Heritage catastrophe looms as war engulfs Old Aleppo
As the battle for Aleppo closes in on the historical centre in northern Syria, heritage sites in one of the world's oldest cities are being damaged and experts fear the worst is yet to come.
24 August 2012
Haiti faces new tragedy as Storm Isaac swells
Haiti braced for a cruel new battering Thursday as Tropical Storm Isaac swept across the Caribbean toward the shattered island, gathering strength and threatening to reach hurricane force.
24 August 2012
California declares state of emergency amid fires
Authorities declared a state of emergency in northern California, ravaged by fires at a time when several other western US states are also fighting flames.
US, Britain warn Syria against chemical weapon threat
British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama warned they would be forced to consider a new course of action if Syria threatens to use chemical weapons on rebel fighters.
23 August 2012
US man charged for Obama death threat email
An armed man who allegedly made a death threat against US President Barack Obama in an expletive-filled email was charged over the incident.
23 August 2012
Mokhnatka Mount near Almaty caught fire
The area of the fire that hit the Mokhnatka Mount in the Ile-Alatau National Park in the vicinities of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s biggest city, totaled 18 hectares as of 09.05. a.m. Astana time August 23.
23 August 2012
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Quebec student protesters eye elections
Thousands of protesters marched against planned tuition hikes in Montreal, opposing the Liberal government of Premier Jean Charest, two weeks before parliamentary elections.
23 August 2012
Aleppo commander's struggle for 'clean rebellion'
With the thud of heavy machine guns, the whipping sound of sniper rounds and the smell of cordite filling the midnight darkness, the rebels almost didn't notice her veiled figure turning the corner.
23 August 2012
Israel arrests teen girls over hate attack on Palestinians
Jerusalem police arrested two 15-year-old girls on Monday, bringing to seven the number of Jewish teenagers arrested in connection with a brutal hate attack on young Palestinians last week.
Mexico murders almost triple since 2005
The murder rate in drug-violent Mexico has almost tripled since 2005, government figures showed Monday, though officials did not specify how many homicides were linked to the country's war on drugs.
Prison or mental ward: what Norway's Breivik can expect
Norway gunman Anders Behring Breivik faces either a long stay behind bars or in a psychiatric ward, with his theoretical chance of release depending on the verdict handed down on Friday.
Bloody start to Eid in Syria: watchdog
The Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday got off to a bloody start in Syria, with at least 84 people dying across the country, most of them soldiers, and Damascus rocked by clashes.
21 August 2012
Anti-Japan protests erupt in China over island row
Anti-Japan protests broke out in more than a dozen Chinese cities including Beijing and Hong Kong on Sunday as authorities allowed thousands of people to vent anger over an escalating territorial row.
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