News Archive - 7 January 2015

PARIS — One man sought in the deadly shooting at a French satirical paper has turned himself in, and police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men with possible links to al-Qaida in the military-style, methodical killing of 12 people at the office of a satirical newspaper that caricatured the...

Tom Clancy novels and spy films don't hold a monopoly on crazy plots and schemes, as reality here in Texas shows.

NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Japan forward Keisuke Honda is uncomfortable with his team's status as favorites at the Asian Cup.

WASHINGTON - When Sen. Marco Rubio walked in the room at his office Wednesday to meet with Florida reporters seated at a conference table and watching via video link from Miami and Orlando, he clutched two pieces of paper packed with notes.

As Asia converges on Australian shores for the 2015 Asian Cup starting Friday, the pressure of expectancy weighs heavily on the Socceroos.

(MENAFN - Muscat Daily) Oman represented by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry hosted the 15th session of the Omani-Iranian Joint Economic Committee at Grand Hyatt Muscat on Wed...

Paris (AFP) - 03:44 GMT - Summary of events - For those just joining us here is a summary of events:

Sydney (AFP) - With hosts Australia in a state of flux and holders Japan engulfed by scandal, the Asian Cup looks to be the most wide open in years. Redemption for a humiliating 2014 World Cup beckons should Australia, Japan, South Korea or Iran win Asia's showcase tournament, which begins...

Novelist Salman Rushdie has spoken out against the threat of “religious totalitarianism” in the wake of the murderous attack in Paris.

PARIS (AP) — Police hunted for three heavily armed men with possible links to al-Qaida in the military-style, methodical killing of 12 people Wednesday at the office of a satirical newspaper that caricatured Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.

French security forces on Thursday launched a massive manhunt for two brothers suspected of killing 12 people in an Islamist attack on a satirical weekly in Paris, the deadliest attack in France in half a century.

The attempt in recent times by some writers to portray Ibraihim Mahama, the Chief Executive Officer of Engineers and Planners and other companies as somehow engaged in a dishonest enterprise, in collusion with his brother, His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, to steal state funds is worrying.

Travelers who paid United Airlines as much as $35 to check bags that went missing at Denver International Airport do have some some consumer protections.

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Iran should be immune against the sanction pressures by its enemies, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying by leader's official website Wednesday.

Watch Video | Listen to the Audio RELATED LINKS In remembering James Foley, sobering lessons for protecting journalists Islamic State declares beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff How should the U.S. respond to Steven Sotloff’s killing? JUDY WOODRUFF: The attacks in Paris were focused on a very different...

PARIS (AP) — Masked gunmen stormed the offices of a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, methodically killing 12 people Wednesday, including the editor, before escaping in a car. It was France's deadliest terrorist attack in half a century.Shouting "Allahu akbar!" as they fired, the men claimed...

Jake Sullivan,former national security advisor to Vice President Joseph Biden, will discuss President Obama’s foreign policy agenda during his final two years on Jan. 13

Iran has sought more flexibility in using an estimated $6 billion in accumulated oil payments from India to buy “non-sanctioned” items — beyond “humanitarian goods” — from third countries as sliding crude prices begin to pinch.

London (AFP) -- The UN Security Council led global condemnation of the "terrorist" shooting at French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday which left 12 people dead, in a shocking attack on freedom of speech in Europe.

Albanian journalists hold pictures of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo's cartoonists, from left to right, Jean Cabut aka Cabu, Charb and Tignous during a gathering in solidarity with the victims of the terror attack in Paris earlier today, in Tirana on Jan. 7, 2015.

In Russia, where religious holidays have not supplanted secular ones, New Year’s Eve is much more important than Christmas. The fact that the country’s biggest holiday marks the turn of the calendar illustrates the special relationship Russians — and particularly their rulers — have with time.

ENERGETIC MOVE: Top executives from Al-Fajer Information and Services, Messe Dusseldorf, Frost & Sullivan, Borouge and NATPET at the press conference.

The fortunes of host nation Australia are just one sub-plot in an intriguing Asian Cup, which starts Friday.

• November exports to Mexico were up 15% from last year, and shipments to South America topped $30 million for the first time , led by gains in sales to Peru, Brazil and Colombia.

Two conflicting sides on whether there should be limits to the liberty of self-expression clashed violently Wednesday in a usually tranquil side street on the Right Bank of Paris. When it was over, a dozen people lay dead including some of the most prominent political cartoonists and satirists ...

It was Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince – not the King, as customary– who inaugurated the sixth session of the consultative Shura Council this week. King Abdullah, 90, has been hospitalized with pneumonia for more than a week, and this has renewed speculation about who will succeed him to the throne...

From imprisonment to torture to beheadings, more Christians worldwide live in fear for their lives than at any time in the modern era.

People hug each other outside the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Masked gunmen stormed the offices of a French satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing at least 11 people before escaping, police and a witness said.

Speaking on national television Wednesday night about the slain journalists, French President Francois Hollande said, "They are today our heroes."

In a statement, the author defended satire and called for "fearless disrespect" of all religions

>NUEVA YORK, 7 ene (Reuters) - El director de Inteligencia Nacional de Estados Unidos, James Clapper, dijo el miércoles que el reciente ciberataque contra Sony Pictures, por el que Washington responsabilizó a Corea del Norte, es el más grave de su tipo en contra de los intereses del país norteamericano.

>The six powers - the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany - and Iran "will continue negotiations in Geneva on 18 January with a view to making further progress towards a long-term comprehensive solution on the nuclear issue," an EU statement said."The meeting will be at political...

(c) 2015, The Washington Post. WASHINGTON — So you came back from a holiday vacation to find a lovely gift from someone you forgot to put on your list? Not to worry.

LONDON: European benchmark Brent oil sank under $50 on Wednesday for the first time since 2009, hit by OPEC's stance on maintaining its current production levels, market oversupply, weak demand and the strong dollar, analysts said.

Iran's official IRNA news agency says the judiciary has ordered three personal communication apps blocked, a decision President Hassan Rouhani's administration has long opposed.

Khamenei to Washington: How can we trust you? Iran's supreme leader will have the last word on Iran's conditions for any final agreement, now facing a June 30 deadline.

(MSNBC) - One suspect is dead and two others are in custody after an attack that left 12 dead at the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, two senior U.S. counterterrorism officials told NBC News. French police had identified the three suspects as brothers Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi...

Jan. 8, 2015, 12:15 a.m. Thousands of Australians attending the Gallipoli centenary on Anzac Day will be protected by a massive phalanx of nearly 4000 Turkish police and paramilitary troops amid terrorism fears.

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s official IRNA news agency says the judiciary has ordered three personal communication apps blocked, a decision President Hassan Rouhani’s administration has long opposed. The Wednesday report says the judiciary has ordered that LINE, WhatsApp and Tango, three popular apps providing free phone and messaging services, be...

>NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's rare for an actress to play the same character twice but Carmen Ejogo, who played Coretta Scott King in the HBO movie "Boycott", portrays her again in the 1960s civil rights era movie "Selma", to be released in U.S. theaters nationwide on Friday. Amazingly,...

>By John KempLONDON Jan 6 (Reuters) - Xi Jinping is China's first U.S.-style president.Many commentators have noted Xi is the most powerful leader since Deng Xiaoping and even Mao Zedong. But a better comparison might be with the style and powers of the American president.He wields...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will be featuring in two back-to- back events including the Greece Open Taekwondo Championship and the US Open this month.

AS GOV. SCOTT WALKER and legislators in the Senate and Assembly take their oaths and begin new terms, the stage is set for more political fireworks.

In New York and Tehran, visitors in both cities are invited to enter a portal for 10 minutes or longer to communicate with a stranger, as though they're standing in the same room.

Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has already begun pruning his shortlist for this year’s World Cup, saying he’s now monitoring between 40 and 45 players on a daily basis.        

Opposition figures accuse president of skimming large amounts of money

CEDAR RAPIDS | Brimming with optimism, Joni Ernst, who won a hard-fought and hyperpartisan campaign to win a seat in the U.S. Senate, said Tuesday “there really is no limit to what we can accomplish when we are working together.”

A policeman inspects a damaged car at the scene of a car bombing outside a police academy in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. A suicide bomber driving a minibus full of explosives killed tens of people Wednesday morning as cadets gathered near the police academy in the heart of...

‘A Collection of Children’s Stories’ teaches phonics, morals through engaging stories. (PRWeb January 07, 2015) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/MWLashgari/01/prweb12428229.htm

>GENEVA (Reuters) - Syrians have overtaken Afghans as the largest refugee population aside from Palestinians, fleeing to more than 100 countries to escape war in their homeland, the United Nations said on Wednesday. At more than 3 million as of mid-2014, Syrians accounted for nearly one in four of the...