Arab and African women honored Noble Prize for Peace

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Yemeni Tawakul Karman flashes a victory sign outside her tent in Tagheer square in Sanaa

OSLO: The Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize on Friday to three indomitable female campaigners against war and oppression, a Yemeni and two Liberians, including that country’s president.

Killing of Five Children and women, charges against Australian soldier dropped

SYDNEY: Australian Military has announced that their soldiers will not face a court martial over the death of six civilians, including five children, during a 2009 raid in Afghanistan.

Earlier three Australian soldiers were charged over the deaths which occurred as special operations soldiers were clearing a compound where they believed a Taliban leader was hiding.