Czech tennis player Kvitova injured in knife attack

BBC - Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has been injured in a knife attack at her home, her publicist says.Kvitova has been treated by doctors for a left hand injury - which is not life threatening - after the incident in…

Germany truck attack on Christmas markets leaves 12 dead

German police are investigating a "probable terrorist attack" after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48.The driver, reportedly a Pakistani asylum seeker who…

Water supplies back to normal in Tripoli

Sources at the Great Man-Made River in the south said that water supplies have returned to normal in the capital and its suburbs."Water is now 100% OK in the capital and there no complains about shortages." The sources said Monday.…

Syrian child tweeter Bana evacuated from Aleppo

A seven-year-old girl who has been tweeting about life amid the devastation of eastern Aleppo has been safely evacuated from the city.A picture of smiling Bana Alabed in a woolly hat was tweeted by the president of the Syrian…

Oil prices hit $52 as expected Libyan oil boost hampered

Oil extended gains above US$52 (RM232) a barrel as a planned production boost from Libya stalled amid continuing tension in the Opec member that’s exempt from output cuts.Futures climbed as much as 1.2 per cent in New York after…

Turkey blocks access to Tor browsing network

BBC- Turkey has blocked direct access to the Tor anonymous browsing network as part of a wider crackdown on the ways people circumvent internet censorship.The crackdown began last month when Turkish ISPs were told to cut off the…

Russian Ambassador to Turkey killed in Ankara shooting

The Russian Ambassador to Turkey has been killed after being shot multiple times Sputnik reported Turkish media as saying.They added that the gunman who shot the ambassador, Andrey Karlov, was killed by the Turkish security…

Russian ambassador shot in Turkey, gunman killed

The Russian Ambassador to Turkey has been shot multiple time and he is now at the hospital in Ankara, Turkish media reported.They added that the gunman who shot the ambassador, Andrey Karlov, was killed by the Turkish security…