Historic Pride march in Moldova should be ‘first of many
The Moldovan authorities must ensure that yesterday’s historic Pride march in the capital Chisinau is the “first of many” and is followed up by other steps to combat homophobic discrimination, Amnesty International Read more
Pakistan politician buried as re-polling held
A senior member of Pakistani politician Imran Khan’s party has been buried in Karachi after being shot and killed by unknown gunmen outside her home on Saturday evening. Zahra Shahid Hussain, central Read more
Syrian army attacks rebel stronghold Qusayr
The Syrian army has pounded the rebel-held central town of Qusayr, killing at least 51 people in an apparent preparation for a ground assault, watchdog and activists said. The attack on Sunday Read more
Cannes festival rocked by $1m jewellery heist
Jewellery worth more than $1m which was due to be loaned to film stars has been stolen from a Cannes hotel in a pre-dawn heist. An American female employee of Swiss jewellers Read more
Australian jailed over Indian student murder
An Australian man who raped and strangled his Indian student neighbour and threw her body into a canal in a suitcase has been jailed for 45 years for the murder. Daniel Stani-Reginald, Read more
Hackers target Saudi government website
Several government websites in Saudi Arabia were hacked in a series of heavy cyber attacks from overseas in recent days, disabling them briefly until the attacks were repelled, the government has said. Read more
Deadly blasts hit mosques in Pakistan
Police say bombings in two separate mosques in northwest Pakistan have killed at least 12 people. Sources tell Al Jazeera that 50 have been wounded and many are in critical condition. Both Read more
Nigerian forces ‘shell fighter camps’
A security official in northeast Nigeria says soldiers have shelled suspected camps of armed groups in the region, killing at least 21 people. The official said on Friday that the fighting happened Read more
Republicans blast IRS for keeping scandal quiet, seek names of those responsible
Republican lawmakers accused IRS officials Friday of “lying” to members of Congress about the targeting of conservative groups, as they grilled the outgoing commissioner in the first hearing on the scandal. They Read more
UN peacekeepers abducted near Syria border
Four UN peackeepers are being held in the ceasefire line between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, where neither Israeli nor Syrian forces can operate. Josephine Guerrero, spokeswoman for the United Nations Read more
Historic Pride march in Moldova should be ‘first of many
The Moldovan authorities must ensure that yesterday’s historic Pride march in the capital Chisinau is the “first of many” and is followed up by other steps to combat homophobic discrimination, Amnesty International
Pakistan politician buried as re-polling held
A senior member of Pakistani politician Imran Khan’s party has been buried in Karachi after being shot and killed by unknown gunmen outside her home on Saturday evening. Zahra Shahid Hussain, central
Syrian army attacks rebel stronghold Qusayr
The Syrian army has pounded the rebel-held central town of Qusayr, killing at least 51 people in an apparent preparation for a ground assault, watchdog and activists said. The attack on Sunday
Weather On the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep
New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, the University of Arizona and Tel Aviv University, which was published online today in Nature, shows that the wind patterns seen on the surface
Fast and Painless Way to Better Mental Arithmetic? Yes, There Might Actually Be a Way
New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, the University of Arizona and Tel Aviv University, which was published online today in Nature, shows that the wind patterns seen on the surface
Beautiful ‘Flowers’ Self-Assemble in a Beaker
With the hand of nature trained on a beaker of chemical fluid, the most delicate flower structures have been formed in a Harvard laboratory — and not at the scale of inches,
World’s Melting Glaciers Making Large Contribution to Sea Rise
The new research found that all glacial regions lost mass from 2003 to 2009, with the biggest ice losses occurring in Arctic Canada, Alaska, coastal Greenland, the southern Andes and the Himalayas.
Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting: First Fully Integrated Artificial Photosynthesis Nanosystem
“Similar to the chloroplasts in green plants that carry out photosynthesis, our artificial photosynthetic system is composed of two semiconductor light absorbers, an interfacial layer for charge transport, and spatially separated co-catalysts,”
Bach to the Blues, Our Emotions Match Music to Colors
Moreover, people in both the United States and Mexico linked the same pieces of classical orchestral music with the same colors. This suggests that humans share a common emotional palette — when
World’s Smallest Liquid Droplets Ever Made in the Lab, Experiment Suggests
That possibility has been raised by the results of a recent experiment conducted by Vanderbilt physicist Julia Velkovska and her colleagues at the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful
Agriculture in China Predates Domesticated Rice: Discovery of Ancient Diet Shatters Conventional Ideas of How Agriculture Emerged
Current archaeological thinking is that it was the advent of rice cultivation along the Lower Yangtze River that marked the beginning of agriculture in southern China. Poor organic preservation in the study
South Africa’s New Radio Telescope Reveals Giant Outbursts from Binary Star System
The results appear in the latest issue of the international astronomical journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). Using the seven-dish KAT-7 telescope and the 26 m radio telescope at
Engineers Monitor Heart Health Using Paper-Thin Flexible ‘Skin’
Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill and no wider than a postage stamp. The flexible skin-like monitor, worn under
Cannes festival rocked by $1m jewellery heist
Jewellery worth more than $1m which was due to be loaned to film stars has been stolen from a Cannes hotel in a pre-dawn heist. An American female employee of Swiss jewellers
Australian jailed over Indian student murder
An Australian man who raped and strangled his Indian student neighbour and threw her body into a canal in a suitcase has been jailed for 45 years for the murder. Daniel Stani-Reginald,
Hackers target Saudi government website
Several government websites in Saudi Arabia were hacked in a series of heavy cyber attacks from overseas in recent days, disabling them briefly until the attacks were repelled, the government has said.
Deadly blasts hit mosques in Pakistan
Police say bombings in two separate mosques in northwest Pakistan have killed at least 12 people. Sources tell Al Jazeera that 50 have been wounded and many are in critical condition. Both
Nigerian forces ‘shell fighter camps’
A security official in northeast Nigeria says soldiers have shelled suspected camps of armed groups in the region, killing at least 21 people. The official said on Friday that the fighting happened
Republicans blast IRS for keeping scandal quiet, seek names of those responsible
Republican lawmakers accused IRS officials Friday of “lying” to members of Congress about the targeting of conservative groups, as they grilled the outgoing commissioner in the first hearing on the scandal. They
UN peacekeepers abducted near Syria border
Four UN peackeepers are being held in the ceasefire line between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, where neither Israeli nor Syrian forces can operate. Josephine Guerrero, spokeswoman for the United Nations
US and Russia bid to revive Syria peace talks
The United States and Russia have agreed to push both sides in Syria to find an end to the bloodshed, offering to hold an international conference in search of peace. UN-Arab League
Tough Slog for Obama’s Gun Orders
More than four months later, not only has Congress rejected new firearms restrictions, but some of the more modest steps the president initiated also face hurdles. His nominee to lead the Bureau
Fleeing Bangladesh Building Owner Caught
An elite paramilitary unit in Bangladesh apprehended the fugitive owner of a building that collapsed last week, as the death toll approached 400. Sohel Rana, who had been in hiding since his
Syrian warplanes launch ‘attacks’ in Damascus
Syrian warplanes have carried out several air raids on rebel-held areas in and around Damascus, while fresh clashes between troops and rebels have erupted in the eastern and southern suburbs of the
UN ‘considers’ peacekeeper deployment in Mali
The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution to approve the creation of a 12,600-strong UN peacekeeping force in Mali starting on July 1, which would be able to request the
Investigators hunt for clues in Boston blasts
Investigators are searching for the person or group responsible for planting two bombs at the Boston Marathon finish line that killed three people and wounded more than 100 others. Police and Federal
Tight Iran timeline for Obama
(The Associated Press) – President Barack Obama pledged during the 2012 campaign, and since, that he will not let Iran develop nuclear weapons. (The Associated Press) – President Barack Obama pledged during
Obama asks Congress for ‘BRAIN Initiative’
President Barack Obama has proposed an effort to map the brain’s activity in unprecedented detail, as a step toward finding better ways to treat conditions as Alzheimer’s, autism, stroke and traumatic brain
