Syria: Car bomb goes off in Damascus police club

Several people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a police officers' club in the Syrian capital, Damascus, the interior ministry says. The blast also struck a busy vegetable market in the north-eastern Masaken Barzeh…

UAE creates ministers of happiness and tolerance

The prime minister of the United Arab Emirates has announced the creation of a minister of state for happiness, as part of a major government shake-up. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the ruler of Dubai, said the…

Titanic II, a replica of the wrecked one, to sail in 2018

A fully functioning replica of RMS Titanic is set to launch in 2018, 106 years after the original vessel sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean.This updated version, named Titanic II, is the brainchild of Australian billionaire Clive…

Germany: Some deaths and several injuries in trains crash

Two trains have crashed into each other in a head-on collision in southern Germany, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 150.Police said one of the trains had derailed and several carriages overturned, and said the…