Beijing--A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a convicted serial killer to death for a murder he confessed to a decade ago, and 19...
Beijing--A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a convicted serial killer to death for a murder he confessed to a decade ago, and 19...
Cairo--Egypt has suspended all major football games after 19 people were killed in the latest outbreak of violence between fans and police, authorities...
Kiev--German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Monday to brief US President Barack Obama on the latest peace plan for Ukraine ahead of a four-way...
Dubai--Bahrain on Monday announced the closure of new pan-Arab news channel Alarab owned by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal just nine days...
Jakarta--The mothers of two Australian drug smugglers on death row in Indonesia tearfully begged authorities on Monday to "spare our sons' lives", as...
Manila--Indonesia and the Philippines on Monday signed an agreement on combatting drug crime, despite ongoing efforts by Manila to prevent the execution of...
Quetta, Pakistan--A Saudi prince is on a hunting spree for rare birds in southwest Pakistan despite a court-imposed ban and the government's insistence...
Marseille--A police operation was under way Monday in a housing estate in the French city of Marseille where residents said "Kalashnikov shots" were...
Sanaa--Yemeni political factions resumed UN-brokered talks on Monday with the Shiite militia that grabbed power last week, but one group walked out underlining...
Khartoum--Three staff of the Sudanese Red Crescent were killed on Sunday in an attack in Blue Nile state, where Khartoum is battling rebels,...
Moscow,--Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin would not tolerate any ultimatums over Ukraine after a report said Germany had given him...
Mogadishu--Somali lawmakers approved a new cabinet on Monday, hours after Shebab insurgents assassinated a colleague as he made his way to parliament. The...
Kiev--At least 1,500 Russian troops and convoys of military hardware entered Ukraine over the weekend, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. "One thousand...
Niamey--Islamist fighters from Nigeria's Boko Haram launched a new attack in neighbouring Niger on Monday, raiding a prison in the southeastern border town...
Abubakar Shekau Kano, Nigeria--Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed in a new video released on Monday that the group would defeat a regional...
Brussels--German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said it was not certain a four-way Ukraine peace summit on Wedndesday in Minsk will go ahead, with...
Brussels--The EU has suffered 21 billion euros in lost exports as a result of sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, Spain's foreign minister said...
London,--Britain and the United States called on leading world powers Monday to overhaul their economies and keep budgets in line to encourage growth...
