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UN says South Sudan children raped, castrated, thrown into fires
Warring forces in South Sudan have carried out horrific crimes against children, including castration, rape and tying them together before slitting their ...Greece hopeful of last-ditch deal despite default warnings
Greece on Friday insisted a last-ditch deal on its debt was possible and dismissed "terror scenarios" of a default that is looking ...Thailand confirms first MERS case
Thailand confirmed its first case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus on Thursday, according to the country\'s health ministry.Chad warplanes bomb Boko Haram after attacks
Chad said Thursday its warplanes bombed Boko Haram positions in neighbouring Nigeria to avenge twin suicide bombings in the capital this week ...Muslims banned from celebrating Ramadan in China
China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramadan and ordered restaurants to ...Nepal quake leaves remote villages cut off as rains begin
For the villagers of Sirdibas in Nepal, one of hundreds of isolated mountain communities dotting the vast Himalayan region, a trip to ...Denmark votes in close election
Polls opened in Denmark on Thursday in an election that was too close to call, after a three-week campaign focusing on immigration ...Three Dutch tourists killed in Portugal bus crash
Portuguese officials say a bus carrying Dutch tourists has crashed in southern Portugal, killing three of the tourists and injuring 30 others ...Seventy powers demand Syria barrel bombings end
Seventy countries across the planet united Thursday to express outrage over the Syrian regime\'s systematic use of barrel bombs and to demand ...Europe spends 11.3 bn euros deporting migrants since 2000
European countries have spent 11.3 billion euros in the last 15 years on deporting illegal migrants and another 1.6 billion euros on ...





