BEIJING (Reuters) – A British academic publisher has dropped more than 80 journals from its offerings in China at the government’s request, including the Asian Studies Review which had content deemed “inappropriate” by authorities. They are the latest journals to be restricted since Chinese importers of foreign publications were told by authorities last year they must verify that products are […]

A gunman has opened fire at a restaurant in Brussels with a Kalashnikov. The weapon was fired at 9.50am local time and the suspect fled the scene, according to reports. Police said three bullets were shot through the window. The shooting happened in the Belgian capital’s Avenue Louise – one of the main streets in the city centre. Photos from […]

Police are looking for a suspect after a man answered his door and was shot multiple times with what was believed to be a BB gun early Monday. The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. in the area of Danforth Avenue and Danforth Road. Police said the suspect, who was wearing a mask, fled the scene. He is described as six-foot […]

GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations human rights expert called on U.S. authorities on Monday to conduct a full and independent investigation into the death of a seven-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl in U.S. custody and to stop detaining children. Felipe González Morales, U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, also said the family of Jakelin Caal, from the […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea denied on Monday that one of its warships had locked its targeting radar on a Japanese patrol plane, which drew a strong protest from Tokyo amid increasingly frosty relations between the regional neighbors. Last week’s alleged radar incident joined a list of issues discussed by diplomats from the two countries at a meeting in South […]

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament speaker said there are parties that do not want a new government, a newspaper reported on Monday, highlighting the obstacles that have derailed its formation after an agreement had seemed close. More than seven months since its last election, Lebanon, heavily indebted and suffering low economic growth, is in dire need of an administration to […]

EXCLUSIVE : Meghan will find one key member of the Royals missing when the family assemble after lunch at Sandringham to watch the Queen’s Christmas Day speech says Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell…the Monarch herself Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell has revealed the secrets of Sandringham and how everything runs like clockwork Her Majesty avoids watching the transmission of her […]

Roads are expected to be clogged today as millions visit relatives or make last-gasp shop runs before the big day tomorrow. Half of Britain’s drivers are due to be out on motorways and A-roads, according to the AA. Commuter traffic will be reduced as many booked the day off work for an extended break. But nearly a quarter of us […]

Reporter Claas Relotius, who was fired, may have pocketed donations intended for Syrian children, Der Spiegel says. Influential German news weekly Der Spiegel has said it would file a criminal complaint against a disgraced reporter after it emerged he may have embezzled donations intended for Syrian street children. Claas Relotius, 33, who was fired this month after admitting to making […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is under fire for the girl’s death. The body of immigrant girl Jakelin Caal has arrived in Guatemala more than two weeks after she died while in the custody of U.S. Border Patrol. Caal was with her father as they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico on December 6. The family was part […]