LONDON - The government has shut a unit which has investigated UFO sightings for more than 50 years, judging its resources better spent on more earthly threats, it said Friday. The Ministry of Defence closed down a hotline and an email address to
Iran’s culture ministry shut down a leading reformist newspaper on Monday ahead of an expected rally by the opposition to mark the anniversary of the US embassy siege in 1980.The Sarmayeh newspaper has extensively covered the news about opposition l
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan shuttered all educational institutions Wednesday after twin suicide bombings at a university, showing the power of militants to disrupt everyday life as they fight back against a major army offensive in the northwest.
Federal police on Sunday took over the offices of Mexico’s second-largest electricity company after the government passed a decree late Saturday ordering it to close on the grounds of gross inefficiency. Officers dressed in riot gear occupied dozens
LONDON - Britain's Tate Modern has temporarily closed an exhibition that includes a nude image of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields, following a visit from a London police unit that deals with obscene publications. The Tate said in a statement Thursday t
Facebook on Monday disabled a third-party application that asked whether users thought US President Barack Obama should be assassinated.Facebook and the US Secret Service said they were working together to investigate who published the poll, but a S
JERUSALEM - The start of the Jewish Day of Atonement at sundown Sunday marked the beginning of a day like no other in Israel, on which even Israelis with no connection to religion tend to put their normal lives on hold. This year Yom Kippur, the hol
BEIJING - China has closed Tibet to foreign tourists and deployed soldiers armed with machine guns in the streets of Beijing - part of a raft of stringent security measures ahead of the 60th anniversary of communist rule. Even kite-flying has been b
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