4,000 Chinese nationals await Vietnam evacuation
Thousands of Chinese nationals are awaiting evacuation from riot-hit Vietnam, state-run media said Monday, as Hanoi moved to stifle fresh protests over a territorial dispute between the two countries.
Man charged with arson amid raging California fires
A 57 year-old man was charged Friday with starting one of the several fires tearing across southern California that has killed at least one person, local police said.
17 May 2014 18:21
Attack on Ivorian village kills 13: minister
An armed gang attacked an Ivorian village near the border with Liberia, killing three soldiers and 10 civilians, Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said.
24 dead as Libya ex-general battles Benghazi Islamists
Libyan forces loyal to a rogue general, vowing to flush "terrorists" out of Benghazi, clashed with former rebel Islamist groups in the eastern city Friday, killing 24 people and wounding some 150.
17 May 2014 13:22
Four dead as 'catastrophic' floods hit Bosnia and Serbia
Four people in Bosnia have died in flooding from the heaviest rainfall to hit the Balkans in over a century, officials said Friday, in what Serbia's premier has called a "horrible natural catastrophe".
17 May 2014 12:52
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Clashes near Sao Paulo airport 27 days from World Cup
Dozens of protesters clashed with police late Friday, throwing fireworks and torching at least two vehicles near Sao Paulo's airport, which has just opened a new international terminal ahead of the World Cup.
17 May 2014 10:36
Fast-food workers strike in US for pay, union rights
Fast-food workers in Miami and New York went on strike Thursday to demand pay hikes and the right to unionize in a protest also observed in other cities around the world.
17 May 2014 00:25
Philippine, Vietnamese join anti-China street protest
Several hundred Filipino and Vietnamese protesters united in a march in the Philippine capital on Friday, demanding that China stop oil drilling in disputed South China Sea waters.
Five MSF aid workers freed in Syria
Five aid workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) who were kidnapped in Syria in January have been freed, the medical charity said.
Cat saves 4 y.o. boy from dog attack
In the U.S., a 4-year-old boy suffering from a mild form of autism was saved by his cat from a neighbor's labrador.
Four crew of S. Korean ferry charged with manslaughter
The captain and three other crew members of the ferry that sank off South Korea last month were indicted Thursday on charges of manslaughter through gross negligence, Yonhap news agency reported.
8 people injured in explosion at Semey factory
8 people have been injured in an explosion at the Flour and Combine Fodder Factory in Kazakhstan's Semey.
