The Vietnamese developer behind the mobile phone game Flappy Bird, has announced he will fund student projects worth up to VND200 million (about $A12,200). Nguyen Ha Dong detailed his mission in…
GAZA – An Israeli court has sentenced a Palestinian United Nations worker to seven months in jail for aiding the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations…
CHARLESTON, South Carolina – The widow of the pastor who was among the nine people killed by white supremacist Dylann Roof has told a federal jury she heard the gunman…
SAO PAULO – The killing of 56 inmates by fellow prisoners in Brazil’s deadliest jail uprising in decades was a “butchery foretold” by escalating turf wars between drug gangs that…
WASHINGTON – The United States will transfer four detainees to Saudi Arabia from the Guantanamo prison in the next 24 hours, a US official has said, in President Barack Obama’s…
LONDON – People who live near busy roads laden with heavy traffic face a higher risk of developing dementia than those living further away, according to researchers in Canada. A…
NEW YORK – A New York City has train derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during morning rush hour, injuring more than 100 commuters in the metropolitan area’s second major…
A man is facing charges in the United States after being accused of forcing a Vietnamese exchange student to have sex with him multiple times. American media reports that 28-year-old…
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has given an honour to a member of her staff in a private ceremony, resuming official duties as she continued to recover from a heavy cold that…
Indonesia suspended cooperation with the Australian military in December for “technical reasons”, a spokesman for the Indonesian defence forces has said, after offensive material was seen at an Australian training…