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Pirate Bay Co-Founder Released From Jail

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Released From Jail

STOCKHOLM:  A Swedish founder of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay was freed from prison on Monday, a week after his colleague was arrested in Thailand after years on the run. “My body just got reunited with my soul and mind, the parts of me that matter and that never can be held... read more »

Sewol trial: Ferry captain sentenced to ...

Sewol trial: Ferry captain sentenced to 36 years in jail

The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April has been found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison. The Sewol ferry was carrying 476 people when it went down. More than 300 died, most of them school students. Lee Joon-seok was among 15 crew members on trial over... read more »

Nigeria suicide blast kills scores of te...

Nigeria suicide blast kills scores of teenagers

A school in northern Nigeria has been left reeling from a devastating suicide bomb blast which killed at least 48 people mostly teenage students and injured scores more. The attack happened in the town of Potiskum in Yobe state which lies close to the stronghold of Sunni MuslimBoko Haram... read more »

Egyptian Militant Group Pledges Loyalty ...

Egyptian Militant Group Pledges Loyalty to Islamic State

CAIRO:  They have slaughtered hundreds of Egyptian soldiers and police officers, recruited experienced fighters and staged increasingly sophisticated raids from the Western desert to the Sinai Peninsula. They have beheaded informants and killed an American in a carjacking, say Western officials... read more »

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Hong Kong Protesters March as Leader Urges ‘Good Sense’

Pro-democracy activists staged a march yesterday demanding broader rights for Hong Kong’s first leadership election in 2017, defying a call by the city’s top official to back China on... read more »

40 countries offer to contribute to international coalition against IS

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said nearly 40 countries have offered to contribute to an international coalition to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. Mr Kerry said he... read more »

Kerry visits Israel amid reports of faltering Israeli-Palestinian talks

Iraq Crisis: John Kerry says US-Arab coalition ‘can take on IS’

Ten Arab countries have agreed to help the US in its fight against the jihadist group, Islamic State (IS). After talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jeddah, they pledged to... read more »

Kerry blames Muslim Brotherhood for 'stealing’ Egypt revolution

Islamic State: John Kerry in Egypt for coalition talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Egypt amid US attempts to form a broad coalition to tackle Islamic State (IS) militants. Mr Kerry will meet Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi in Cairo... read more »