Turkey PM patience 'has limit' as protest violence flares
Turkey's defiant Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told supporters his patience "has a limit" as police fired tear gas and jets of water at demonstrators in unrelenting protests against his government's decade-long rule.
Kabul airport targeted in ongoing Taliban attack
Taliban militants launched a grenade and gun attack on Kabul airport early Monday, taking over two nearby buildings which security forces attempted to storm as blasts and shooting rocked the Afghan capital.
Media unveiles Ablyazov's wife arrival video
Kazakhstan TV channel KTK has published an exclusive video of the arrival of Mukhtar Ablyazov’s wife Alma Shalabayeva and their 6-y.o. daughter Alua Ablyazova to Almaty.
10 June 2013
Texas actress arrested in US ricin case
A Texas actress was arrested Friday for mailing ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a gun control activist.
10 June 2013
Five die in Russian helicopter crash
Five people died when a helicopter on a commercial flight crashed and burst into flames in a remote region of Far Eastern Russia.
09 June 2013
Hungary evacuations as flood waters surge toward Budapest
Hungary began evacuating villages and reinforced leaking dykes along the rising Danube River on Saturday, as central Europe's worst floods in over a decade headed toward Budapest.
Turkey PM urges end to protests, tells supporters to 'go home'
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an immediate end to mass protests against his rule Friday, but urged supporters to "go home" after they staged a major show of strength welcoming him back from an overseas trip.
US man held for China French school sex abuse: police
An American teacher at a top French school in Shanghai has been detained on suspicion of child molestation, local police said, confirming reports from school officials and parents.
Turkey defends democratic credentials as tear gas flies
Turkey's embattled government insisted on Wednesday it was "not a second-class democracy" even as police tear-gassed protesters massed in the streets calling for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to quit.
06 June 2013
Toll from US tornadoes climbs to 20: officials
At least 20 people were killed by a series of tornadoes that swept through the Midwestern US state of Oklahoma last week, including seven children.