By

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that a number of guards at the embassy were injured, and part of the building’s wall was damaged in the strike by Saudi warplanes Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, the Place, a popular shopping mall with the biggest LED ceiling screen in Beijing also announced on their official weibo account that the mall will close at its usual business hour Thursday, with no New Year’s Eve celebration organized.

That could spark further unrest, as witnesses in eastern Saudi towns have reported hearing gunfire overnight and armored personnel carriers have been seen driving through neighborhood streets.

The riskiest areas for this week are areas recently burned by wildfires, such as the Camarillo Springs community in Ventura County, Silverado Canyon in Orange County, and the communities near the Christmas weekend brush fire that burned north of Ventura.

But I am happy to see the overwhelming response from the people.

“From January to August 2013, compared to the same period in 2012, the number of casualties caused by Israeli security forces increased more than four-fold, as security forces intervene in settler attacks or resulting clashes between settlers and Palestinians to disperse...

A senior government official said that since the state has a coalition government, the governor can not administer oath of office to anyone as CM unless he receives letters from both coalition partners, stating that they support the nominee. PDP leaders said that Mehbooba was...

He broke out of the prison in a mile-long tunnel from his prison cell shower.

South Korea declared Thursday that it would resume cross-border anti-North Korea propaganda broadcasts, a tactic that led the two neighbors to the brink of war when it was used a year ago. Pyongyang is extremely sensitive to any outside criticism of the authoritarian leadership...

Mr McFadden told Sky News he had never rebelled against the Labour whip in 11 years as an MP and had been keen to do his duty and fight to keep Britain in the EU.

At one point Wednesday morning, the Pennsylvania Lottery says that tickets were being sold at almost 4,200 per minute.

Following the confessional statements of two main suspects of Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s leader Dr Imran Farooq’s murder case before the court, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has chose to seek arrest warrants for the three other accused of the case, including MQM...

The US government and weapons experts have voiced doubts about whether the device tested by North Korea on Wednesday was a hydrogen bomb, as Pyongyang had claimed.

Yemen’s conflict pits the government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, against Shiite rebels known as Houthis allied with a former president and backed by Iran.

Authorities in India’s Manipur state where the quake was centred said another 70 people had been injured by the quake, which damaged buildings in the capital Imphal.