New Zealand defeated Australia by one wicket – 2015 Cricket World Cup
In a battle of the co-hosts of the 2015 Cricket World Cup — and also, along with India, the two most impressive teams thus far — New Zealand defeated Australia by one wicket before more than 40,000…
Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia will lead a trial of an enhanced aircraft tracking
Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia will lead a trial of an enhanced method of tracking aircraft over remote oceans to allow planes to be more easily found should they vanish like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australia’s…
Iran’s first flight had landed in Yemen with a cargo of humanitarian aid
Iran said on Sunday that its first flight had landed in the Yemeni capital only a day after the two countries signed a landmark aviation deal. Iran’s news agency reported that a plane from Iranian…
UAE is unlikely to be affected from the oil prices plunge because of the benefit of US dollar
The UAE’s Gross Domestic Product is unlikely to be affected from the drop in oil prices since the country is currently benefiting from a strong US dollar, according to Mubarak Al Mansoori, Governor of the…
British men are being held in UAE due to plane spotting
Three British men are being held in UAE after being accused of breaching national security while indulging in what their families say was their hobby of plane spotting. The trio were reportedly taking notes near…
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Indian preacher called the 9/11 attacks an “inside job” received prize from Saudi Arabia
An Indian television preacher who has called the 9/11 attacks an “inside job” received one of Saudi Arabia’s most prestigious prizes on Sunday, for “service to Islam”. Zakir Naik, president of the Islamic Research Foundation in India, was one of five recipients of the King Faisal…
Workers will die building World Cup-related infrastructure, unable to leave Qatar without employer’s permission
The BBC Newsnight team investigating the 1.5 million migrants employed in Qatar on building World Cup 2022 infrastructure were hustled out of the squalid workers’ accommodation outside Doha by angry security men in the time-honoured fashion in December. But not before they had made some…
Palestinian plan to lodge its first case against Israel at the ICC
Palestinian officials say the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority is planning to lodge its first case with the International Criminal Court (ICC) later this year against the Tel Aviv regime’s crimes. “One of the first important steps will be filing a complaint against Israel at the ICC…
Oman plans to make its first sovereign issue of Islamic bonds
Oman plans to make its first sovereign issue of Islamic bonds, a 200 million rial ($520 million) issue, by mid-2015 to help finance a budget deficit caused by the plunge of oil prices, the head of its central bank said on Sunday. “The issue will…
Fans have been banned from Lebanese Basketball games after a series of brawls
Fans have been banned from attending Lebanese Basketball League games, the country’s sports minister said Monday after a series of brawls erupted Sunday between rival teams and their supporters. But the final decision over the matter is expected to be issued later Monday after the…
ISIS has released 19 Assyrian hostages without clear reason
ISIS has released 19 of its Assyrian hostages, according to the human rights group A Demand for Action. The 17 men and two women are from Tal Goran, Syria; it is unclear why they were released on Sunday. Last week, ISIS took hundreds of Assyrian villagers…
Federal Cabinet plan to send 300 more Australian troops to Iraq as a joint training mission with N.Z.
Australia is poised to expand its military role in Iraq, with Federal Cabinet approving a plan to send another 300 soldiers to help train forces fighting Islamic State militants. Some 200 Australian special forces are already in Iraq helping train Iraqi government forces. Now Federal…
Iran’s nuclear program could be concluded if U.S. agree to remove sanctions
A deal on Iran’s nuclear program could be concluded this week if the United States and other Western countries have sufficient political will and agree to remove sanctions on Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…
Bomb explosion outside the Egyptian supreme court kills two, wounds 9
Two people were killed and nine wounded, including seven policemen, in a bomb explosion Monday outside the Egyptian supreme court in Cairo, the health ministry said. Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told that a 22-year-old man “died of injuries sustained in his backbone” in the…
Three people from same family shot dead near Toowoomba
Three people from the same family have been shot dead at a house in rural Queensland. A man, his daughter and a young boy were found dead inside a low-set brick home by another daughter of the man, the Toowoomba Chronicle reports. Police were called…