Syria chemical attack would be 'crime against humanity': Ban The use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute a "crime against humanity", adding there was "no time to lose" in investigating an alleged attack which the opposition says killed hundreds.
23 August 2013
New York reports biggest ever haul of illegal guns More than 200 firearms, from .22 caliber pistols to a submachine gun, have been seized in what New York called Monday the biggest seizure of illegal guns in the city's history.
20 August 2013
China high-flyer Bo brought low as trial finally nears Once one of China's highest-flying politicians, Bo Xilai will find himself in a criminal dock Thursday on trial for bribery and abuse of power in the country's highest-profile prosecution in decades.
20 August 2013
40 pythons found in Canadian hotel Little more than a week after a giant python crushed two young Canadian boys to death, police have recovered 40 of the snakes from a hotel room.
17 August 2013
Dutch art heist trial set to open in Bucharest The trial of six Romanians charged with a dramatic theft from a Dutch museum is set to open in Bucharest Tuesday, amid fears the stolen masterpieces by Monet, Picasso and Gauguin may have been destroyed.
Kazakhstan students face 20 years in BostonThe first hearing on the case of the students from Kazakhstan accused in the United States of conspiring to destroy evidences in the Boston bombings case have been scheduled for August 13.
Ablyazov faces 13 years in jail in KazakhstanThe exile banker Mukhtar Ablyazov may face 13-year imprisonment with confiscation of property in Kazakhstan that is currently seeking his extradition from France.
Italian deputies visit Shalabayeva in KazakhstanFive representatives of the Italian parliament arrived in Almaty to meet with Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of former chairman of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.