Colorado school shooting victim dies: hospital
A 17-year-old Colorado high school student who was shot in the face by a teenage gunman died Saturday after eight days on life support, a local hospital said.
22 December 2013 09:40
US charges three more people in Silk Road website case
US authorities said Friday three more people were charged in connection with the operation of Silk Road, the online black market bazaar for drugs, hacker tools and other illicit goods.
22 December 2013 09:07
Scandal-hit Turkey PM presses police purge
Turkish prosecutors have begun charging some of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's closest allies in a huge graft scandal he has responded to with a spectacular purge of the police.
21 December 2013 14:40
Chinese billionaire feared dead in France helicopter crash
Four people were feared dead Saturday including a Chinese billionaire and his 12-year-old son after the helicopter in which he was overflying his newly purchased French vineyard crashed into a river.
21 December 2013 11:36
S. Sudan at 'precipice' amid growing violence: Obama
US President Barack Obama warned that South Sudan stands at the "precipice" of renewed civil war, amid spiralling violence including an attack on a UN base that killed three Indian peacekeepers.
20 December 2013 17:11
Scores hurt in London theatre collapse
The ceiling of a packed London theatre collapsed on the audience during a hit show on Thursday, wounding 76 people including children and leaving terrified theatregoers covered in blood and rubble.
20 December 2013 14:35
Putin pardons Khodorkovsky after 10 years in jail
President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree granting a pardon to Russia's former richest man and bitter Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, allowing his release after more than a decade in prison.
'Breaking Bad' namesake meth dealer gets 12 years' jail
A US judge has sentenced meth dealer Walter White to 12 years in prison, in a case of life mirroring art a few months after the end of cult TV show "Breaking Bad," local media reported.
19 December 2013 17:25
Nearly 1,000 killed by ex-rebels in C. Africa capital: Amnesty
The Central African Republic's mostly Muslim ex-rebels killed nearly 1,000 people in the capital Bangui two weeks ago in a rampage avenging deadly Christian militia attacks, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday.
Fears of civil war as violence spreads in South Sudan
The United Nations is warning that violence was spreading in South Sudan, as fierce fighting in the world's youngest nation prompted the US to evacuate Americans and other foreigners.
19 December 2013 11:50
Philippines launches $8.17 bn Haiyan rebuilding plan
The Philippines launched an $8.17 billion plan on Wednesday to rebuild the lives of millions made homeless by Super Typhoon Haiyan and strengthen the disaster-prone nation's defences against future tempests.
Santa takes gourmet dinner to Japan nuclear evacuees
When Santa arrived at a school hosting children who fled Japan's nuclear disaster, he brought the usual presents, but he also bore something a little less ordinary -- a gourmet Christmas dinner.
18 December 2013 14:35
Up to 500 dead in South Sudan clashes: UN
Clashes between rival army factions in South Sudan have left up to 500 dead and 800 wounded, a top UN official told the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
Two more videos of car exlposion in Almaty center
Auto.Lafa.kz has posted two more videos of Nissan Cefiro explosion in the center of Almaty city.
