Surprise snowstorm traps thousands of Iranians
Thousands of travellers, many of them visiting family during the Iranian new year holidays, have been rescued after being trapped by unexpected snowstorms in north Iran.
31 March 2014
Shallow quake rocks Los Angeles
A shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the Los Angeles area on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, causing some minor damage and stopping rides at Disneyland.
29 March 2014
Canada gunman killed after policeman wounded
Police shot and killed an armed man at Canada's busiest courthouse on the outskirts of Toronto on Friday after he entered the secure building and left an officer wounded.
29 March 2014
Two ex-Vatican bank chiefs face money laundering trial
Italian prosecutors on Friday said two former top executives at the Vatican bank will go on trial for money laundering, while the bank's ex-chairman was declared innocent.
29 March 2014
Nigeria arrests two Britons over 'oil theft plot'
Two British nationals were among 14 people arrested on suspicion of attempted bribery in connection with an alleged plot to steal oil from a pipeline, Nigeria said.
Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leaked
Turkey banned YouTube after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from a state security meeting debating possible military action in Syria.
28 March 2014
Truck with 40 cows flips over in Atyrau
A horrible car accident happened near Atyrau in western Kazakhstan. The site resembled a battlefield even though no people were killed.
28 March 2014
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Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty on US terror charges
A New York jury on Wednesday found Osama bin Laden's son-in-law guilty of conspiracy to kill Americans and supporting terrorists as an impassioned Al-Qaeda spokesman in 2001-2002.
Undersea volcanoes, huge seas complicate MH370 search
Searchers racing to find flight MH370's "black box" face daunting hurdles ranging from undersea volcanoes to mountainous seas as they operate in one of Earth's most remote locations.
Six dead, one missing in S. Korea fishing boat fire
Six people died after jumping off a fishing boat that caught fire off a South Korean island on Monday, with efforts underway to rescue its missing captain, the coastguard said.
24 March 2014
Suspected Jewish vandals hit 45 E.Jerusalem cars
Suspected Jewish extremists punctured the tyres of dozens of Palestinian cars in annexed east Jerusalem on Monday in the latest so-called "price tag" hate crime, police and an AFP correspondent said.
24 March 2014
Malaysia plane search intensifies on new debris data
Aircraft from several nations swarmed over the southern Indian Ocean Monday as the search for a missing Malaysian passenger plane was energised with mounting evidence of floating objects suspected to be linked to the plane.
24 March 2014
Up to 18 unaccounted for in deadly US landslide
Up to 18 people were unaccounted for more than 24 hours after a massive landslide slammed into a mountainside community killing four in the northwestern United States, officials said Sunday.