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Lampedusa boat-wreck death toll rises to 232
Dozens more bodies have been recovered from the boat carrying African migrants that capsized close to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa on Thursday. Thirty-eight bodies...
Atlas and WildCat: Boston Dynamics displays new generation of robots
Boston Dynamics, a US robotics company part-funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has presented its latest creations: Atlas and WildCat. Atlas is...
US shutdown: China warns US to agree debt deal
Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao has warned that the "clock is ticking" to avoid a US default that could hurt China's interests and...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 awarded to James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Südhof
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 was awarded jointly to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof "for their...
Nicolas Sarkozy’s Bettencourt affair charges dropped
The criminal investigation into Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly soliciting secret campaign financing from L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt has been dropped, French media say. France’s former...
John Kerry: Syrian government deserves credit for so far complying with chemical weapons deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Syrian government deserves credit for so far complying with a chemical weapons deal. John Kerry was speaking...
Airbus announces its first deal with Japan Airlines
Airbus has announced its first deal with Japanese carrier Japan Airlines (JAL). The aircraft manufacturing giant has won an order from JAL for 31 of...
Typhoon Fitow hits eastern China killing at least two people
Typhoon Fitow has hit eastern China after triggering the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. With winds up to 93mph, the storm landed in...
Syria’s chemical weapons destruction begins
The OPWC monitors have announced that the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons has begun. The operation is being overseen by a team from the Organization...
Navy SEAL carries out two separate raids in Libya and Somalia targeting senior Islamist militants
American officials say US Navy SEALs have carried out two separate raids in Libya and Somalia targeting senior Islamist militants. In Libya, US commandos captured...
US shutdown: Most of 400,000 defense staff sent home to return to work next week
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced that most of the 400,000 US defense department staff sent home amid the US government shutdown have been...
Bashar al-Assad indicates Germany as possible mediator
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has raised the possibility of Germany acting as a mediator to try to end his country's 30-month-long civil war. Speaking to...
Jude Law and Damon Albarn join London protest over Greenpeace piracy charges in Russia
Jude Law and Damon Albarn have joined hundreds demonstrating in London over piracy charges brought by Russia against 30 Greenpeace activists. Six British activists were...
Venezuela travel scam to be tackled with fingerprint checks at its borders
Venezuela has announced it will use fingerprint checks at its borders to prevent a popular travel scam. Venezuelans travelling abroad are entitled to a foreign...
Italy: Row over Lampedusa migrant boat deaths
Italian coast guard has denied that it was slow to respond to the sinking of a boat carrying African migrants off the island of...
Nairobi mall attack suspects named
Kenya military named four men believed to have been involved in the deadly shopping centre attack in Nairobi last month. Al-Shabab militants Abu Baara al-Sudani,...
John Kerry: Prolonged shutdown could affect US internationally
John Kerry has warned that any prolonged shutdown of the government could affect the US internationally. Speaking at the APEC forum in Indonesia, the US...
Al-Shabab militant base attacked from sea in Somalia
Unidentified foreign forces have launched a night-time raid on an al-Shabab militant base in the south Somali town of Barawe from the sea, reports...
US shutdown postpones EU free trade pact negotiations
US and EU negotiations on a sweeping free trade pact have been postponed because of a partial government shutdown in America. US officials had been...
Ross Ulbricht: Silk Road mastermind appears in San Francisco court
Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind behind the online illegal drugs marketplace Silk Road, is too dangerous to be bailed, US prosecutors have said. Ross Ulbricht,...
Italian Senate cross-party panel recommends Silvio Berlusconi’s expulsion
A cross-party panel of the Italian Senate has recommended former PM Silvio Berlusconi’s expulsion from the chamber over his conviction for tax fraud. The call...
Pope Francis condemns Roman Catholic Church’s narcissistic view of religion
Pope Francis has once again condemning the Roman Catholic Church’s narcissistic “Vatican-centric view” of religion. Pope Francis, who was elected earlier this year after Pope...
Tropical Storm Karen threatens damaging winds, heavy rain and high tides along US Gulf Coast
Residents along the US Gulf Coast have been placed on alert as approaching Tropical Storm Karen threatens damaging winds, heavy rain and high tides. Oil...
Barack Obama cancels Asia trip as part of US shutdown
President Barack Obama has decided to cancel his trip to Asia because of the US government shutdown. Barack Obama will miss two summits, including the...
Pope Francis to visit St Francis of Assisi’s tomb
Pope Francis has arrived in the town of Assisi to pray at the shrine of the 13th-Century saint whose name he adopted. The pontiff is...
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