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Raffaele Sollecito stopped by police near Austrian border
Raffaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox’s Italian ex-boyfriend, has been stopped by police near the Austrian border following the reinstatement of his guilty verdict for the...
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito guilty of Meredith Kercher murder
A Florence court has reinstated the guilty verdicts against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007. Amanda...
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Boston Marathon bombings suspect faces death penalty
Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is facing the death penalty in the US. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement: "The nature of...
Malta changes passport sale conditions
Malta has responded to EU pressure over its controversial new passport scheme for non-EU nationals, announcing that applicants will now be required to spend...
James Clapper calls for Edward Snowden to return “stolen” documents
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has demanded NSA leaker Edward Snowden return the documents he has "stolen". At a Senate hearing, James Clapper harshly...
Barack Obama tours local businesses for minimum wage rise
President Barack Obama is taking his campaign for a minimum wage rise to the streets, visiting local businesses after his State of the Union...
Deep South winter storm leaves thousands stranded on highways
A snow storm spawned traffic chaos in the Deep South leaving thousands of people stranded overnight on motorways, in schools and churches. Airports and roads...
Egypt: 20 journalists accused of belonging to terrorist organization
Twenty journalists, including four foreigners, are facing charges in Egypt, prosecutors have said. The Egyptian journalists are accused of belonging to a "terrorist organization" and...
Stem cell researchers claim major scientific discovery
Stem cell researchers in Japan are heralding a "major scientific discovery", with the potential to start a new age of personalized medicine. Scientists showed stem...
State of the Union 2014: Barack Obama promises to bypass Congress to tackle economic inequality
In his annual State of the Union address, President Barack Obama has promised to bypass a fractured Congress to tackle economic inequality. Barack Obama pledged...
Edward Snowden leaks: GCHQ spied on YouTube and Facebook
According to the latest Edward Snowden leaks, the UK intelligence agency , GCHQ, has monitored in real-time YouTube video views, Facebook "likes" and Blogger...
Ukraine’s parliament debates protest amnesty
Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine's first post-independence president, has warned the country is on the "brink of civil War" as parliament debates an amnesty for protesters. Leonid...
State of the Union 2014: Barack Obama to unveil minimum-wage raise
President Barack Obama will unveil a minimum-wage raise as he delivers his annual State of the Union address later. The president is expected to bypass...
Deep South hit by worst snow and ice in a generation
According to forecasters, Deep South will be hit by what could be its worst snow and ice in a generation. Schools were closed, hundreds of...
ICTY trial: Ratko Mladic refuses to testify as defense witness for Radovan Karadzic
Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic has refused to testify after former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic called him as a defense witness...
Ukraine: PM Mykola Azarov offers his resignation
Ukraine's PM Mykola Azarov has offered his resignation. In a statement, Mykola Azarov said the move was designed to create "social and political compromise". In his...
Edward Snowden leaks: NSA and GCHQ get personal data from Angry Birds
According to a new report, the NSA and Britain’s GCHQ routinely try to gain access to personal data from Angry Birds and other mobile...
Pope John Paul II relic stolen from San Pietro della Ienca church
Dozens of Italian police officers are hunting for a stolen holy relic that contains the blood of Pope John Paul ll. It appears to have...
Ukraine: Justice Minister Olena Lukash in state of emergency warning
Ukraine's Justice Minister Olena Lukash has warned anti-government protesters occupying her ministry she will call for a state of emergency if they do not...
Jade Rabbit Moon rover in trouble after experiencing a mechanical control abnormality
Chinese Moon rover Jade Rabbit is in trouble after experiencing a "mechanical control abnormality", state media report. The Moon exploration vehicle ran into problems due...
Edward Snowden: NSA spied on German companies
Edward Snowden has alleged the National Security Agency (NSA) engaged in industrial espionage. In an interview with Germany's ARD TV channel, Edward Snowden said the...
Geneva peace talks: Syria to allow women and children to leave besieged area of Homs
UN mediator at the Geneva peace talks Lakhdar Brahimi has announced that Syria will allow women and children to leave the besieged area of...
Thai protesters surround polling stations blocking early election vote
Thai protesters have surrounded polling stations, blocking early voting ahead of next week's general election, officials say. One of their leaders has been shot dead...
Anti-World Cup protest: Brazil police arrest 128 people in Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo police say they have detained 128 people during clashes that followed a demonstration against this year's football World Cup in Brazil. A car...
Xu Zhiyong sentenced to four years in prison
Prominent human rights activist Xu Zhiyong has been sentenced to four years in prison, a Chinese court has ruled. Xu Zhiyong, who campaigned for children's...
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