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Winter storm threatens South and Midwest
Forecasters warned that an arctic blast will knock out power by coating parts of the South and Midwest with ice and send temperatures sinking...
Pope Francis sets up Vatican committee to fight child abuse
Pope Francis will set up a Vatican committee to fight abuse of children in the Catholic Church and offer help to victims. The announcement, by...
Yemen: At least 29 killed in Defense Ministry attack
A double attack on Yemen's defense ministry in Sanaa left at least 29 dead and more than 70 hurt, officials say. A suicide car bomb...
Barack Obama: US must fix income inequality and lack of social mobility
President Barack Obama has said the US must fix what he described as profound income inequality and a lack of social mobility. He called for...
North Korea urged to close Kwanliso 15 and 16 political prisoner camps
North Korea has been urged by Amnesty International to close two political prisoner camps, where it says torture is rampant and execution commonplace. Amnesty International...
Nicolas Maduro signs decree controlling car prices in Venezuela
President Nicolas Maduro has signed a decree controlling the price of new and second-hand cars in Venezuela. New cars are currently hard to find, and...
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand calls for unity in birthday speech
In his address to the nation on his birthday, King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand has urged people to support each other for the sake...
EU Commission fines eight banks for forming illegal cartels to rig interest rates
The European Commission has fined eight banks a total of 1.7 billion euros for forming illegal cartels to rig interest rates. The cartels operated in...
Madiba’s health update: Nelson Mandela fighting from his deathbed
Nelson Mandela is putting up a courageous fight from his "deathbed", his daughter Makaziwe Mandela says. Makaziwe Mandela told national broadcaster SABC that the anti-apartheid...
Nicolas Maduro: Caracas power outage caused by right-wing saboteurs
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has said he has proof that Monday's massive power cut in the capital Caracas and other cities was caused by...
Joe Biden arrives in China amid Air Defense Identification Zone tensions
US Vice-President Joe Biden has arrived in Beijing for meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. His visit to Asia has been...
Hassan Lakkis: Senior Hezbollah militant killed in Beirut
Hassan Lakkis, a senior commander of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, has been killed near Beirut, the group says. Hassan Lakkis was "assassinated" near...
Pentagon halts cargo shipments from Afghanistan via Pakistan
Pentagon has decided to halt its ground cargo shipments from Afghanistan via Pakistan because of the risk to drivers after protests over US drone...
Ukraine protests: NATO foreign ministers condemn use of force in Kiev
NATO foreign ministers at a meeting in Brussels have condemned the use of "excessive force" during protests in Ukraine. US Secretary of State John Kerry...
Barack Obama launches campaign to resell health care law to the public
President Barack Obama is planning to rally support for ObamaCare and stem a wave of bad publicity over his flagship domestic achievement. The president was...
Only 1% of files leaked by Edward Snowden published
Guardian’s editor Alan Rusbridger revealed only 1% of files leaked by Edward Snowden have been published. Alan Rusbridger told the Home Affairs Select Committee in...
Yasser Arafat was not poisoned, French report
Yasser Arafat was not poisoned when he died in 2004, French scientists concluded. According to French media leaks, the scientists probing the death of the...
Jang Sung-taek: Kim Jong-un’s uncle dismissed from top military post
Kim Jong-un’s uncle, Jang Sung-taek, lost his position as vice-chairman of North Korea's top military body, South Korean media reports say. Citing South Korea's intelligence...
Thai protesters enter Yingluck Shinawatra’s office
Thai police removed barricades from outside both Government House and the police office in Bangkok announcing that protesters are welcomed in the government's headquarters. The...
Joe Biden: US concerned about China’s new air defense identification zone
Vice-President Joe Biden said at the beginning of a tour of East Asia that the US remains "deeply concerned" about China's new air defense...
Nigeria: Boko Haram insurgents attack military airbase in Maiduguri
Boko Haram militants have attacked a military airbase in Maiduguri, north-eastern Nigeria, destroying two helicopters, the authorities say. Eyewitnesses say hundreds of militants attacked several...
UN: Bashar al-Assad authorized war crimes
UN Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has said an inquiry has produced evidence that war crimes were authorized in Syria at the "highest...
Metro-North train crash victims named as authorities begin investigation into accident cause
Authorities have begun an investigation into the causes of Sunday's train crash in the Bronx area of New York City in which four people...
Thalidomide lawsuit settled for $81 million
The Thalidomide lawsuit filed by more than 100 people in Australia and New Zealand who suffered birth defects caused by the drug has been...
Yingluck Shinawatra rejects protesters’ demands to step down
Thailand’s PM Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected protesters' demands that she step down, amid ongoing clashes in Bangkok. Yingluck Shinawatra said the demands were not possible...
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