South Africa beats Sri Lanka to reach world cup semi-finals

South Africa now head for a semi-final against New Zealand or West Indies; Sri Lanka, after months on the road, finally go home to a new and challenging era. Neither Kumar Sangakkara... Read more »

Senate lets Australia down by voting no to University reforms

The Senate has blocked the federal government’s proposed deregulation of universities for a second time, after Education Minister Christopher Pyne failed to win over crucial crossbenchers. But Mr Pyne – who has... Read more »

Pakistan executes 12 convicts since moratorium lifted

Pakistani officials on Tuesday executed 12 people in the country’s single-largest day of executions since a moratorium on the death penalty was lifted in December, officials said. The hangings on Tuesday were... Read more »

Mike Baird promises new trains and ferries for Parramatta with $100 million boost

SYDNEY (Australia) – Western Sydney commuters are being promised more express trains to the city and extra ferries under a re-elected Baird government. Though commuters would have to wait until 2017 or... Read more »

NSW Premier promises ‘highest possible priority’ for investigation of Prabha Kumar murder

Statement on the death of Mrs Prabha Arun Kumar MELBOURNE (Australia)  – New South Wales Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Communities and Citizenship Victor Dominello has sought to reassure the Indian... Read more »

Top 10 Apps to keep track of Cricket World Cup 2015

Here is a list of some of the best free Cricket World Cup 2015 Android apps that will help you to follow World cup that you don’t want to miss especially when... Read more »

Sarfraz, pacers stun South Africa in World Cup match

Pakistan revives World Cup Campaign with 29-run win A hostile trio of Pakistan left-arm fast bowlers took full advantage of a pitch freshened by rain to hand pre-tournament favourites South Africa their... Read more »

Beijing Subway now offers a library of free E-Books for passengers

BEIJING (China) – On the subway in Beijing, as in most cities with underground Wi-Fi connections, commuters usually spend their rides mindlessly staring at their phones, scrolling through emails or playing games. But... Read more »

Pakistan art students remember and honour Peshawar school victims

KARACHI (Pakistan) — As Pakistanis appeared to move on with their lives three months after the brutal massacre of schoolchildren in Peshawar, graphic design students of Karachi felt compelled to issue a... Read more »

Obama, Modi, Shakira among 30 most influential people on the Internet

What do JK Rowling, Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Barack Obama have in common. They are all among the 30 most influential people on the Internet by Time magazine. Narendra Modi has roughly... Read more »

Let’s drop first ‘I’ in ISIS. There’s nothing Islamic about them, says Queen Rania

LONDON (United Kingdom) – Queen Rania of Jordan said Thursday evening that there is nothing Islamic about the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS. She was speaking with Huffington Post Editor-In-Chief Arianna Huffington... Read more »

John Kerry Flies to Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran, Yemen instability

RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) – After wrapping up the latest round of Iran nuclear negotiations in Switzerland, US  Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Saudi Arabia to take on the challenge of explaining a... Read more »

The Arab Intellectual is Resting, Not Dead

By Ramzy Baroud Whenever a new poem by Mahmoud Darwish was published in al-Quds newspaper, I rushed over to Abu Aymen’s newsstand that was located in the refugee camp’s main square. It... Read more »

Pakistan PM Sharif meets Saudi King Salman, vows to strengthen ties

RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reached Riyadh on Wednesday on the invitation of King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud for a three-day visit. He was received at the... Read more »

An 81-year-old’s pain at being forced from home by conflict in Ukraine

By Don Murray  MARIUPOL, (Ukraine) – The old woman wipes away tears. “It hurts,” she says, “It hurts to be driven from your home at 81. I lived there all my life. Seven... Read more »

Around 18,000 Rapist set free by court, 90 women raped in India every day

NEW DEHLI (India) – Rejecting a request from India not to broadcast the documentary by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin on the December 2012 Delhi gang-rape, the BBC aired it in the early hours... Read more »

India’s Daughter: BBC documentary provokes outrage in India

A controversial documentary telling the harrowing story of the gang rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012, has been shown earlier than planned on BBC Four tonight.... Read more »

US ambassador to South Korea slashed in face in a knife attack

SEOUL (South Korea) — The United States ambassador to South Korea has been slashed in the face and arm in a vicious knife attack in Seoul. The US ambassador, Mark W. Lippert,... Read more »

Indonesian official rejects Australian death row prisoner swap proposal

Australia’s foreign minister said on Thursday she had proposed a prisoner swap to her Indonesian counterpart in an 11th hour effort to save the lives of two Australian drug smugglers expected to... Read more »

Huawei unveils its first Android Wear smartwatch

The Android Wear-powered Huawei Watch, due mid-2015, is designed to give smartwatches a more classical look. Also new: the TalkBand B2 and N1 Bluetooth fitness trackers and bigger brand ambitions for the... Read more »

Australia’s batsmen set up record win over Afghanistan

A century to David Warner, fifties from Steven Smith and Glenn Maxwell and a polished performance in the field have guided Australia to victory over Afghanistan PERTH (Australia) – Australia posted a... Read more »

Just because people stopped paying attention to Ebola doesn’t mean it’s gone

By Annalisa Merelli As many as 28 countries are at risk of for the next Ebola epidemicaccording to a new report published by Save the Children. Somalia, Chad, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Haiti, Ethiopia, Central Africa Republic,... Read more »

China defense budget increase to 10% for 2015

China’s defense budget will grow to around USD 145 billion in 2015, registering a rise of about 10 percent in comparison with 2014 The Chinese military budget for 2015 will be about... Read more »

Rural Transport should be key focus of UN post-2015 Development Framework

Rural Communities will represent 30% of the global population in 2030, and it is vital that they are not “left behind” in the new post-2015 development framework Rural Communities will represent 30%... Read more »