World & Politics

The Washlet, the high-tech, derriere-washing, tushie-warming toilet makes the Japanese proud perhaps in the same manner as they are proud of the Walkman and the PlayStation and karaoke. And as

A factory worker in Thailand is being investigated for mocking the king’s dog. The same person is facing up to 37 years in jail for insulting the military rulers pf

After the terrorist attacks in Paris, the Paris airports security service conducted checks of employees. 70 of them were divested of their admissions to the "sterile zone", being suspected of…

Representing a strong warning to Turkey following its shooting down of a Russian warplane at the Syrian border, Russina President Vladimir Putin has vowed Russia’s military will “immediately destroy” any

As a bout of toxic smog stretches into a second month, authorities in Delhi are considering shutting schools in the sprawling Indian capital. The pollution levels in this megacity has

Turkey along with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and has been blamed again of buying cheap oil form the Islamic state – and this time it is not

Chairman of North Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un has declared that the state is now protected not only by nuclear, but also hydrogen weapons.

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said on Monday that the number of migrants arrived in the country by the end of November reached a record monthly level of 206…

An unusual phone call to 911 helped the police solve a hit and run case in Florida, claimed the local police. A woman was arrested following the phone call. However

Following an acrid smog that enveloped the Beijing for the second time this month, the Chinese authorities have issued its first pollution red alert for the Chinese capital. The alert

US President Barack Obama addressed the nation with anti-terrorism program. His speech was a response to a terrorist attack in the city of San Bernardino, where a couple shot party…

Stressing the need to bolster local forces in the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria , NATO has ruled out sending ground troops to fight against Islamic State militants

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has confirmed that arrests of the organization’s officials in Zurich are carried out at the request of the US Justice Department, reports Reuters. The…

The investigations against the World football body FIFA intensified as more high-ranking Fifa officials were arrested as part of a long-running corruption investigation led by the United States, said reports

Recent report suggests that right frack for shale gas have been sold by the Bostwana government quietly in one of Africa’s largest protected conservation areas, reports The Guardian. The area

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family are involved in illegal shipments of oil from Syrian fields captured by IS militants, said Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Anatoly Antonov.

Half of the Earth’s climate-harming fossil-fuel is emitted by the 10% of the richest people. British charity Oxfam claimed in a report released on Wednesday that the poorest half of

Alleging that the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family had interests in the illegal smuggling of oil from Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq and were benefiting financially

The German cabinet approved undertaking military support in their fight against the Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria. The proposal back in the parliament entails the sending to the region

An international solar alliance of over 120 countries was launched by India’s prime minister Narendra Modi along with the French president Francoise Hollande at the Paris COP21 climate summit. Hopes

After winning strong NATO support for the right to defend itself, Turkey’s prime minister dismissed on Monday any suggestion Ankara should apologize for downing a Russian warplane in its airspace

On Sunday, the European Union has reached an agreement with the Turkish government on the issue of reducing the migrants flow to Europe. In exchange, the EU will allocate funds…

China allegedly barred Canada’s Miss World contender from boarding a plane at Hong Kong to the Chinese city hosting this year’s pageant. Since an invitation for the event had not

Britain says its time it stepped directly into the Syrian crisis with possible joint air strikes. British Prime Minister David Cameron said that “subcontract its security to other countries” was

Developing nations are starting to seek green technologies through a UN system meant as a building block for a global deal on climate change next month with projects including solar

While denying charges that their warplane had violated Syrian airspace, Russia claimed they had proof that the jet had not left Syrian air space after Turkish fighter jets shot down

During his confirmation of the Strategic Defence and Security Review for the parliamentary term British Prime Minister David Cameron announced an additional £12bn in defence equipment spending and two new

The Syrian crisis is being viewed as an entangled war between Syrian government, the rebel forces and Islamist fundamentalists – Isis, aimed to gain regional dominance based on an overlapping

US regulators allowed production and consumption of genetically modified salmon, said Department of Health and Human Services of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

El Nino is getting stronger and it is affecting certain parts of the globe than others. Record temperatures were experienced by South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, for two days in a

Alleging that it has helped the Islamic state propagandas, Anonymous has attacked web services startup CloudFlare for providing protection against cyberattacks to pro-Isis websites. The company is popular amongst groups

French officials finally confirmed on Thursday that the suspected mastermind of last week’s Paris attacks was killed in the police raid of an apartment north of the capital. Abdelhamid Abaaoud

Facebook has blocked a female user bearing the same name of as the terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for last week’s attack in Paris. Suggesting that her Facebook profile was

While seeking out possible suspects for last week’s attack in Paris, a woman suicide bomber blew herself up and another militant died on Wednesday during police raids in a Paris

While admitting reports that militants wanted to launch deadly digital attacks., British security forces and spies are building elite cyber offensive forces to strike at Islamic State fighters, hackers and

The crash of the Russian jet that crashed in the skies over Egypt killing 224 people on board was a victim of a bomb that was planted on it, said

An unprecedented step of suspending Russia from all competitions in the wake of revelations of state-sponsored doping was announced by the governing body of world athletics. The revelations had been

France officially blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for the carnage in Paris o Friday night. This was announced by the French President Francois Hollande on Saturday

The political party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi – National League for Democracy (NLD) has won a majority in Myanmar’s parliament. This was announced by the election commission

British and American sources confirmed that there is a “high degree of certainty” that the Islamic State extremist Mohammad Emwazi was killed in a joint airstrike by the British and

Rebutting claims by the US secretary of state, John Kerry on Wednesday, the French foreign minister said on Thursday that any global climate change deal reached in Paris next month

The US law enforcement officials are using the technology used by sexual predators against them to curb online child sexual offences. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is

The leaders of European and African countries gathered in the Maltese capital of Valletta yesterday to participate in the EU - Africa summit. The main theme was the migration crisis.…