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White House: Syria used chemical weapons against opposition rebels
The White House said today that Syrian forces under President Bashar al-Assad have used chemical weapons "on a small scale" against the opposition rebels. A...
Edward Snowden case: FBI head Robert Mueller pledges action over leaks
FBI Director Robert Mueller says the US is taking "all necessary steps" to hold Edward Snowden responsible for exposing secret surveillance programmes. Robert Mueller confirmed...
Turkey protests: Recep Tayyip Erdogan issues final warning to protesters to leave Gezi Park
Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a "final warning" to protesters to leave Gezi Park in Istanbul. "Our patience is at an end. I...
Edward Snowden South China Morning Post interview: U.S. government has been hacking Chinese networks for four years
Whistleblower Edward Snowden has claimed that the U.S. government has been hacking Hong Kong and Chinese networks for at least four years. In his first...
North Korea blames South Korea for canceling high-level talks
North Korea has blamed the South for "arrogant obstructions" that led high-level talks to be cancelled. South Korea's "deliberate disturbance" by changing the head of...
Gezi Park referendum: Turkey’s ruling AK party may hold vote on park
Huseyin Celik, deputy chairman of Turkey's ruling AK party, says it is open to the idea of a referendum on controversial plans to redevelop...
Lionel Messi accused of 4 million euros tax fraud in Spain
Barcelona football player Lionel Messi and his father are being investigated in Spain for allegedly defrauding the state of more than 4 million euros. The...
Edward Snowden vows to fight any attempt to extradite him from Hong Kong
Whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked secret US surveillance details, has vowed to fight any attempt to extradite him from Hong Kong. Edward Snowden told the...
Facebook, Google and Microsoft urge US government to allow them to disclose security requests
Facebook, Google and Microsoft have asked the US government to allow them to disclose the security requests they receive for handing over user data. The...
Istanbul clashes following PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s threats
Turkish police clashed with protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square, despite a warning from PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he would not show "any more...
EU demands clarification on US data snooping
The European Union is demanding assurances that Europeans are not having their rights infringed by a massive US surveillance programme. Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding plans...
Greece suspends radio and TV services of state broadcaster ERT
The Greek government has decided to shut down the radio and TV services of the state broadcaster ERT. A government spokesman said transmissions would cease...
First double leg-transplant patient loses legs
The world's first double leg-transplant patient has had his legs amputated, a Spanish hospital has confirmed. The amputation was carried out after an unrelated illness...
Edward Snowden disappears from Mira hotel in Hong Kong
Former CIA employee Edward Snowden, who leaked details of US top-secret phone and internet surveillance, has disappeared from his hotel in Hong Kong. Edward Snowden,...
Turkey protests: Riot police storm Istanbul’s Taksim Square using tear gas and water cannon to disperse activists
Riot police have entered Istanbul's Taksim Square, where Turkish anti-government protesters have been staging demonstrations for close to two weeks. Hundreds of officers have been...
Stephane Richard: France Telecom-Orange CEO held in custody in corruption case
Stephane Richard, CEO of France Telecom-Orange, has been held in custody for questioning in Bernard Tapie corruption case. Stephane Richard, who previously worked in the French Finance...
Netherlands stores 22 US nuclear weapons, reveals ex-PM Ruud Lubbers
Ruud Lubbers, former prime minister of the Netherlands, revealed that some 22 US nuclear weapons are stored on Dutch territory. Ruud Lubbers, prime minister from...
Edward Snowden: Former CIA technical worker identified as NSA PRISM leak source
Edward Snowden, a former CIA technical worker, has been identified by the UK's Guardian newspaper as the source of leaks about US surveillance programmes. Edward...
Iain Banks dies aged 59, two months after announcing he had terminal cancer
Scottish writer Iain Banks has died aged 59, two months after announcing he had terminal cancer, his family has said. The author revealed in April...
Barack Obama and Xi Jinping end a “unique, positive and constructive” Sunnylands summit
President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have ended a two-day summit in California, which was described by US National Security Advisor Tom...
North Korea and South Korea holding first government-level talks in more than two years
North Korean and South Korean officials are holding their first government-level talks in more than two years. The talks are taking place at Panmunjom, a...
Liu Hui: China Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s brother-in-law sentenced to 11 years in jail
Liu Hui, the brother-in-law of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail on fraud charges by...
Nelson Mandela hospitalized in serious condition
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a lung infection. Nelson Mandela, 94, is in a "serious but stable condition",...
Santa Monica shooting rampage kills five people and injures other three
At least five people were killed and several others injured after a gun rampage in the beachfront city of Santa Monica, California, police say. The...
Florindo Flores: Peru’s Sendero Luminoso leader jailed for life for terrorism
A court in Peru has sentenced Florindo Flores, the last of the original leaders of the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) rebels to life in...
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