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South Sudan rebel chief orders ceasefire

SOUTH Sudan's former vice president Riek Machar has ordered his rebel troops to lay down their arms in line with a ceasefire to end a 20-month civil war, his spokesman says. HIS rival, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, had on Thursday ordered all ... >> view original

Bangkok bombing: Who are the Turkish terrorist group the Grey Wolves?

Bangkok: Neo-fascists from a Turkish terrorist group called Grey Wolves have emerged as key suspects in the Bangkok bombing after the arrest of a man, believed to be Turkish, in the Thai capital with bomb-making material. The group's death squads have ... >> view original

Julian Assange fears assassination

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange fears he might be assassinated if he steps outside the Ecuadorian embassy. IN an interview with The Times Magazine, Assange said he has not had any fresh air or sunlight for three years because it is too dangerous to ... >> view original

Beijing wants a quiet week on sharemarket as focus turns to geopolitics

President Xi Jinping wants no sharemarket surprises this week as the 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan is marked with a military parade through Beijing. Getty Images. Share on twitter. by Angus Grigg. The Chinese sharemarket is expected to ... >> view original

Growing up inside Buckingham Palace: Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family ...

IN 1960 the Queen gave birth to her third child, Prince Andrew, and four years later to her fourth, Prince Edward. They were the first children born to a reigning monarch since Queen Victoria's time on the throne. The Queen forged her own path as a ... >> view original

Peter Greste calls on world to step up pressure on Egypt over sentence

Australian journalist Peter Greste has urged the international community to step up pressure on the Egyptian government to "undo the injustice" meted out to him and two al-Jazeera colleagues, who were sentenced on Saturday to three years in prison by a ... >> view original

Indian village council orders rape of sisters after brother runs off with high ...

AN INDIAN village has ordered two young sisters be paraded naked through the town and then raped — all as punishment for their brother eloping with a married woman. The ruling by the all-male village council of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh states only the ... >> view original

Austrian police intercept truck containing 26 migrants, arrest driver

Police said the vehicle was pulled over at Braunau am Inn, close to the German border, adding that the migrants had been en route to Germany. "The three small children had to be hospitalised ... because of the extremely bad state of their health ... >> view original

In a Venezuelan Border Town, a State of Emergency Is Barely Perceptible

SAN ANTONIO DEL TÁCHIRA, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro has declared a state of emergency in this Venezuelan border town in what he says is nothing less than a fight for national survival. More than 1,000 Colombian immigrants have been ... >> view original

38 girls killed in Swaziland bus crash en route to King's wife choosing ceremony

A road accident in Swaziland has killed 38 girls and seriously injured 20 others who were on their way to a traditional ceremony where King Mswati III can choose a new wife, pro-democracy activists reported. The accident happened on Friday night when ... >> view original