Sinosphere Blog: In City of Protests, Pro-Democracy Newspaper Becomes Target
Apple Daily, the unabashedly pro-democracy newspaper, and its founder, Jimmy Lai, have been a thorn in the side of the…
Video Feature: Fighting Ebola, Street by Street
Only about 15 ambulance teams are available to aid Monrovia, a city of nearly 1.5 million people, where hundreds of…
Sinosphere Blog: Xi Jinping Calls for Artists to Spread ‘Chinese Values’
China’s president told a delegation of prominent actors, dancers and writers that art should “inspire minds, warm hearts, cultivate taste…
U.N. Human Rights Chief Denounces Funding Shortage for His Office
Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the new chief, voiced outrage that the financial situation may force his office to cut back on…
Specter of Renewed Crisis Polarizes Europe
As a new depth of gloom descends over the eurozone economy, analysts are laying blame at two doorsteps: the European…
Fan interrupts Florida gubernatorial debate — an electric fan
The Florida governor's race that was already one of the most negative in the state's history became even nastier— and…
Hong Kong protests: Chief executive promises talks, but doesn’t say when
Hong Kong's leader says he is ready to start talks as soon as next week with student leaders of the…
Bermuda residents bracing for Hurricane Gonzalo
Hurricane Gonzalo regained strength on Thursday, again reaching Category 4, as it swirled towards Bermuda, the U.S. National Hurricane Center…
Nepal avalanche: 3 Canadians rescued, 4 dead
A Nepalese trekking group now says 3 Canadians, including one woman and two men, were rescued Thursday after heavy snow…
Brad Pitt OK with son, 13, seeing brutal war film Fury
Brad Pitt says he's comfortable with son, Maddox, seeing his new movie, Fury, that depicts the brutality of Second World…
What’s happened to the 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls?
Protests marked the passage of six months since more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram, and despite offers…
Ebola outbreak: Air France plane isolated in Madrid
An Air France plane was isolated at Madrid's airport on Thursday because of a suspected Ebola case after a passenger…
Brawl-causing drone from Serbia-Albania soccer match found by police
Serbian police have found the drone that flew an Albanian nationalist banner over a soccer stadium in Belgrade, igniting a…
Facebook creates ‘Safety Check’ tool for disasters
Facebook is launching a tool that lets users notify friends and family that they are safe during or after natural…
Oscar Pistorius’s apology to family called insincere by cousin
Oscar Pistorius must pay for what he's done, and his apology to the family of the girlfriend he killed was…
Switching to natural gas won’t slow climate change
Cheap and plentiful natural gas isn't quite a bridge to a brighter energy future as claimed and won't slow global…
ISIS fight intensifies as fighter jets roar over Kobani, Syria
Fighter jets roared over Kobani, Syria, and gunfire echoes across the Turkish border from the town, as fighting steadily intensifies…
Syria: activist secretly films life inside Isil-held city of Raqqa since air strikes began
A young activist in Raqqa, a Syrian city held by the Islamic State terrorist organisation, captures deserted streets as jihadis…