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Who's afraid of the big bad recession? We all are Reuters January 30, 2016, 3:52 am Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino By Patrick Graham LONDON (Reuters) - If there were...

Malaysia’s PM defends strict security laws after militants threaten revenge for crackdown PUBLISHED : Monday, 25 January, 2016, 6:08pm UPDATED : Monday, 25 January, 2016, 6:09pm Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur Malaysian military and police personnel patrol outside a Kuala Lumpur shopping...

‘Spider-Man’ informant given record reward for helping to bust drugs gang in southern China PUBLISHED : Friday, 22 January, 2016, 2:18pm UPDATED : Friday, 22 January, 2016, 3:55pm Gloria Chan [email protected] The informant receives his reward in Guangdong. Photo: Sohu.com A man wearing...

Taliban Hunt Man Who Cut Off Wife's Nose The man had allegedly been beating his wife since returning from abroad and had also taken another wife of just seven years old. 15:27 Tuesday 19 January 2016 It is hoped the woman will get reconstructive surgery in Turkey The Taliban and the police...

Afghan woman's nose cut off by husband Humayoon Babur, The Associated Press First posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 09:18 AM EST | Updated: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 09:48 AM EST KABUL -- The nose of a young woman in a remote northern region of Afghanistan was cut off by her husband, officials...

Taiwan to ban certain estrogens in cosmetics in May 2016/01/17 18:12:07 Taipei, Jan. 17 (CNA) Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration announced Sunday that it will impose a ban on the use of three types of cancer-causing estrogens in cosmetics on May 1. From May 1, the import, manufacture...

Corruption trial begins for ousted Thai premier Yingluck PUBLISHED : Friday, 15 January, 2016, 4:39pm UPDATED : Friday, 15 January, 2016, 4:39pm Agence France-Presse in Bangkok Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Photo: AP Ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra went on...

Iran releases US sailors after detention AAP January 13, 2016, 11:02 pm Iran has released 10 US sailors after holding them overnight, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves days ahead of the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord between Tehran and world...

VW scandal overshadows exuberant Detroit auto show AFP January 12, 2016, 6:44 am Detroit (AFP) - The Volkswagen pollution-cheating scandal overshadowed an otherwise exuberant mood as the Detroit auto show opened Monday amid record US sales. The Honda Civic and the Volvo XC 90 the North...

European tourists wounded in attack at Egyptian Red Sea resort PUBLISHED : Saturday, 09 January, 2016, 3:04pm UPDATED : Saturday, 09 January, 2016, 3:04pm Reuters The Bella Vista hotel in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada after the hotel came under attack, leaving three European tourists...

Confirmed: Slash buries hatchet with Axl Rose for Guns N’ Roses reunion gig at Coachella festival American hard rockers’ original line-up to take stage for first time in 23 years in California in April. Festival will also feature LCD Soundsystem, Calvin Harris, Ice Cube, Ellie Goulding, and...

Anti-China protesters return from Philippine-held island AFP January 3, 2016, 10:05 pm Manila (AFP) - Nearly 50 young Filipinos returned Sunday from a remote Philippine-held island in the South China Sea where they had staged a week-long protest against Beijing's claims in the disputed...

16 injured in NYE Dubai hotel inferno AAP January 1, 2016, 4:25 pm A massive blaze at a luxury hotel in Dubai near the Burj Khalifa caused 16 minor injuries, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) says. Despite the inferno, New Year's Eve fireworks went ahead at midnight from the Burj Khalifa - the...

Turkey detains two IS suspects over New Year suicide attack plot Krystal Johnson December 31, 2015, 6:55 am Turkish police detained two Islamic State suspects accused of plotting a suicide bombing on New Year's Eve celebrations. Suicide vests and explosive devices were found at the house in...

Rwandan man jailed for life in Germany over church massacre AFP December 30, 2015, 3:27 am Berlin (AFP) - A German court Tuesday sentenced a Rwandan Hutu man to life in jail for his active role in orchestrating a church massacre of hundreds of Tutsis during the 1994 genocide. Former town...

Bloody Christmas in Philippines as Muslim guerrillas kill 10 AFP December 27, 2015, 9:36 pm Manila (AFP) - Muslim guerrillas killed 10 civilians in the majority Catholic Philippines over Christmas, the military said Sunday, with some Christians in the affected areas now too scared to sleep...

Man accused of helping plan cartoon attack now charged with supporting Islamic State Jacques Billeaud, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015 07:18 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, December 24, 2015 07:28 PM EST This undated law enforcement booking photo from the Maricopa...

France foils alleged terrorist plot with links to jihadist in Syria PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 23 December, 2015, 8:26am UPDATED : Wednesday, 23 December, 2015, 8:26am Agence France-Presse in Paris French Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve (right) and departmental director for public safety in...

Air France bomb hoax passenger released AAP December 22, 2015, 7:47 am A passenger initially suspected over a bomb hoax on board an Air France flight has been released. Border guards at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris had earlier on Monday detained the 58-year-old retired policeman after...

Device on Air France jet not a bomb AAP December 21, 2015, 4:17 am A suspicious device found on an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that prompted an emergency landing was harmless and caused a "false alarm", the airline's chief executive says. Air France staff decided to land the...