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'Islamic State' abducts Christians in attack on villages in Syria The "Islamic State" has kidnapped 90 Christians in northeastern Syria, according to a monitor. Earlier, at least four members of an Assyrian-Christian militia were killed during an IS attack on their village. IS abducted 90 Christians, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Tuesday. According to the Observatory, the abductions...

Rebels claim heavy weapons pull-back in eastern Ukraine Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine have said they have begun withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line. Government forces, though, have said they won't do so until the shooting stops completely. A senior rebel commander said on Tuesday that the pro-Russia separatists had begun pulling back the weapons, as required under a ceasefire...

Israeli troops shoot Palestinian youth dead near Bethlehem Israeli troops have killed a Palestinian youth near Bethlehem. The military claims soldiers were set upon by a group of angry refugee camp residents throwing stones and petrol bombs. Israeli soldiers shot dead a 19-year-old man amid unrest at the Deheishe Palestinian refugee camp near the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The man, named...

Hollywood’s leading ladies don Lebanese designs at Oscars Hollywood stars pose on the red carpet on arrival at the 87th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 22, 2015. (Reuters) Hollywood starlets stunned TV audiences at the 87th Academy Awards, walking the red carpet in an array of gowns and bedecked with twinkling jewelry. Lebanese favorites Eli Saab and Zuhair Murad saw their...

WCMC-Q Unveils Yalla Natural Campaign To Boost Public Health Custom-built Yalla Natural Trailer to take message of natural health to the community The Yalla Natural Campaign, a new initiative that aims to reconnect people with nature in order to live healthier lives, has been recently launched by Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q). Yalla Natural is part of the on-going Sahtak...

Welcoming outsiders: First expat team to partake in Qatar hunting meet First international team in the Al Galayel hunting competition. A traditional Qatari hunting tournament that is famous throughout the region for extolling customs from a bygone era, has opened itself up to foreign participants for the first time today. Al Galayel, now in its fourth year, is one of the most...

Bangladesh ferry disaster: Death toll rises to 69 Onlookers gather near the scene of ferry accident (C) at Paturia some 70 kms east of Dhaka as rescue efforts continue. AFP The death toll in a ferry accident in central Bangladesh soared to 69 on Monday, after emergency workers recovered more bodies from the wreckage of an overcrowded boat that sank after...

Kurdish fighters attack ISIS in northeast Syria A fighter of the Kurdish of the Committees for the Protection of the Kurdish People (YPG) holds a position in a trench on October 19, 2013 in the Kurdish town of Derik (aka al-Malikiyah in Arabic), in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate. Syrian Kurdish forces advanced against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...

Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore scooped up the top awards at this year's Academy Awards. (Reuters) Eddie Redmayne won his first Oscar on Sunday for his break-out role as physicist Stephen Hawking in the biographical movie “The Theory of Everything," while Julianne Moore won the best actress for her moving performance as a linguistics professor suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s...

Birdman wins Best Picture at 87th Oscars Black comedy-drama Birdman has scooped the big prize of the night at this year's Oscars. The film won Best Picture as well as Best Director for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. After being nominated for nine Academy Awards, Birdman went home with four golden statuettes on Sunday night, among which were prizes for Best Original Screenplay...

Suzy Menkes at London Fashion Week: Day Three The Topshop Unique cuties, with their sassy London look, went where they can seldom have put their pert, square-heeled shoes before: the English countryside. Imagine a young woman invited for the weekend by a young lordling who chatted her up on the dance floor. A quick pack of a tweed kilt, opened at...

You should read 6 Tips to Sensible Weight Loss ! What is truly needed are some sensible proven weight loss tips that people can implement no matter what their present physical condition is. That said, let’s just dive right in. 1) Drink More Water Did you know that most Americans are borderline dehydrated? Our bodies are working on the water starvation reflex...

5 Foods To Boost Your Mood I struggled with depression for a large majority of my life. In the past I used food as a means of coping with my feelings — and when I say "food" I mean processed sugary comfort type food. During my emotional binges I felt good (while armed with deep fried chicken in one hand and...

Stock up on fresh vegetables and pasta sauce for this tasty homemade pizza topped with antipasto favourites. Ingredients 1/2 cup (125ml) tomato sugo (tomato sauce) 6 prosciutto slices, coarsely torn 4 marinated artichokes, quartered 100g char-grilled capsicum, thickly sliced 1/2 cup (85g) green olives 50g semi-dried tomatoes 8 bocconcini, coarsely torn Baby rocket leaves, to serve Pizza dough 3/4 cup (185ml) warm water 1 teaspoon dried yeast 1/2 teaspoon caster sugar 2 tablespoons...