German fake Rockefeller guilty of US murder
A German fantasist who impersonated a member of the Rockefeller family, an English aristocrat and a Hollywood film producer, was convicted Wednesday of murdering his California landlord in 1985.
Syria's Al-Nusra pledges allegiance to Al-Qaeda
The head of Syria's jihadist Al-Nusra Front has pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, but distanced his group from claims it has merged with Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
11 April 2013
US college student stabs 14 in Texas attack
A US college student stabbed 14 people, leaving two victims critically wounded, Tuesday in a rampage that ended when he was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody.
Execution-free world getting closer: Amnesty
The use of the death penalty is broadly diminishing around the world although a handful of countries that had not used capital punishment for several years resumed executions in 2012.
10 April 2013
Parcel bomb sent to Italian newspaper office
A parcel bomb was sent to the offices of Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday but failed to detonate when opened, prompting an evacuation of the building as bomb disposal teams were deployed.
10 April 2013
US budget cuts could delay Bin Laden kin's trial
The highly anticipated New York trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law could be delayed because his court-appointed lawyers have been hit by US budget cuts.
Fake Rockefeller faces murder charge verdict A German man who posed as a member of the famed Rockefeller family after allegedly killing his landlord in California likely killed the man's wife too.
09 April 2013
France launches major offensive on Mali Islamists A French force of 1,000 soldiers in a major offensive has swept a valley thought to be a logistics base for Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists near the Malian city of Gao.
09 April 2013
Argentina floods caused $5 billion in damage Damage from last week's record rains and flooding in Argentina exceeded five billion dollars, according to officials, who said on Sunday that more than 350,000 people suffered losses in property.
NATO strike kills 11 children in Afghanistan: officials A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed 11 children, officials said Sunday, the latest case of civilian casualties which provoke great anger in the war-torn country.
08 April 2013
Rakhat Aliyev to be tried in ViennaSuperior Land Court of Vienna has started an investigation into activities of the former Kazakhstan ambassador to Austria Rakhat Aliyev.
08 April 2013
Five dead, 53 hurt in Thai bus cliff plungeFive people died, including a seven-month-old baby and a Belgian woman, and 53 were injured when a Thai tour bus plummeted off a hillside in northern Thailand after its brakes failed.
08 April 2013
Hong Kong airbridge collapse rips off plane doorHong Kong authorities said Monday they had launched an investigation after an airbridge collapsed at the city's airport, ripping the door off a Cathay Pacific plane and injuring a technician.