New India minister killed in car accident
A new Indian minister was killed Tuesday in a car accident in the capital just days after being sworn into government, officials said.
03 June 2014 12:50
Global protest reads names of 100,000 Syria dead
Activists began reading the names of 100,000 people killed in Syria outside UN headquarters on Monday, in a modest launch of what they hope will be a global protest.
Japan starts building underground ice wall at Fukushima
Japan on Monday started work on an underground ice wall at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, freezing the soil under broken reactors to slow the build-up of radioactive water, officials said.
03 June 2014 00:00
Frenchman 'admits to' Brussels shooting in video
A Frenchman who spent over a year in Syria has claimed responsibility for last week's deadly shooting at a Jewish Museum in Brussels in a video recording, prosecutors said Sunday.
Six 'cult' members held over China McDonald's death
Chinese police have detained six people for beating to death a woman at a McDonald's restaurant who refused to disclose her phone number, accusing them of being members of a religious cult, state media said.
01 June 2014 12:35
Roadside bomb kills 12 civilians in eastern Afghanistan
A roadside bomb killed 12 civilians, including seven women in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, officials said, the latest violence in the country as US-led troops prepare to leave after 13 years of war.
31 May 2014 17:24
Kidnapped Chinese, Filippino rescued in Malaysia
A Chinese tourist and a Filippino worker have been rescued nearly two months after they were abducted from a Malaysian dive resort, Prime Minister Najib Razak said.
Gunfire in C. Africa capital amid anti-government protests
Security forces fired warning shots as protesters in Bangui demanded the resignation of the interim government and the removal of foreign troops from Central African Republic on Friday, a military source said.
Shallow 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits SW China: USGS
A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 hit southwest China on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey said, with Chinese reports saying 29 people had been injured, five of them seriously.
Australia rules out swathe of ocean as MH370 crash zone
Australia on Thursday ruled out a large swathe of Indian Ocean as Flight MH370's final resting place after a lengthy underwater hunt, as a US Navy official queried whether the missing plane ever went there.
Shymkent flooded by rain
Heavy rains have flooded dozens of houses in Shymkent, in southern Kazakhstan on May 30, 2014.
