TUNIS, TUNISIA, Mounir Souissi / Kaouther Larbi- Women and children were caught up Thursday in a police siege of a home near the Tunisian capital where security forces were fighting a gun battle with...
THIMPHU, BHUTAN, Ammu Kannampilly- Google provided a sneak peek into Bhutan Thursday by unveiling a Street View project for the remote Himalayan kingdom, featuring panoramic views of its majestic...
OTTAWA, CANADA, Michel Comte- Where there had been stillness and dignity -- two Canadian soldiers standing ram-rod straight by a war memorial in silent honor to their fallen comrades -- now there was...
PARIS, FRANCE, Marianne Barriaux- Life and death, surveillance and privacy, humans and robots: Keiichiro Shibuya likes to unsettle and push boundaries in music. The Japanese composer made a stir in...
AHMEDABAD, INDIA- A generous boss in western India has given 1,200 of his workers new cars, deposits for flats and thousands of dollars worth of diamond jewellery as rewards for loyalty. The diamond...
TOKYO, JAPAN- A Japanese court on Monday jailed a man for two years for making guns with a 3D printer in what is believed to be a first in a nation with strict gun controls. Yoshitomo Imura, 28, was...
PARIS, FRANCE, Fran Blandy- Emerging from the woods at the edge of Paris like a glass ship, the hyper-modern Louis Vuitton art museum will be inaugurated on Monday, kicking off an art-filled week in...
DUBAI, UAE- The trial opened on Sunday of Bahraini human rights activist Nabil Rajab, accused of having "insulted official bodies" in remarks posted on Twitter, a judicial source said. Rajab, part of...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, W.G. Dunlop- Iraqi lawmakers approved defence and interior ministers on Saturday, filling the key posts after weeks of delay as security forces battle Islamic State jihadists who hold...
MURSITPINAR, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan with Sara Hussein in Beirut- Kurdish forces in the Syrian town of Kobane repulsed a new attempt by Islamic State fighters to cut off the border with Turkey Saturday...
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