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Volgograd attacks: IOC confident Russia will deliver safe and secure Winter Games in Sochi
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach says he has confidence that Russian authorities will deliver a "safe and secure" Winter Games in Sochi...
Akademik Shokalskiy: Rescue efforts thwarted by fierce weather
Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy stranded in East Antarctica since Christmas Day remained stuck as the latest rescue efforts were thwarted by fierce winds and...
Volgograd attacks: Second suicide bombing kills at least 10 people in Dzerzhinsky district
At least 10 people are killed and more than 20 others hurt in a suspected suicide bombing in the Russian city of Volgograd, in...
Saudi prince may be executed for murder
A Saudi royal member, who murdered a fellow Saudi, may be executed, a newspaper reported on Sunday, in a rare example of a member...
Al-Jazeera journalists held in Egypt
Three journalists working for the Al-Jazeera broadcaster in Cairo have been arrested by Egyptian police. The Interior Ministry said the journalists had held illegal meetings...
Chaparrastique volcano eruption sparks evacuations in El Salvador
Thousands of people in eastern El Salvador are leaving their homes after the Chaparrastique volcano erupted on Sunday morning. Residents in the region said they...
Volgograd railway station bomb attack kills 15 people
A female suicide bomb attack on Volgograd’s train station has killed 15 people, Russian officials say. Another suspected female suicide bomber killed at least six...
Akademik Shokalskiy: New bid to rescue scientific mission ship trapped in Antarctic ice
An Australian vessel is en route to East Antarctica in a renewed bid to free Akademik Shokalskiy scientific mission ship trapped in dense pack...
Cuba eases restrictions on loans to private borrowers
Cuba has decided to ease restrictions on loans to private borrowers in the latest measure aimed at boosting the island's troubled economy. Individuals and small...
Croatia charges Farmal and 364 people over drugs bribes
Croatian authorities have charged pharmaceutical company Farmal and 364 people - most of them reportedly doctors - for allegedly rigging the drugs market. Senior managers...
Millions of jobless Americans to lose unemployment benefits in 2014
An estimated 1.3 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits after an emergency federal program expired on Saturday. Lawmakers failed to agree on an extension...
Benghazi attack: New York Times report finds no al-Qaeda role
A New York Times in-depth report found no proof that al-Qaeda or any international terrorist groups played any role in the Benghazi attack, which killed...
Pope Francis receives private message from Bashar al-Assad
Pope Francis has received a private message from Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, the Vatican said on Saturday, without disclosing its contents. It was the first...
Cairo al-Azhar campus set on fire during protests
Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with Egyptian police and Cairo university buildings were set on fire killing one student. State TV blamed protesters for the fire...
Iraq: MP Ahmed al-Alwani arrested during deadly raid in Ramadi
Iraqi troops arrested MP Ahmed al-Alwani and killed his brother and at least three of his guards during a raid on his home in...
Devyani Khobragade arrest in New York sparks India-US diplomatic row
India is checking the tax statuses of Americans working at schools in the country, after the arrest this month of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade...
Sandy Hook shooting final report released
Thousands of documents related to police investigation into the killing of 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut have been released. Officials described...
China changes one-child policy
China has formally adopted a resolution easing the country's one-child policy, the state news agency Xinhua reports. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress...
Turkey corruption scandal: Army does not want to be involved in political debates
Turkish army has released a statement saying that it does not want to get involved in "political arguments", amid a major political corruption scandal. The...
Japan agrees Okinawa US military airbase relocation
Japan has approved a US military airbase’s relocation on its southern island of Okinawa, officials said. The governor, Hirokazu Nakaima, agreed to landfill work to...
Akademik Shokalskiy ship trapped in Antarctic ice close to be rescued by Chinese icebreaker
The Russian scientific mission ship, trapped in dense pack ice off East Antarctica since Christmas Day, is close to being rescued as Chinese icebreaker...
Kenya: East Africa’s leaders meeting on South Sudan crisis
Kenya is holding a meeting of East Africa’s leaders on growing violence in South Sudan, where more than 1,000 people are believed to have...
Thai government seeks military poll help
Thai government said it would ask the army to provide security for February's elections, as the military called for restraint on both sides. Thailand is...
Lebanon: Beirut explosion kills ex-Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah and four others
Lebanon’s ex-Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah and four others have been killed in a huge explosion in central Beirut. Mohamad Chatah was an adviser to the...
Paul Ciancia: LA airport gunman pleads not guilty
Paul Anthony Ciancia - the man charged with murdering a federal security officer at Los Angeles International Airport in November - has pleaded not...
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