Instructor to appear in India court over alleged child rape
A roller-skating instructor was due in court Monday over the alleged rape of a six-year-old student which sparked protests from outraged parents, an official in the Indian city of Bangalore said.
21 July 2014 13:34
China shuts meat factory supplying McDonald's, KFC
Shanghai has shut a factory of US food provider OSI Group for selling out-of-date meat to restaurant giants including McDonald's and KFC, authorities said Monday in China's latest food safety scandal.
21 July 2014 13:09
Mediterranean migrant boat death toll rises to 30
The death toll from the latest Mediterranean migrant boat disaster rose to 30 on Sunday, as Malta said it had found 29 bodies in the vessel's hold and Italy said a Syrian baby had died.
21 July 2014 11:49
Battle for Libya airport leaves at least 47 dead
Islamist-led militiamen have stepped up their assault on Libya's main airport, controlled by rival fighters, which the health ministry said Monday had left at least 47 dead in a week.
21 July 2014 10:54
Obama calls for immediate truce as Gaza toll soars
US President Barack Obama called for an "immediate ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas, after the bloodiest day of fighting in Gaza raised the number of Palestinians killed to 476.
21 July 2014 10:28
Mudflow aftermath remedied near Almaty
The temporary check dam at the Talgar river meant to regulate water flow into irrigation channels destroyed by July 17 mudflood is being reconstructed.
19 July 2014 17:13
At least nine dead, dozens hurt in bus crash in Germany
At least nine people were killed and dozens hurt, police said, as a coach carrying Polish holidaymakers collided with another coach near the eastern German city of Dresden.
19 July 2014 14:56
Inside Mexican shelter, a world of fear and abuse
A nauseating smell of rotting food and excrement hangs in the air inside the Mexican shelter where authorities say hundreds of children lived in squalor and endured physical and sexual abuse.
Sri Lanka jails killers of British tourist
A Sri Lankan ruling party politician and three accomplices were Friday sentenced to 20 years in jai for murdering a British holidaymaker on Christmas Eve and raping his Russian partner.
Typhoon power woes in Philippines as death toll hits 38
Millions of people in the Philippines endured a second sweltering day without power on Thursday after a ferocious typhoon paralysed the capital and wrecked flimsy rural homes, claiming at least 38 lives.