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Bangladesh hangs Islamist leader for rape and genocide in 1971 war
Bangladesh hanged Islamist party leader Motiur Rahman Nizami on Wednesday for genocide and other crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence ...Germany beats Slovakia 5-1, Danish player in hospital
Germany beat Slovakia 5-1 in Tuesday\'s action at the hockey world championship, which also saw Danish defenseman Jesper Jensen taken to hospital ...NASA says 1,284 new planets found by Kepler telescope
NASA announced Tuesday the discovery of 1,284 new planets outside our solar system, more than doubling the number of exoplanets found with ...BBC correspondent expelled from North Korea over reporting
North Korea detained a BBC journalist and ordered his expulsion over his reporting, the broadcaster said on Monday, as a large group ...Duterte favourite as Philippines votes for new president
Tens of millions of Filipinos jammed into schools and other voting stations on Monday to elect a new president, with anti-establishment firebrand ...Cameron warns Brexit threatens peace in Europe
Prime Minister David Cameron warned Monday that a British exit from the EU would threaten peace on the continent, as the campaign ...Austrian chancellor quits after far-right triumph
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann quit Monday, bowing to intense pressure two weeks after the opposition anti-immigration far-right dealt his coalition a historic ...Earthlings watch as tiny Mercury sails past the sun
Tiny Mercury, the solar system\'s innermost planet, sailed across the face of the sun on Monday, a celestial dance that occurs about ...Gunmen kill eight police in Cairo suburb, Islamic State claims attack
Gunmen killed eight plainclothes police on the southern outskirts of Cairo overnight, the Egyptian interior ministry said, in an assault claimed by ...North Korea leader Kim sets five-year economic plan, vows nuclear restraint
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed by others with ...




