New rules on diversity, will they save the Oscars neck?

The GuardianThe Academy’s move on Friday morning to dampen the#OscarsSoWhite furore blazing through Hollywood will go some way towards doing that, but there is still plenty of work ahead.President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced…

ISIS decreases its fighters’ salaries by 50%

CNNsalaries by half, according to documents leaked from inside ISIS territory.ISIS might seem like a ragtag group of terrorists, but in reality, it operates as a government over parts of Iraq and Syria. And it hands…

Clinton’s emails said to include “top secret” material

The New York TimesWASHINGTON — Intelligence officials reviewing emails on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private computer server have found information they consider to be of a higher level of classification than “top…

Oldest monastery in Iraq destructed bt ISIS

BBCSatellite images confirm that the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been destroyed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).St Elijah's stood on a hill near the northern city of Mosul for 1,400 years.But…

ISIS certifies death of notorious Jihadi John

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comFox NewsFor the first time, a propaganda magazine for the Islamic State terror group included an admission that the notorious militant known as "Jihadi John" was dead.It…

Beards: Good for your health or not

BBCIf you were in search of a new, disease-fighting antibiotic, where might you start? In a swamp? A remote island? Well, how about combing beards? Michael Mosley investigates.On Trust Me I'm a Doctor we do experiments which…

Fayez Serraj briefs Libyans on GNA formation

Libyan NewsPrime Minister of the GNA, Fayez Al-Serraj, said it was a great privilege that the Presidential Council reached the formation of the government, promising to assume responsibilities from within the capital, Tripoli, as…