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Japan remembers the 18,000 victims of 2011's triple disaster
Hillary Clinton emails: new questions over personal messages she 'chose not to keep'
Isis film shows child killing teenager accused of being Israeli spy
The Belgian father who went to Syria to help his Isis defector son return home – video
Britain should arm Ukraine, says Tory donor
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay $7.4m to Marvin Gaye's family over Blurred Lines
Old Dhaka in danger: young volunteers bid to save historic city from developers
Ambitious goal of universal education needs $22bn annually
Nick Xenophon appeals to Indonesian Muslims to support Bali Nine reprieve
Parents of former Thai princess jailed for insulting monarchy
I was outed as a ‘top homosexual’ by a Ugandan newspaper – any questions for me?
Barcelona brothel workers get social welfare rights after court decision
McDonald's launches customer complaint app in Japan
Nigerian elections: what if Buhari wins?
Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea
Colombia suspends air raids on the Farc
China police arrest actor Wang Xuebing for drugs
Indonesian jihadis could be strengthened by return of Isis fighters, analyst warns
New York City bans ferrets - again
Utah passes firing squad bill

Japan remembers the 18,000 victims of 2011's triple disaster

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 01:35 AM PDT

Remembrance services four years after earthquake, tsunami and meltdown at Fukushima power plant are tinged with frustration at slow pace of rebuilding

Hillary Clinton emails: new questions over personal messages she 'chose not to keep'

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 01:30 AM PDT

The former secretary of state said she had preserved official communications but her office said she 'chose not to keep her private, personal emails'

Hillary Clinton failed to quell mounting criticism over her controversial private email account on Tuesday evening after her office suggested she had erased more than half of her emails before turning them over for release to the American public.

In a statement released after a press conference intended to end a week-long controversy, Clinton's office said that she did not preserve 31,830 of the 62,320 emails she sent and received while serving as Barack Obama's secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.

Isis film shows child killing teenager accused of being Israeli spy

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 01:12 AM PDT

Film released by the Islamic State media outlet purports to show murder by a young boy of Muhammad Musallam, an Israeli Arab from east Jerusalem.

A video posted online by Islamic State militants on Tuesday showed a boy fatally shooting Muhammad Musallam, an Israeli Arab accused by the group of having signed up as a jihadi to spy for Israel's intelligence service.

The video, published by the group's Furqan media outlet, showed Musallam, 19, sitting in a room wearing an orange jumpsuit, talking about how he had been recruited and trained by Mossad. He said his father and elder brother had encouraged him.

The Belgian father who went to Syria to help his Isis defector son return home – video

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Jejoen Bontinck is a 20-year-old defector from Islamic State (Isis). He tells how he was motivated to go to Syria to fight with Isis after watching reports of atrocities carried out by the Bashar al-Assad regime. But he returned to his home in Belgium in 2013 after his father Dimitri travelled to Syria to negotiate his release

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Britain should arm Ukraine, says Tory donor

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 12:30 AM PDT

Former Ukrainian businessman argues that Cameron and Obama should send weapons and ammunition to support the government in Kiev

Europe has failed to slay the demons of war – Richard Sakwa

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay $7.4m to Marvin Gaye's family over Blurred Lines

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 12:25 AM PDT

Jury decides Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke copied 1977 hit Got to Give It Up in lawsuit filed by Gaye's children

A jury awarded Marvin Gaye's children nearly $7.4m on Tuesday after determining singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied their father's music to create Blurred Lines, the biggest hit song of 2013.

Marvin Gaye's daughter Nona Gaye wept as the verdict was being read and was hugged by her attorney, Richard Busch.

Old Dhaka in danger: young volunteers bid to save historic city from developers

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 12:00 AM PDT

Members of Urban Study Group report being chased, threatened and even abducted by building owners angry at their efforts to halt the endless wave of demolition in the Bangladeshi capital

Ambitious goal of universal education needs $22bn annually

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 12:00 AM PDT

Unesco report says fivefold increase required to meet proposed education target for poorest countries, under post-2015 sustainable development goals

Nick Xenophon appeals to Indonesian Muslims to support Bali Nine reprieve

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 11:40 PM PDT

Independent senator travelled to Jakarta, accompanied by a sheikh from the Adelaide City mosque, to plead for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran

Parents of former Thai princess jailed for insulting monarchy

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 11:10 PM PDT

Apiruj and Wanthanee Suwadee receive a two-and-a-half year prison sentence for defaming the monarchy

I was outed as a ‘top homosexual’ by a Ugandan newspaper – any questions for me?

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 11:00 PM PDT

What's it like to be part of a Ugandan minority – of less than 20 – living as openly gay? Frank Mugisha will join us to talk about his experiences on Wednesday between 1-2pm GMT

Barcelona brothel workers get social welfare rights after court decision

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:45 PM PDT

Although judgement only applies to one Spanish brothel lawyers say it is a further step to normalising prostitution

McDonald's launches customer complaint app in Japan

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:06 PM PDT

New smartphone app for 'feelings, opinions and requests' aimed at turning the tide on a year of bad news for the company in the country

McDonald's Japan is to launch a new smartphone app for customer complaints as it looks to turn the page on a series of scares including the discovery of a human tooth in some fries.

The move comes with in-country sales sliding, profits plunging and the burger giant's reputation in Japan badly dented.

Nigerian elections: what if Buhari wins?

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:00 PM PDT

As the north of the country suffers at the hands of Boko Haram one former military ruler, known for his 'iron fist', is enjoying huge levels of support for his presidential bid. Max Siollun assesses what might happen if he wins

Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:00 PM PDT

The land-locked ocean can no longer sustain life in its waters, or at market where Iranian fishermen struggle to make ends meet

Colombia suspends air raids on the Farc

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:38 PM PDT

President Juan Manuel Santos cites progress in peace negotiations and success of ceasefire for his decision to halt attacks on rebel camps

China police arrest actor Wang Xuebing for drugs

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:13 PM PDT

Latest Chinese swoop on a celebrity involves former anti-drug ambassador who starred in internationally acclaimed film Black Coal, Thin Ice

Indonesian jihadis could be strengthened by return of Isis fighters, analyst warns

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 06:25 PM PDT

The return of up to 200 Indonesians believed to be fighting in Syria and Iraq could give local terrorist groups 'a real oomph', Lowy Institute told

Indonesia's jihadi movements could be galvanised by the return of up to 200 Indonesians currently fighting with Islamic State (Isis) and other militant groups, a leading analyst has said.

If fighters were to return from Syria with combat experience and increased legitimacy, it could give local terrorist groups "a real oomph", the director of the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict, Sidney Jones, told the Lowy Institute on Tuesday.