Saudi warplanes attack Iranian embassy in Yemen – Iran

Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of using warplanes to attack the Iranian embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. Some guards were reportedly wounded in the attack, according to state news channel IRIB.... Read more »

Labour reshuffle: Corbyn leadership rattled by Shadow Cabinet resignations

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has replaced his defense and Europe ministers but kept on his hawkish shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn. In the wake of the reshuffle, three members of the... Read more »

‘Ban Donald Trump from UK’ petition to be debated in Parliament

British MPs will hold a debate reviewing the petition calling for US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from entering the UK, which has gathered more than 565,000 signatories. Any petition... Read more »

UK won’t ‘shy away’ from raising human rights concerns with Saudi – minister

Britain will not “shy away” from raising human rights issues with Saudi Arabia, the government’s Middle East minister told Parliament, while noting that progress must “move at a pace that is acceptable... Read more »

#BoycottThailand: Anonymous hacks Thai police websites over backpacker murder verdicts

Cyber hacktivist group Anonymous has hacked at least 14 Thai police websites in protest against the “scapegoating” of two Burmese men convicted of murdering two British backpackers, it has emerged. In December,... Read more »

For the birds: Oregon standoff pits feds against rural Americans

The militia occupation of a federal building in Oregon is casting a new light on the friction caused by federal ownership of land in twelve western US states, and a growing disconnect... Read more »

NASA finds supermassive black hole that ‘burps’ gas

A supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy has been spotted “burping” gas and star-forming dust, NASA says. Scientists now think black holes could be “star factories” – not just star-eaters. In... Read more »

‘I live here’: No plans for Oregon militia to vacate after 4 days of occupation

Four days into the takeover of an Oregon government building, the armed militia in charge says it has no plans to back down any time soon. Lead by Ammon Bundy, son of... Read more »

Michigan governor declares state of emergency over Flint’s toxic water

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency over Flint’s contaminated drinking water. The announcement comes less than a month after Flint’s mayor declared the same, saying the city’s water was... Read more »

Bird flu death puts Hong Kong border checkpoints on disease lookout

A 26-year-old woman has died in China after being infected with a highly contagious bird flu virus, leading to a heightened alert at border checkpoints with Hong Kong. Another patient in the... Read more »