Video shows black Muslim shot by Boston police, FBI
US authorities on Monday released video of a black Muslim man as he is shot dead by police and the FBI in Boston. The suspect is accused of having planned to behead
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Assassin who sparked WWI to get monument in Belgrade
Belgrade is to erect a monument honouring Gavrilo Princip, the Bosnian Serb nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked World War I, city authorities said Monday. Local official Goran Vesic told
UN keeps Israel off child rights violators list
A United Nations “List of Shame” of children’s rights violators was released on Monday but did not include Israel, despite calls for such a move after the Gaza war that left more
Romanian PM backed in graft probe
A Romanian parliamentary committee on Monday ruled against a request from anti-graft prosecutors to proceed with a corruption case against Prime Minister Victor Ponta. Parliament still has to make the final decision
Zambian musician arrested for ‘mocking’ president
A Zambian musician was arrested on Monday over a song he composed that officials said defamed President Edgar Lungu by accusing him of drinking too much and being incompetent. Chama Fumba, 31,
Activists in new call to DR Congo to exhume mass grave
Human Rights Watch appealed on Monday to authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo to exhume a mass grave near the capital Kinshasa that contains hundreds of corpses. “Congolese authorities have yet to
G7 warns Russia of more sanctions, pledges climate action
World leaders Monday warned Russia it would face stepped-up sanctions for its “aggression” in Ukraine, as they wrapped up a G7 meeting also pledging strong action to fight climate change. At a
Obama tells Greeks it’s time to make tough decisions
US President Barack Obama weighed in Monday on the Greece crisis, telling Greeks they need to make tough choices to save the country from a default and possible messy euro exit. Greek
Creativity and psychosis share a genetic source: study
Artistic creativity may share genetic roots with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to a study published on Monday. The research, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, delves into a well-known genetic database
Libya rivals ready for peace talks as G7 urges ‘bold’ decisions
Libya’s warring factions geared up for crunch talks Monday as world leaders called for “bold political decisions” to prevent the oil-rich nation crumbling into a failed state. Amid warnings that chaos in