The sworn-in Greek PM Athens--Alexis Tsipras, the 40-year-old leader of anti-austerity party Syriza, was sworn in on Monday as Greek prime minister, the...
The sworn-in Greek PM Athens--Alexis Tsipras, the 40-year-old leader of anti-austerity party Syriza, was sworn in on Monday as Greek prime minister, the...
IAEA chief Singapore--The head of the UN's atomic watchdog warned Monday that "terrorists" could attack or sabotage nuclear facilities in countries where security...
Singapore--Almost 200 million people in East Asia moved to urban areas in the decade to 2010, the World Bank said Monday, creating a...
Russian President Moscow--Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated the leader of Greece's radical left-wing party Syriza on its decisive election victory, saying...
Islamabad--Pakistan's ongoing fuel shortage that has led to worsening power blackouts is weighing on its credit worthiness and hindering its ability to meet...
Leader of Syriza party, Alexis Tsipras Brussels--The EU took a tough tone on Monday towards Greece after the radical left party Syriza stormed...
Liliane Bettencourt Bordeaux--The trial of 10 people accused of exploiting France's richest woman Liliane Bettencourt opened on Monday with the revelation that one...
David Cameron London--British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Monday that "no harm was done" by a hoaxer who called him on his mobile...
Jonathan Goodluck Maiduguri, Nigeria--A city-wide curfew was lifted Monday in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, following a weekend Boko Haram attack that prompted the state...
Modi and Obama in traditional India New Delhi--Narendra Modi has trumpeted a new era of friendship with Barack Obama but experts say the...
Johannesburg--Two more people have died as the week-long looting of foreign-owned shops continued in townships around South Africa's economic capital Johannesburg, police said...
Protestors in the streets of Cairo Cairo--Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Egyptian police of using "excessive force" against protesters after 20 people...
Taipei--Six Malaysian men have been arrested on charges of smuggling heroin into Taiwan, an offence punishable by life imprisonment, officials said Monday. Investigators...
Syrian President MOSCOW--Syrian opposition figures met in Moscow on Monday as part of a new Russia-coordinated bid to wind down the war in...
Donetsk, Ukraine--Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine's war-torn east were trapped on Monday after their pit lost power when a shell hit a...
The captain of the doomed Concordia Rome--Italian prosecutors called Monday for Francesco Schettino, the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia, to serve 26...
Al-Baida, Libya--A Libyan deputy foreign minister was released Monday, a day after his kidnapping by gunmen in the eastern city of Al-Baida where...
Alexis Tsipras Athens--Greece's anti-austerity Syriza party moved fast to form a coalition government on Monday after its stunning election win that has put...
