Al-Qaida affiliate emerges to rival IS in Syria

The Nusra Front, the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, is consolidating power in territory stretching from the Turkish border to central and southern Syria, crushing moderate opponents and forcibly converting minorities using tactics akin to its ultraconservative rival, the Islamic State group.

Museum reopening delayed amid security concerns

Tunisia's national museum was forced to delay its planned reopening on Tuesday, officials said, as security was boosted around the site of last week's jihadist massacre that killed 21 people.

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King Richard III arrives at his final resting place

A cortege carrying the remains of King Richard III was welcomed by thousands of people in Leicester on Sunday after a last journey to the nearby battlefield where he was slain 530 years ago.

Visitors flock before island Americanized

Bookings to Cuba jumped 57 percent for one New York tour operator in the weeks after Washington said it would renew ties with Havana. In February, they were up 187 percent; and so far this month, nearly 250 percent.

Sick man starts 2-week ocean voyage to hospital

A seriously ill man has begun a two-week ocean voyage on an icebreaker from an Australian Antarctic base to a hospital in Australia, officials said on Monday.

Beef slaughter ban hits farmers, traders and lions

Indian farmer Nitin Tarode wants to sell his old bull to help pay for his sister's wedding after his income was hit by patchy rainfall.

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UN envoy: Nation on edge of civil war

Yemen is nearing "the edge of civil war", the UN envoy to the country warned on Sunday as the Security Council voiced unanimous support for its embattled leader, and Shiite militia seized the airport in a key city.

Okinawa gov't gives order to suspend work for relocation of key US air base

The Okinawa prefectural government ordered the suspension of underwater work on Monday in a coastal area in Nago where a key US air base is to be relocated, according to local report.

'I am responsible,' says father of Australian jihadist bomber

The heartbroken father of an Australian schoolboy believed to have died while carrying out a suicide bombing for Islamic State said on Monday he felt "totally responsible" for failing to see that his son needed help.

Indonesia detains alleged IS recruiters

Indonesian anti-terror police have arrested five men who allegedly arranged for a group of mostly women and children to try and enter Syria to join the Islamic State group, an official said.