New reports claim that at least 21 protesters have been killed by security forces in Kiev following the breakdown of…
Lamido Sanusi - Nigeria's central bank governor - has been suspended by the president pending investigations into "far-reaching irregularities". Lamido…
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has advised airlines to beware of any attempts to smuggle explosives onboard in…
Social networking giant Facebook buys messaging app WhatsApp in a deal worth a total of $19 billion in cash and…
North Korea is holding family reunions for more than 100 South Koreans who have arrived in the country to meet…
The Federal Reserve will continue to cut economic stimulus measures, minutes of the US central bank's January meeting have confirmed.…
French billionaire and senator Serge Dassault has been detained for questioning over alleged vote-buying in a Paris suburb. Police are…
Australian missionary John Short has been detained in North Korea, his wife says. John Short, 75, was making his second…
Europe's second-largest carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has signed a rescue deal with China's Dongfeng Motors and the French government that…
Ji Wenlin, a senior official linked to Chinese former security chief Zhou Yongkang, is being investigated, state media say. Ji…