GAMBIA AWAITS NEW LEADER WHILE EXILING JAMMEH GETS RIGHT TO RETURN

With Jammeh gone, a country that had waited in silence during the standoff sprang back to life... READ MORE›

OBAMA MAKES SURPRISE VISIT TO BRIEFING TO PRAISE PRESS SECRETARY FOR 'INTEGRITY'

President Barack Obama has made a surprise visit to the final daily press briefing with White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. Obama praised Earnest Tue... READ MORE›

TEARY FAREWELLS AS OBAMA AIDES PACK UP, MAKE WAY FOR TRUMP

In between closing out final projects and typing up reports on the work they've done, White House staffers are packing away their knickknacks, coffeemakers and photos... READ MORE›

BAHRAIN CITY HALL SET ON FIRE AFTER EXECUTIONS

'Dark day' for Bahrain Demonstrators tried to reach the main street of Sanabis, the hometown of the three executed men, but were blocked by security forces... READ MORE›

BAHRAIN EXECUTES THREE SHIITE MEN CONVICTED IN FATAL ATTACK ON POLICE OFFICERS

Reprieve, an international human rights group, said the executions were the first to take place in Bahrain since 2010 and the first of Bahraini citizens since 1996... READ MORE›

'ART BECAME HIS RELIGION': SUKUMARAN EXHIBITION OPENS IN SYDNEY

The works were painted while Mr Sukumaran was on death row in Bali's Kerobokan jail and during his final incarceration on Nusa Kambangan Island... READ MORE›

GARISH BUT ICONIC, TORONTO'S HONEST ED'S DISCOUNT STORE CLOSES

The Toronto Transit Commission pays homage to Honest Ed's at its nearby Bathurst subway station with a display of the store's hand-painted signs... READ MORE›

CRISTINA FERNA?NDEZ DE KIRCHNER INDICTED AGAIN ON CORRUPTION CHARGES

Mrs. Kirchner was indicted in May on charges of manipulating Argentina's Central Bank to bolster the peso... READ MORE›

CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER INDICTED IN ARGENTINA CORRUPTION CASE

The former Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was indicted on Tuesday in a corruption case involving public works... READ MORE›

CRISTINA KIRCHNER FERNANDEZ CHARGED IN CORRUPTION CASE

Fernandez made no immediate comment on the charge, but she has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and invited an audit of public works contracts during her administration... READ MORE›

GIRLS FREED FROM BOKO HARAM NOT ALLOWED TO SPEND CHRISTMAS AT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES

The government tried to appease them, saying it would fly their parents to Abuja, human rights lawyer Emmanuel Ogebe said... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA VOWS TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST ALLEGED RUSSIAN HACKING OF US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its apparent interference in the US presidential election... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE OFTEN EXAGGERATES KILLINGS OF CRIMINALS, OFFICIAL SAYS

Duterte said in a speech to business executives at the presidential palace Monday that he used to hunt down criminals himself to set an example... READ MORE›

JEREMY CORBYN ACCUSES THERESA MAY OF SACRIFICING HUMAN RIGHTS TO SELL WEAPONS TO SAUDI ARABIA

Corbyn will accused Saudi Arabia of committing what have all the hallmarks of crimes against humanity in its war in Yemen ... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA TO EXECUTE 15 PEOPLE OVER SPYING FOR IRAN

At least 158 death sentences were carried out in Saudi Arabia in 2015, the third most executions for any country, after Iran and Pakistan, according to Amnesty International... READ MORE›

MOSCOW SLAMS WEST FOR STAYING SILENT ON RUSSIAN HOSPITAL BOMBING

Moscow slams West for staying silent on Russian hospital bombing -- RT News... READ MORE›

CHINA COURT CLEARS CONVICTED KILLER 21 YEARS AFTER HIS EXECUTION

China's top court overturned Nie Shubin's conviction Friday, in a landmark case that exposed deep flaws in China's criminal justice system... READ MORE›

BOB DYLAN TO SKIP MEETING WITH BARACK OBAMA

Bob Dylan is not only skipping the ceremony in Stockholm which is awarding him the Nobel Prize in Literature... READ MORE›

TWO U.S. OFFICIALS TO ATTEND FIDEL CASTRO'S FUNERAL

Earnest says Rhodes was already scheduled to be on the island this week... READ MORE›

AMNESTY FINDS CHILD LABOR AT INDONESIAN PALM OIL PLANTATIONS

And its suppliers on the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan and Sumatra, Amnesty said in a report... READ MORE›

HECKLER & KOCH TO STOP SELLING ARMS TO NON-NATO COUNTRIES

Last year, Heckler Koch sued the German government over a dispute concerning exports of components needed to manufacture the G36 assault rifle to Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

EGYPT COURT OVERTURNS MOHAMED MORSI'S LIFE SENTENCE

PROFILE Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi He was also accused of sharing state secrets with foreign powers, including Qatar... READ MORE›

MOTHER JAILED FOR ALLEGED PLOT TO TOPPLE TEHRAN GOVERNMENT ENDS HUNGER STRIKE

Charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's health is said to be at breaking point, her husband Richard Ratcliffe told Amnesty International... READ MORE›

MEXICO FREES THREE WOMEN WHO WERE RAPED, TORTURED TO CONFESS CRIMES IN 2011

The United Nations special rapporteur on torture said in 2015 that torture was a generalized practice among Mexican security forces... READ MORE›

ISIL EXECUTES CIVILIANS EN MASSE IN IRAQ

ISIL executed scores of people around Mosul and are stockpiling chemicals in civilian areas, according to the UN... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES ACCUSED OF KILLING CIVILIANS NEAR MOSUL

Iraqi denial Later on Thursday, Iraq's federal police issued a statement denying its forces had been involved in extrajudicial killings... READ MORE›

OBAMA CONGRATULATES TRUMP, INVITES HIM TO WHITE HOUSE FOR TRANSITION TALKS

President Barack Obama called Donald Trump, his newly elected successor, Wednesday to congratulate him on his victory and invite him to the White Hous... READ MORE›

OVER 200 MIGRANTS BELIEVED DROWNED IN MEDITERRANEAN

Hundreds of migrants are believed to have drowned after two boats sank of the coast of Libya, a United Nations official said Thursday... READ MORE›

2 KILLED, 37 INJURED IN 'POISONOUS SUBSTANCE' ATTACK ON ALEPPO

The organization blamed the armed Syrian opposition for the attack on western Aleppo... READ MORE›

EGYPT: FEARS GROW FOR 'DISAPPEARED' STUDENT OMAR KHALED

Omar Khaled, 22, last seen being dragged away from Cairo metro station by suspected security officers in plain clothes... READ MORE›

EX-ALBERTA PREMIER JIM PRENTICE KILLED IN B.C. PLANE CRASH WITH 3 OTHERS

Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice was among the four people killed in a small-plane crash in British Columbia... READ MORE›

FRANCE CAN NOW SHUT DOWN ANY WEBSITE AND SEARCH WHOEVER IT WANTS

Police in France have been given huge new powers including the ability to put people under house arrest without trial and to block websites... READ MORE›

A TWO-MILE BEER PIPELINE BENEATH BELGIAN STREETS

We wanted to avoid running big expensive tanker trucks back and forth transporting our beer, Mr. Vanneste said... READ MORE›

WOMAN CONVICTED AS JUVENILE FACES DEATH IN IRAN

On October 2014, a criminal judge sentenced the once child bride to death by hanging, Amnesty International says... READ MORE›

ALBERTO NISMAN'S DEATH 'RESPONSIBILITY OF PRO-KIRCHNER INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES', CLAIMS EX-OFFICIAL

Former senior argentine security official blames presidential loyalist cell for killing of prosecutor as cristina kirchner calls for intelligence agency to be dissolved... READ MORE›

$380 MILLION SHIP MAY BE NAMED BOATY MCBOATFACE THANKS TO AN ONLINE POLL

In a blow for democracy, the British public has decided the best name for a ?200 million 380 million ship is 'Boaty McBoatface'... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA COURT GIVES DEATH PENALTY TO MAN WHO RENOUNCED HIS MUSLIM FAITH

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef Amnesty International accused the government of wearing a muzzle when it came to dealing with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL

Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›

THREE MEN GORED AND 10 HOSPITALISED ON FIRST DAY OF FESTIVAL

While the festival is just one of many Spanish events that involve bulls, San Fermin - which has eight bull runs in total... READ MORE›

'FIVE INFECTED EVERY HOUR' IN SIERRA LEONE

The Ebola Donors Conference in London on Thursday is being hosted by the UK and Sierra Leone governments... READ MORE›

MAN RECORDS OPERATION WHILE UNDER ANAESTHETIC, LISTENS BACK AND HEARS DOCTORS MOCKING HIM

Ingham worked out of the Aisthesis anesthesia practice in Bethesda, Maryland, which the jury ruled should pay 50,000 of the 200,000 in punitive damages it awarded... READ MORE›

BRITISH EXPLORER HENRY WORSLEY DIES CROSSING ANTARCTIC

British explorer Henry Worsley has died attempting to be the first person to cross the Antarctic unaided, in an epic charity mission inspired by Ernest Shackleton... READ MORE›

WORLD LEADERS ACCUSED OF SHAMEFUL FAILURE OVER REFUGEE CRISIS

Almost 4 million people displaced from Syria have registered with the UN high commissioner for refugees... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE VP 'GOES INTO HIDING'

Related Stories Sierra Leone's Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has gone into hiding while he seeks political asylum at the US embassy in the capital, Freetown... READ MORE›

FOR OBAMA, THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TRUMPS 'MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL'

Post to Facebook For Obama, the presidential debate trumps 'Monday Night Football' White House says the president will likely tune in to watch Trump-Clinton match-up... READ MORE›

PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR BLASPHEMY MAKES LAST APPEAL

Amnesty International has raised serious concerns about the fairness of her trial and has called for her release... READ MORE›

AMNESTY: 75,000 REFUGEES TRAPPED ON SYRIA-JORDAN BORDER

Satellite images and footage showing makeshift graveyards reveal plight of stranded refugees, Amnesty says... READ MORE›

NO DEFENSE OR CRITICISM OF COMEY

The White House had no role in Comey's decision to inform Congress he was investigating new emails related to Hillary Clinton's private server, Earnest added... READ MORE›

STORY OF CITIES #3: THE BIRTH OF BAGHDAD WAS A LANDMARK FOR WORLD CIVILISATION

Baghdadis have since grown used to being excluded from the centre of their resilient capital... READ MORE›

REVEALED WORLD S TOP 10 SAFEST AIRLINES TRAVEL NEWS

But the three worst-affected countries -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- have now recorded falling numbers of new cases for four successive weeks, Dr... READ MORE›

DEADLY AIR STRIKES HIT TWO ALEPPO HOSPITALS

On Wednesday, Syrian government forces battled rebel fighters on several fronts in ground attacks in Aleppo, rebel officers said... READ MORE›

'IT IS A SACRIFICE THAT HAD TO BE MADE'

Relatives hold a cardboard effigy of Salgado on 4 June in Mexico City, during her hunger strike... READ MORE›

DIGITAL MOSAIC OF FALLEN WW1 PRIVATE

Artist, Helen Marshall, 43, said she looked through hundreds of World War One images before choosing Pte Beaney... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES TOP SHIA CLERIC

Saudi Arabia has executed the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, the interior ministry said... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES ONE OF ITS OWN YOUNG PRINCES FOR MURDER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1975

Prince Turki was arrested after killing Abdul Karim Mohaimeed in December 2012, according to Saudi media reports... READ MORE›

LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR

Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

A KIT KAT FOR EVERY TASTE AND THEN SOME

As a result a hungry traveler could eat scores of different flavors of Kit Kat... READ MORE›

S LEONE VICE-PRESIDENT IN QUARANTINE

Nearly 10,000 people have died in the outbreak, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARMS DEAL BACKED BY US SENATORS WHO GOT CASH FROM WEAPONS CONTRACTOR THAT WILL BENEFIT

Murphy, who objected to the weapons deal because of Saudi Arabia's poor human rights record and its indiscriminate bombardment of Yemen... READ MORE›

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERS PUSHING FOR DECRIMINALIZATION OF PROSTITUTION

Prostitution has always been considered a domestic matter, and now Amnesty could elevate it to a point of international human rights law, said Francis A... READ MORE›

CHINA'S ROLE IN AFRICA GROWS IN EBOLA'S WAKE

Samba said there was a lack of public health services before the Ebola outbreak... READ MORE›

IT'S NOW 16 AMERICANS COMING BACK FROM THE EBOLA ZONE

Ebola's infected more than 24,000 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and killed more than 10,000 of them... READ MORE›

MORE AMERICANS EVACUATED AFTER EBOLA SCARE

A Partners In Health clinician working in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus... READ MORE›

Guinea reported its lowest weekly total of new confirmed Ebola virus disease cases since the week ending 17 August 2014, WHO said... READ MORE›

U.S. government officials have scraped up enough ZMapp to start testing it in real Ebola patients in Liberia... READ MORE›

NEW CASE EMERGES IN SIERRA LEONE

Health officials in Sierra Leone have confirmed a death from Ebola, hours after the World Health Organization declared the West Africa outbreak over... READ MORE›

AMERICAN INFECTED WITH EBOLA RETURNING FOR TREATMENT

Of the 10 people treated for Ebola so far int he United States, eight have survived... READ MORE›

EBOLA: INFECTED AMERICAN HEALTH WORKER ARRIVES IN U.S. FOR TREATMENT

These individuals are volunteers in the Ebola response and are currently being monitored in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

In Sierra Leone, the hardest hit of any nation during the Ebola outbreak, nearly 4,000 people died from the disease altogether 14,000 were infected... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

Nearly 4,000 people have died in Sierra Leone of Ebola since the outbreak began in late 2013... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

WHO commends the government and people of Sierra Leone for the significant achievement of ending this Ebola outbreak, he said... READ MORE›

THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH WITH EBOLA

At this point, considering the contact she had with someone with Ebola, health workers said she is most likely very sick, perhaps even dead... READ MORE›