Islamist groups like al-Nusra have claimed responsibility for numerous attacks on government targets in Syria The al-Nusra Front, an Islamist group fighting government forces in Syria, has reportedly posted a video saying it has captured five Yemeni soldiers sent to help quell the uprising. The video shows five men asking Yemen to stop supporting Bashar al-Assad. The four-minute video's authentici
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi called the Japanese move illegal and invalid A war of words over islands claimed by both Japan and China continued at the United Nations, as the US called for cooler heads to prevail. In a speech, China's foreign minister accused Japan of stealing the islands, which lie in the East China Sea. In reply Japan's deputy ambassador said the islands were Japanese ter
Ties between China and Japan have been strained by a territorial row over a group of islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China. At the heart of the dispute are eight uninhabited islands and rocks in the East China Sea. They have a total area of about 7 sq km and lie north-east of Taiwan, east of the Chinese mainland and south-west of Japan's southern-most prefe
Mohamed Merah died in a shoot-out with police at his flat in Toulouse on 22 March France's Le Monde newspaper says it has seen confidential documents of the police investigation into Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah that suggest he was not working alone. The papers showed he had made more than 1,800 calls to over 180 contacts in 20 different countries, Le Monde said.
Cecilia Gimenez' attempt to restore the prized Ecce Homo fresco stunned Spanish cultural officials An elderly parishioner has stunned Spanish cultural officials with an alarming and unauthorised attempt to restore a prized Jesus Christ fresco. Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez has held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for more than 100 years. The woma
SMAP are in their late 30s, except for Mr Nakai (C) who is turning 40 On Saturday the leader of one of Japan's most popular boy bands passes a key milestone - SMAP's Masahiro Nakai is turning 40. To be fair Mr Nakai, who has been on Japan's screens and airwaves for two decades, doesn't look his age. But he has certainly moved from the ranks of pop idol into all-round entertainment stalwart and ico
Philip Malins was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays in 2010 A memorial to the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bombings was the "dying wish" of an ex-prisoner of war. Maj Philip Malins, from Solihull in the West Midlands was held by the Japanese in Burma during World War II. He worked for 10 years to have the monument, which includes a stone from Hiroshima's ruins, installed
The stone was unveiled by the Japanese ambassador to the UK, Keiichi Hayashi A stone from the ruins of Hiroshima has been unveiled by the Japanese ambassador to the UK at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. It forms the centrepiece of a memorial to the victims of the two atomic bombings on Japan during World War II. Up to 150 people attended the unveiling ceremony at the arboretum's
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