of visa issues, Snowden’s lawyer said. Snowden faces espionage charges in the United States for revealing the scope of […]

The French government’s threat to halt the sale of two military warships to Russia because of the conflict in Ukraine may cost the French contractor DCNS billions of dollars for breach of contract, IHS Jane’s […]

A father and daughter, members of the Church of Almighty God, were sentenced to death in China Saturday after being convicted of murdering a woman who refused to give her phone number to the religious […]

Thousands of people took to the streets in Dublin city centre today, in protest over the Government’s water charges plan. Roads were closed as groups from all over country converged on the capital. Traffic was […]

Ukraine’s Security Council chief may have inadvertently spilled the beans, saying fragments of a Buk-M missile may be found with MH17 crash debris. However, the exact missile he mentioned is only possessed by Ukraine, Russian […]