EU urged to adopt strict lobbyist rules

European Union governments and institutions must adopt robust rules for powerful lobbies seeking to shape laws and policy or face the risk of corruption, anti-graft watchdog Transparency International warned on Wednesday.

Plan to drop Cuba from terror list welcomed

US President Barack Obama's move on Tuesday to drop Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism was "fair", the Foreign Ministry in Havana said.

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Japan's distortion of history denounced

South Korean lawmakers passed a resolution on Tuesday to denounce Japan's approval of school textbooks that distorted history and laid territorial claims to the Dokdo islets, called Takeshima in Japan.

User mistakes aid most cyberattacks, new studies find

When a cybersecurity breach hits the news, those involved often have incentive to play up the sophistication of the attack.

Iraqi artist puts trauma onto canvas

A jihadist fighter slits a man's throat. Another brandishes a severed head, spiked on his rifle, as more militants dump bodies into a trench overflowing with corpses.

Research says soundtrack of lives may alter

Climate change is predicted to intrude into almost every area of life - from where we live, to what we eat and with whom we war.

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Buhari: No promise for rescue

On the anniversary of the kidnapping by Islamic extremists of hundreds of girls from a school in northeast Nigeria, President-elect Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday that he cannot promise to find the 219 who are still missing.

Iranian minister outlines 4-point proposal details

Iran's foreign minister laid out a four-point Yemen peace plan on Tuesday that included dialogue and humanitarian aid, and renewed his call for an end to Saudi-led airstrikes against the Houthi rebel force.

Rubio announces White House bid

US Senator Marco Rubio launched his presidential campaign on Monday at a rally in Miami, calling for a new era of American leadership that is not "stuck in the 20th century".

Holocaust memories to live on

When David Hershkoviz was a child, he used to wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of his mother screaming in her sleep, knowing that she was reliving the horrors of the Holocaust.