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Former US VP Dick Cheney defends CIA interrogation techniques In a television interview, former US vice president Dick Cheney has defended CIA interrogation methods used after 9/11. He said he 'would do it again in a minute.' Appearing on the NBC Sunday 'Meet the Press' program, Cheney said there was "no comparison" between the tactics employed by the US intelligence agency...

Big election win for Japan's Abe amid record low voter turnout Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition has cruised to a major victory in parliamentary elections. However, many voters stayed at home. Japan's NHK public television declared a resounding victory for the ruling coalition of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday. The result had been widely expected.     Read the full...

EU, US condemn raids on Turkish media outlets The European Union and the United States have condemned a series of police raids in which journalists and executive were arrested in Turkey. They were seen as targeting opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Federica Mogherini, the European Union's foreign policy coordinator and Johannes Hahn, the commissioner for enlargement negotiations, issued a joint...

Irresistible bits of fun beckon with sweet cherry coconut fudge. Ingredients 2 x 100g packets red glace cherries 395g can Nestle sweetened condensed milk 1 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons glucose syrup 125g butter, chopped 180g dark chocolate, finely chopped 1/3 cup shredded coconut   Method Cherry coconut fudge 1) Grease pan a 4cm deep, 20cm (base) square cake pan. Line base and sides with baking paper, allowing a 2cm...

DOHA: El Jaish will be temporarily managed by Abdul Qadir Meghaiseb as replacement for outgoing coach Nabil Maloul, the Qatar Stars League (QSL) side announced on Saturday. Maloul will manage the Kuwaiti national side and has since quit his job at El Jaish. Meghaisebw ill manage the side against Al Wakrah and Umm Salal in the next two rounds of QSL.     Read...

Qatar trims forecast, warns of falling oil price risk Falling oil prices could become a key risk to the outlook if they persist for longer Qatar’s economy is likely to grow 7.7 percent in 2015, slightly slower than previously expected, but still well up from the 6.3 percent forecast for this year, the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics said...

Iraqi police arrest ISIS ‘Vali’ aide in Diyala Members of the Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters celebrate after taking control of Saadiya in Diyala province from Islamist State militants. Baghdad Operations Command arrested on Saturday an aide of the so called ‘Vali’ or governor of the eastern province of Diyala, Iraqi federal police said in a statement. “The federal police...

UN climate conferences agrees on draft deal in marathon session Negotiators at UN climate talks in Lima, Peru, have approved a draft laying out the key points for a global climate pact set to be agreed in Paris next year. The agreement came in a marathon overtime session. Delegates to a United Nations climate summit in the Peruvian capital, Lima, on...

Japan's PM Shinzo Abe counts on landslide victory in election Japan has gone to the polls to vote in the country's parliamentary election. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been tipped for a landslide victory. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reported to be counting on a landslide victory in Sunday's parliamentary election despite expected low voter turnout. It's projected his ruling coalition...

Regional Training Course on Human Rights for Kuwaiti Diplomats Kicks Off in Doha Doha, December 13 (QNA) - A regional training course on human rights concepts and mechanisms for Kuwaiti diplomats in GCC countries started here on Saturday. The five-day regional training course is co-organized by Qatari National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and Geneva Institute for Human Rights (GIHR) aimed at...

ISIS storms town in western Iraq, kills 19 police Military vehicles of the Iraqi security forces make their way on the outskirts of Baiji, north of Baghdad, December 8, 2014. (Reuters) Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters stormed a town in Iraq’s western Anbar province on Saturday, killing at least 19 policemen and trapping others inside their headquarters, in...

Major rally against US police killings of unarmed black men Thousands have turned out in Washington to demand justice for victims of police violence. The protest follows several cases of unarmed black men, including Michael Brown and Eric Garner, who were killed by police. Several thousand people gathered at Freedom Plaza near the White House ahead of the rally shouting "No...

Russian military jet nearly collides with passenger plane - again The Swedish military has announced another close call between a Russian military aircraft and a passenger airline. The latest incident comes amid growing concerns over Russia's increasing military activity. The Swedish military said on Saturday that a Russian military jet had nearly collided with a commercial passenger plane. The flight had taken...

The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to...