Japan’s lower house on Tuesday passed a bill criminalising “revenge porn”, as it seeks a legal remedy to a growing problem of the Internet age. The bill, which cleared the house unanimously, will be sent to the upper house and
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A new baby boom of Hispanic, Asian and black children is coming to America – and it will make whites a minority by 2050. The surge is not due to new immigrants coming to the United States – but instead
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel vowed harsh retaliation Tuesday for a Palestinian attack that killed five people and left blood-smeared prayer books and shawls on the floor of a synagogue in Jerusalem — an assault that sharply escalated already-high tensions after
Burma’s powerful army has told parliament it opposes changing a junta-drafted constitution that bars opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president, days after US President Barack Obama called for it to be amended. Military representatives — whose veto
From Caffeinated Thoughts: Let the tripping over candidates commence. Seriously. Now that the midterm elections are over, Iowa is about to become inundated by those seeking the Republican or Democratic Presidential nomination. I think it is safe to add Ben
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu resigned on Tuesday after many Romanians abroad could not vote in Sunday’s presidential election run-off, triggering protests across the European Union state. Corlatean, who was told by leftist Prime Minister Victor Ponta
The rising cost of computer games in the run-up to Christmas helped to push up British inflation during October, official data showed on Tuesday. The 12-month Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate accelerated to 1.3 percent in October from a five-year
(Reuters) – Bosnian police on Monday arrested 12 Bosnian Serbs suspected of crimes against humanity over an attack early in the country’s 1992-95 war in which 150 Muslim Bosniaks, including women and children, were killed and their bodies dumped in
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A mob of Kenyan men attacked and stripped a woman claiming she was inappropriately dressed just hours after nearly 1,000 people marched through downtown Nairobi to protest the rising wave of such assaults. Police responded by
LONDON (Reuters) – A nuclear agreement between Iran and six major powers can be reached by a Nov. 24 deadline, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Tuesday, but Tehran needs to show more flexibility in negotiations. “I believe a
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama has ordered a comprehensive review of U.S. policy governing efforts to free Americans being held by militant groups overseas, the White House said on Monday. In recent months, Islamic State militants have beheaded three Americans, including Peter
PARIS (AP) — A young Frenchman is believed to be among the killers on an Islamic State propaganda video showing a beheaded American aid worker and the deaths of more than a dozen Syrian soldiers, France’s top security official said
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A surgeon who contracted Ebola in his native Sierra Leone died Monday while being treated in a biocontainment unit at a Nebraska hospital, the facility said. Nebraska Medical Center said in a news release that Dr.
LONDON (Reuters) – British progressive rock group Pink Floyd topped the album charts for the first time in nearly 20 years on Sunday with “The Endless River”, the Official Charts Company said. The newly-released album, which the band says will
Razia Shaikh looks up to the sky, her eyes glistening with tears and a Koran in her lap, seeking divine justice for one missing daughter and another slain by vengeful relatives in the name of “honour”. The widow, in her
From the New York Times: President Obama is poised to ignore stark warnings that executive action on immigration would amount to “violating our laws” and would be “very difficult to defend legally.” Those warnings came not from Republican lawmakers but
BANGKOK (AP) — A parcel delivery company in Bangkok put three packages bound for the United States through a routine X-ray and made a startling discovery: preserved human parts, including an infant’s head, a baby’s foot and an adult heart.
The smell of money hangs thick in the air as black crude oil bubbles up from what is billed as the world’s oldest oil well, but this is not Texas or Saudi Arabia. The sleepy village of Bobrka in southern
Lawyers for Shrien Dewani, the British millionaire accused of organising the murder of his bride during their honeymoon in South Africa, called Monday for the charges to be dropped. Francois van Zyl told a High Court in Cape Town that
A British parliamentary group on Monday urged action to regulate banks after a scandal over misconduct by foreign exchange traders saying that previous reform proposals had been so far ignored by lenders. The chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A massive search operation was under way Monday for a Colombian army general whose surprise capture by leftist rebels prompted President Juan Manuel Santos to suspend two-year-old peace talks. Gen. Ruben Dario Alzate was surveying a
Statements by the dean of the National Cathedral as it hosted Muslim prayers on the 100th anniversary of the last Caliph’s call for Jihad against nonbelievers have led to a closer look at the ideology of the Episcopal Church in
German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted Monday that Britain remain in the European Union, saying it was a vital gateway to the world for continental nations. Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will hold an in-or-out referendum on Britain’s membership
