Kazakhstan toughens punishment for separatismThe calls for illegal changes in the territorial integrity of Kazakhstan would be punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, according to the draft of the new Criminal Code.
Singapore seizes ivory disguised as coffee berriesSingapore authorities said Thursday they had intercepted about one tonne of ivory worth $1.6 million in a shipping container from Africa marked as carrying coffee berries.
Canada gunman killed after policeman woundedPolice shot and killed an armed man at Canada's busiest courthouse on the outskirts of Toronto on Friday after he entered the secure building and left an officer wounded.
29 March 2014
Nurse charged over UK hospital poisoning deathsA male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients who were poisoned with contaminated medical products at a British hospital, police said.
29 March 2014
Nigeria arrests two Britons over 'oil theft plot'Two British nationals were among 14 people arrested on suspicion of attempted bribery in connection with an alleged plot to steal oil from a pipeline, Nigeria said.
Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty on US terror chargesA New York jury on Wednesday found Osama bin Laden's son-in-law guilty of conspiracy to kill Americans and supporting terrorists as an impassioned Al-Qaeda spokesman in 2001-2002.
Suspected Jewish vandals hit 45 E.Jerusalem carsSuspected Jewish extremists punctured the tyres of dozens of Palestinian cars in annexed east Jerusalem on Monday in the latest so-called "price tag" hate crime, police and an AFP correspondent said.
24 March 2014
Bear eaten by cats in KaragandaA horrendous incident occurred at the Karaganda Zoo: children witnessed a baby bear being eaten by jaguars.
22 March 2014
Bin Laden son-in-law tells US trial of 9/11 cave chatOsama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for masterminding 9/11 on the night of the attacks, his son-in-law said Wednesday as he unexpectedly testified at his federal trial in New York on terror charges.