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Alexei Navalny’s jail sentence suspended
Alexei Navalny's jail sentence for embezzlement has been suspended by a Russian court, allowing him to go free. However, Alexei Navalny's conviction is likely to...
Brazil teachers protests: Clashes in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo
Riot police and protesters have clashed in Brazil's largest cities - Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo - after marches in support of striking...
Typhoon Wipha hits Japan killing 13 people
Typhoon Wipha passed close to the Japanese capital killing at least 13 people, reports say. Typhoon Wipha caused landslides and flooding on Izu Oshima island,...
US shutdown: Democrats reject House Republicans proposal to reopen government
Democrats have rejected a proposal from House of Representatives Republicans to extend the debt limit and reopen the federal government. The White House criticized what...
Pietro Parolin appointed as Vatican’s prime minister
Pietro Parolin has been appointed by Pope Francis as the new prime minister of Vatican. Veteran diplomat Pietro Parolin is replacing Secretary of State Tarcisio...
Sicily declares state of emergency amid Lampedusa migrant crisis
A state of emergency has been declared in Sicily because of the large numbers of African migrants it has to deal with. According to the...
Edward Snowden leak: NSA collects 250 million online address books each year
According to a document leaked by Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency (NSA) collects up to 250 million online address books each year. The NSA...
AMAZE Project: 3D printing enters metal age
The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled plans to "take 3D printing into the metal age" by building parts for jets, spacecraft and fusion...
Philippines earthquake hits Bohol and Cebu killing at least 20 people
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has hit the central Philippines, killing at least 20 people, reports say. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck underneath the...
White House postpones bipartisan debt meeting
The White House has potsponed a meeting with Democrats and Republicans congressional leaders as lawmakers continue talks on raising the nation's debt limit. The talks...
Avon France to be closed by end of October
Cosmetics giant Avon Products has decided to close its French operations by the end of the month. Avon office in Paris says only current orders...
Cyclone Phailin: 500,000 evacuees return home
More than 500,000 of people who were evacuated before Cyclone Phailin crashed into eastern India have begun returning to their homes. However, many will remain...
Navratri festival stampede death toll rises to 109 in Madhya Pradesh
Navratri festival stampede death toll in Madhya Pradesh, India, has risen to 109, local officials have said. Many were crushed after panic broke out on...
China: Food prices fuel inflation in September 2013
China’s consumer prices rose more than forecast in September 2013, fuelled mainly by a surge in food prices. Prices rose 3.1% during September, from a...
Non-Muslims cannot use word “Allah” to refer to God, Malaysian court rules
Non-Muslims cannot use the word “Allah” to refer to God, a Malaysian court has ruled overturning a 2009 lower court ruling. The appeals court said...
Madhya Pradesh stampede kills 89 pilgrims in India
At least 89 Indian pilgrims, mostly women and children, have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu festival in Madhya Pradesh state, local...
Syria: Red Cross workers abducted by gunmen in Idlib province
Gunmen have abducted six of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers and one Red Crescent volunteer in north-west Syria. The aid agency...
US debt crisis: World Bank urges US policymakers to reach debt ceiling deal before deadline
World Bank’s President Jim Yong Kim has warned that the US is just "days away from a very dangerous moment" because of the government's...
US shutdown negotiations shifted to Senate
The US shutdown negotiations have been shifted to the Senate. The Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate held direct talks for the first time...
General Vo Nguyen Giap flown to Quang Binh province for burial
General Vo Nguyen Giap two-day state funeral is in its final stages inVietnam. The general's body is being flown from Hanoi, where it has been...
India: Cyclone Phailin makes landfall killing at least 5 people
Cyclone Phailin has hammered eastern India overnight, bringing down power lines, ripping up trees and sending seawater surging inland. Almost 500,000 people have been evacuated...
African Union Summit demands Uhuru Kenyatta ICC case deferral
A deferral of The Hague trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta - due to start in November – has been demanded at the African...
US shutdown: Barack Obama willing to sign short-term debt rise
President Barack Obama has announced he is willing to sign a "clean" short-term increase to the US borrowing limit that is free from Republican...
Ali Zeidan’s kidnap was an “attempted coup”
Libya’s PM Ali Zeidan has said his brief kidnap this week was an "attempted coup", blaming his political opponents for the attack. In a TV...
General Vo Nguyen Giap state funeral in Vietnam
Vietnam is holding two-day state funeral for General Vo Nguyen Giap, the commander credited with overseeing the defeat of French and US forces in...
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