12 dead in shooting at Paris offices of satirical magazine
Charlie Hebdo (Charlie Weekly) is well known for courting controversy with satirical attacks on political and religious leaders. Two assailants were captured on video calmly leaving the scene after the...
View ArticleMuslim man hailed hero for sheltering customers in Jewish market attack
A young Muslim shop assistant is being hailed a hero for giving a safe hiding place to hostages fleeing gunman Amedy Coulibaly after he stormed a Jewish supermarket in Paris. Originally from Mali in...
View ArticleTen predictions for 2015
What will be the biggest news events of 2015? Here are 10 predictions for what the next 12 months have in store. By: Barnaby Phillips What are going to be some of the biggest news events of 2015? Here...
View Article‘Do not confuse extremists with Muslims’, says slain cop’s brother
The brother of a French Muslim police officer who was gunned down by terrorists in the Charlie Hebdo attack made an emotional appeal Saturday for tolerance. “Islam is a religion of peace and love.”...
View ArticleParis anti-terror rally: all religions, ages and nations in massive show of...
François Hollande says ‘Paris is the capital of the world’ as estimated 3.7 million across France march in solidarity. (The Guardian-UK) It was the day Paris united. And with dozens of world leaders...
View ArticlePope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: Pope Francis said on Thursday there are limits to freedom of expression, especially when it insults or ridicules someone’s faith. Francis spoke about the Paris terror attacks...
View ArticleSyria conflict: Italian aid worker hostages freed
Two Italian aid workers who were taken hostage in Syria more than five months ago have been released. Greta Ramelli, 20, and Vanessa Marzullo, 21, were greeted by Italy’s foreign minister as they...
View Article‘EU scholarships’ raise hopes and confusion
ISLAMABAD: It was too good a news for a city university professor to believe when his students told him that purportedly the European Union is offering 10,000 scholarships to Pakistani students in...
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World’s first Bionic eye implant
Surgeons in Manchester have performed the first bionic eye implant in a patient with the most common cause of sight loss in the developed world. Ray Flynn, 80, has dry age-related macular degeneration...
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