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2015 Dakar Rally - Stage 5 update Dakar Rally 2015: Marc Coma, Vladimir Vasilyev win stage five; Toby Price 10th, Geoff Olholm 43rd THE king and the pretender to his throne have continued their battle for supremacy on the Dakar Rally, with veteran Marc Coma taking his first stage victory on the fifth day of the event. The two-time winner of the...

No investigation to be launched against police after fatal shooting Police at the scene after the deadly shooting in Gällstad. There will be no preliminary investigation held against the police for killing a man who was armed with a knife outside of Ulricehamn on Tuesday. Police say the man had been attacking the woman with a knife, and after trying other...

France siege - live updates A new hostage-taking has been reported in Paris. This comes as police surrounded a building outside of the capital, where two brothers suspected of the Charlie Hebdo killings were thought to be holding a hostage. All updates in local time in France (CET), one hour ahead of Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). 13.32 The AFP news agency reports...

Divers pursue pings at AirAsia crash site Indonesian searchers say they have detected ping signals, presumably from the flight recorders of AirAsia plane that crashed last month. So far, 48 bodies have been found in the Java Sea off Borneo. Indonesian officials said on Friday that divers were trying to locate flight recorders sending signals and thought to have detached from...

Thailand opens impeachment proceedings against former PM Yingluck Thailand's military-appointed assembly has opened impeachment proceedings against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. She and her supporters have dismissed the charges against her as being politically motivated. Former prime minister Yingluck told Thailand's National Legislative Assembly, appointed by the ruling military junta, on Friday that the whole procedure against her was an act...

Female officer killed in shootout south of Paris A police officer mans a position at the Porte de la Villette road hub in Paris on Jan. 8, 2015. (AFP) A gunman using an automatic rifle shot dead a female officer and city employee south of Paris early on Thursday, amid a national manhunt for two brothers suspected behind the deadly shooting...

Boko Haram burns down houses in Nigerian towns near Baga Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of people and burned down homes in the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga over the past two days. A local government official said that at least 16 settlements near Baga were hit. The Islamist extremist group Boko Haram carried out attacks on at least 16...

Eiffel Tower dims lights after Charlie Hebdo attack As the search for two gunmen continues, the Eiffel Tower has been switched off in tribute to Wednesday's 12 victims. Charlie Hebdo has also announced that a "survivors' edition" of the magazine will be published. On the evening following Wednesday's gun attack at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo confirmed...

Qatar squad moves to official Asian Cup accommodation CANBERRA: Qatar squad and backroom staff headed by coach Djamel Belmadi on Wednesday moved camp to Crowne Plaza as participating teams braced for the final countdown to the start of the event. Qatar, who arrived in Canberra on December 8, 2014, will play the UAE in their opening Asian Cup clash on January...

Minister of Culture Meets Lebanese Counterpart Doha, January 07 (QNA) - HE Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Dr. Hamad Abdulaziz Al Kuwari met here on Wednesday with Lebanese Minister of Culture Remon Araiji, currently visiting Doha to participate in the opening of the Doha International Book Fair and attend its associated cultural program.     Read the full text news resource site… Source...

Charlie Hebdo attack: The hunt for the killers French police hunt for terror attack suspects 03:35 Paris (CNN) - Police have arrested several people in connection with the shooting at the offices of France's Charlie Hebdo magazine, but the hunt is still on for the two men who carried out Europe's deadliest terror attack in more than three years. Brothers Cherif Kouachi,...

Advisory Council Speaker Meets Chief Justice of England and Wales Doha, January 07 (QNA) - HE Advisory Council Speaker Mohamed bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi met Wednesday with Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, chief justice and president of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. At the outset of the meeting, HE Al Khulaifi welcomed Lord Thomas and briefed him on the powers...

Merkel and Cameron meet in London to discuss global trade and EU German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London. The two leaders addressed Wednesday's fatal Paris shooting before talking trade at 10 Downing Street. As Angela Merkel and David Cameron met on Wednesday, the two leaders said that the freedom of movement across the...

U.S.-led forces drop nearly 5,000 bombs on ISIS A damaged vehicle belonging to the Islamic State militants is seen on the outskirt of Ramadi. U.S.-led aircraft have dropped nearly 5,000 bombs in the air war against ISIS jihadists in Iraq and Syria, damaging or destroying more than 3,000 targets including tanks, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The latest figures released by the...