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YouTube still blocked in Turkey despite top court verdict
AFP, Published on 01/06/2014
» Popular video-sharing site YouTube remained blocked in Turkey on Sunday despite the country's top court ruling that the blanket ban contravened the right to free speech.
Frenchman 'admits to' Brussels shooting in video
AFP, Published on 01/06/2014
» A Frenchman who spent over a year in Syria has claimed responsibility for last week's deadly shooting at a Jewish Museum in Brussels in a video recording, prosecutors said on Sunday.
Thaksin's dream of exile government faces hurdles
Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 01/06/2014
» The legal adviser of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has raised the idea of a government-in-exile — but fulfilling such an ambition would face serious hurdles including finding a willing host country, say academics.
Jackboot tactics deepen unrest
News, Published on 01/06/2014
» The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the largest military force in the world, with almost 2.3 million soldiers in uniform. That, it turns out, is not nearly large enough. Beijing is now facing an increasingly violent insurgency stemming from the Muslim Uighur minority in the far-western region of Xinjiang.
Insurgents determined to derail Afghan run-off: US general
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» Taliban insurgents will redouble their efforts to disrupt presidential elections in Afghanistan next month after failing to sabotage the first round of voting in April, a senior US general said Saturday.
Egypt criminalises dishonouring flag
Associated Press, Published on 31/05/2014
» CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's outgoing interim president issued a decree making dishonouring the Egyptian flag or not standing for the national anthem a criminal offense, punishable by sentences of up to one year in prison and a fine of more than US$4,000, his spokesman said on Saturday.
US confirms American carried out Syria suicide bombing
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» An American fighting for a hardline Islamist group carried out a deadly suicide bombing in Syria, US officials said Friday, in the first such case in the war.
Five months of air raids on Syria's Aleppo kill almost 2,000
AFP, Published on 30/05/2014
» Nearly 2,000 civilians, more than a quarter of them children, have been killed in a massive Syrian air offensive on rebel-held areas of Aleppo province this year, a monitor said Friday.
Turkey's top court rules YouTube ban violates rights
AFP, Published on 30/05/2014
» Turkey's top court ruled on Thursday that a blanket ban on YouTube violated individual rights and freedoms, clearing the way for the popular video-sharing site to come back.
Turkey sentences Twitter user to jail for blasphemy
AFP, Published on 29/05/2014
» A Turkish court on Thursday handed a 15-month jail term to a teacher over Twitter posts deemed religiously offensive, local media reported on Thursday.