Bangladesh garment trade under fire as disaster toll rises
Rescuers in Bangladesh Thursday hunted for survivors in a collapsed building as the death toll rose to 152 and criticism mounted of foreign firms that source cheap clothes from the country.
Hezbollah's Syria role threatens Lebanon 'neutrality'
Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah's decision to fight openly alongside the Syrian regime will increase Lebanon's involvement in Syria's conflict, despite a policy of neutrality.
25 April 2013
Charges dropped against US ricin suspect
A US man accused of sending a poison-laced letter to the White House was released from jail with his charges dismissed Tuesday as officials searched the home of a rival.
US 'pinged' when Boston suspect flew to Russia
US lawmakers learned Tuesday that security monitors "pinged" when a Boston bombing suspect flew to Russia last year, as concerns grew about possible intelligence sharing failures.
24 April 2013
Many feared dead as Bangladesh building collapses
At least three people were killed and many more are feared dead after an eight-storey building housing a market collapsed Wednesday on the outskirts of Dhaka.
24 April 2013
French embassy in Tripoli bombed, 2 injured: sources
A car bomb hit the France embassy in Libya, wounding two French guards and causing extensive damage in the first attack on a foreign mission since militants stormed the US consulate in Benghazi in September.
Threatening letter, powder sent to S. Korea minister South Korea's defence minister received Tuesday a package containing a threatening letter and suspicious powder, in what his ministry described as an attempted act of "terror".
23 April 2013
187 dead, 77 injured after fierce Nigeria clashes Heavy fighting between Nigerian troops and suspected Islamist insurgents has killed 187 people, including scores of civilians, while massive blazes left nearly half the town destroyed.
23 April 2013
Boston bomb suspect blames brother: reportBoston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told investigators his brother was the leader in last week's deadly attacks, and that no international terrorist groups were behind them.
23 April 2013
Half of Guantanamo on hunger strike: US official More than half of the 166 detainees held at the US-run Guantanamo military prison have joined a rapidly growing hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention.
Syria opposition chief quits over world 'inaction' Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Moaz al-Khatib is determined to step down in the face of what he sees as world "inaction" as government forces recapture territory from the rebels.
Rescuers in China scrabble to find quake survivors Thousands of rescue workers combed through flattened villages in southwest China on Sunday in a race to find survivors from a powerful quake as the toll of dead and missing rose past 200.