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Iran 2-0 Bahrain: Queiroz's men triumph in Asian Cup opener Goals from Ehsan Hajsafi and Masoud Shojaei were enough to move the three-time tournament winners into second in Group C. Iran claimed a 2-0 Asian Cup victory over Bahrain to give their large contingent of boisterous fans plenty to cheer about at AAMI Park. Ehsan Hajsafi and Masoud Shojaei scored either side...

Minister of Culture: 'The State of Qatar Believes in Freedom of Expression unless it Offends Islamic Constants' Doha, January 10 (QNA) - The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, HE Dr. Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, stressed that the participation of writers and intellectuals in the activities of the 25th Doha International Book Fair are based on an objective and...

'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' actor and comedian Taylor Negron dies (CNN) - "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" actor and comedian Taylor Negron has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 57. Cousin Chuck Negron, the former lead singer for 1970s band Three Dog Night, announced his death. "I want to inform you that my cousin Taylor Negron just passed...

Man resembling Paris attacker says belongs to ISIS This screengrab taken on Jan. 11, 2015 from a video shows a man allegedly claiming to be Amedy Coulibaly, who is suspected of killing a policewoman in Montrouge on Jan. 8 and four hostages. (AFP) A man resembling Amedy Coulibaly, who shot a policewoman and took hostages at a Jewish supermarket in the...

Sonar scan ‘detects’ crashed AirAsia's fuselage The tail of AirAsia QZ8501 passenger plane is seen on the deck of the Indonesian Search and Rescue ship. (Reuters) Indonesian search teams believe a sonar scan has detected the fuselage of an AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago with the loss of all 162 people on board and divers were on Sunday checking...

German newspaper target of arson attack after printing Charlie Hebdo cartoons A German newspaper in the northern city of Hamburg that reprinted Prophet Muhammad cartoons from French paper Charlie Hebdo has been the target of an apparent arson attack. Authorities said no one was injured. Police said “rocks and then a burning object" were thrown through rear court-yard windows into archive...

At least 57 killed in fiery Pakistan bus crash Pakistani volunteers search for victims inside a burnt out passenger bus after it collided with an oil tanker along the Super Highway near Karachi early on January 11, 2015. (AFP) A passenger bus crashed into an oil tanker in southern Pakistan early Sunday, killing 57 people with remains charred beyond recognition, officials...

Female French terror suspect seen in Turkey The common law wife of one of the gunmen behind the Paris terror attacks has traveled through Turkey and disappeared near the Syrian border, according to a Turkish intelligence official. Hayat Boumeddiene, the partner of hostage-taker Amedy Coulibaly, flew to Istanbul on January 2, said a Turkish intelligence official. He claimed that she had...

German police arrest alleged 'Islamic State' terrorist Police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have taken an alleged member of the "Islamic State" terror organization into custody. The 24-year-old supposedly went to Syria in 2013 to join the jihadist group. The accused, Nils D., was suspected of "joining the foreign terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria," Germany's chief...

French PM Valls ahead of anti-terror marches: ‘We are all Charlie, police and Jews of France' As thousands begin to converge on the French capital ahead of planned anti-terror marches, the country’s prime minister has encouraged people to come together in defiance of acts of terrorism. “We are all Charlie, we are all police, we are all Jews of France,” France's...

Mass rallies held in France after terrorist killings Hundreds of thousands of people have staged rallies across France after terrorist incidents that claimed 17 victims. Police are still looking for a woman believed to be the partner of a gunman who killed four hostages. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in a number of French cities on Saturday in remembrance of...

Suicide attack in Lebanon's Tripoli kills at least seven A suicide bomb attack in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli has claimed at least seven lives. The blast occurred in a coffee shop in an area home to loyalists of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. A suicide bomb blast on Saturday killed at least seven people and wounded dozens of others at...

German police warn of security gaps after French attacks While German intelligence listed the Charlie Hebdo attackers as radical Islamists, no direct link between the French attacks and Germany has been found. But police unions are calling for more powers to combat terrorism. Representatives of Germany's police force on Saturday called for better financing to help protect German citizens from terrorism. Arnold...

Libya's rival factions to participate in UN-backed talks in Geneva The UN has announced that a new round of peace dialogue between Libya's warring militias will be held in Geneva next week. The statement did not specify which of the factions would participate in the negotiations. In a statement released Saturday, the United Nations said the dialogue among Libyan factions would...