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Wreckage reveals horror of last moments

[2015-10-15 07:45]

A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine told the graphic story on Tuesday of its violent last moments after being hit by a surface-to-air missile.

Muslim groups' lawsuit over surveillance revived

[2015-10-15 07:45]

A coalition of Muslim groups can pursue a civil rights lawsuit that accuses New York police of conducting secret surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey without suspicion of criminal activity, a US appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-10-15 07:45]

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday called for a "fixed" oil price at around $70 per barrel and predicted that a meeting of oil producing nations scheduled for next week in Vienna would bring "good news" to the global economy.

Official: US dentist not wanted for killing lion

[2015-10-14 07:46]

Zimbabwe is no longer pressing for the extradition of James Walter Palmer, the US dentist who killed a well-known lion called Cecil, a Cabinet minister said on Monday.

Nation in chaos after lawmakers pardon themselves

[2015-10-14 07:46]

The South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu found itself in political chaos on Tuesday following an extraordinary few days in which 14 lawmakers were found guilty of corruption but were then pardoned by one of their own while the president was abroad.

Okinawa governor revokes OK of US base

[2015-10-14 07:46]

Okinawa's governor on Tuesday revoked approval for work needed to relocate a US air base from one area of the southern Japanese island to another, but the Tokyo government said it would proceed with the plan.

UK seeking release of Briton facing 350 lashes

[2015-10-14 07:46]

Britain said on Tuesday it was seeking the release of an elderly British man facing 350 lashes after being caught with homemade wine in Saudi Arabia, a sentence that his family said could kill him.

Schools forced to teach state-authored history

[2015-10-14 07:46]

South Korea plans to compel secondary schools to use a single state-authored history textbook from the school year of 2017 with the aim of teaching students the "right history".

US airdrops ammunition to anti-IS rebels

[2015-10-14 07:46]

US-led coalition forces parachuted in ammunition to rebels in Syria on Monday, stepping up their support for groups battling jihadists as regime troops engaged in their fiercest fights in weeks, aided by Russian airstrikes.

IN BRIEF (Page 11)

[2015-10-14 07:46]

A New Zealand man could spend up to three decades behind bars after he was found guilty by an Australian court on Tuesday of trying to travel to the Middle East to fight in the Syrian conflict

Police leave Assange's safe refuge

[2015-10-14 07:46]

Metropolitan Police announced that police guards outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is staying, were removed on Monday.

Confederate flag group on 'terrorist' charge

[2015-10-14 07:46]

A group of white Confederate flag supporters in the US state of Georgia have been charged under an anti-gang law for disrupting an African-American's birthday party with "terroristic threats", officials said on Monday.

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