2015

IndependentIn yet another case of ridiculous censorship, a school in Philadelphia has removed Mark Twain’s classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the curriculum.Administration at the school ruled that “the…

AFP, LondonA choir of doctors and nurses beat Justin Bieber to the Christmas number one spot in Britain's pop music chart Friday after the heartthrob urged his fans to buy their song. The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir's charity…

AFP | LondonBritish comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife are donating $1 million (900,000 euros) to help Syrian refugees, the charities receiving the money announced Sunday.The ‘Borat’ star and actress wife Isla Fisher are…

BBCA five-mile (8km) section of the Mississippi River near St Louis, Missouri, has been closed to vessels as rising water levels caused "hazardous conditions", the US Coast Guard said.Storms and tornadoes have lashed…

BBCLeicester City missed the chance to return to the top of the Premier League as they played out a goalless draw with Manchester City at the King Power Stadium.Claudio Ranieri's side can take great heart, however,…

SputnikSaudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Sheikh urged increased Islamic cooperation against Daesh, claiming that the militant group was a “part of the Israeli army.”The Mufti's statements followed remarks…

IndependentDonald Trump has said that he will spend at least $2million a week on his campaign to become the Republican party’s presidential candidate.The billionaire frontrunner, who has not spent large sums as part of…

AljazeeraAlgiers - Dozens of top African police officials met in Algiers this month to ratify legal documents related to the creation of Afripol, the pan-African law enforcement agency expected to begin operations next…

Libyan NewsPolitical Committee member of the General National Congress, Abdulkader Al-Hawaili proposed a new proposal to save Libya out of the current crisis.Al-Hwaili said that the plan includes formation of a new…

BBCIn 2014, a gardener on a country estate in the UK mysteriously died of multiple organ failure.The cause of his death remains unclear, but an inquest heard evidence suggesting he had been killed by a popular…

Libyan NewsA number of Sudanese immigrants in Libya have reported that they do not receive health care, and live in difficult conditions, following an airstrike in Ajdabia by which five Sudanese got killed and 15 others…

BBCThe strongest El Nino weather cycle on record is likely to increase the threat of hunger and disease for millions of people in 2016, aid agencies say.The weather phenomenon is set to exacerbate droughts in some…

Sky NewsA couple of years ago, I had lunch with a senior civil servant responsible for, among other things, advising the Prime Minister.The adviser, a little younger than me, had not been on the ground in Libya - and I…

SputnikThe United States and its three European allies – Britain, France and Italy – are planning yet another intervention into Libya, this time to defeat the expansion of Daesh (Islamic State) in North Africa, the Swiss…

Libyan NewsA member of Tripoli-based parliament - the General National Congress (GNC) - said that a delegation from the ‘Elders & Notables Committee’ met with several GNC lawmakers to present an intuitive aimed at holding a…

ANSAmedLibyan Premier Fayez Al-Serraj said after meeting Italian Premier Matteo Renzi in Rome Monday he hoped that "the Italian embassy and consulate will return to Tripoli as soon as possible". He said Libya will work to reinstate…

The VergeFacebook is testing multiple, topic-based feeds on its mobile app in place of one main News Feed. It's the next step in a process started by the company in October when it began allowing some users to see specialized…

CBS NewsAnyone who followed stocks in 2015 knows it has been a ho-hum year, despite rampant volatility that had some investors eyeing the exits. Still, while many issues recorded minimal gains, a few have been standouts.They…

Sky News“2015 was the year cashless payments overtook the use of notes and coins for the first time.”What was the most memorable economic event of 2015? Inflation dropping below zero? The return of the Greek crisis? The tax…

Aljazeera NewsTwo suspects in the deadly Paris attacks claimed by ISIL were killed this month by coalition air strikes in Syria and Iraq, the US military said on Tuesday.French national Charaffe al-Mouadan, 27, a native of the…