Rebels seek unity as Syria troops batter Aleppo Arab foreign ministers have denounced "crimes against humanity" in Syria, calling on the government to stop the violence immediately, as rebel fighters came under fire on multiple fronts.
07 September 2012 12:02
Ecuador interior minister's brother murdered Ecuador Interior Minister Jose Serrano said Sunday his brother had been killed by unknown attackers, but he denied that the murder was in retaliation to his own efforts to fight organized crime.
03 September 2012 17:51
Woman's torso found at foot of Niagara Falls A woman's headless torso was found at the base of the Niagara Falls, Canadian police said Thursday, ruling out any links to a similar body parts case in Toronto.
01 September 2012 13:54
Australian given 21 years jail for Facebook murder A man who befriended a teenage Australian girl on the social media site Facebook before luring her to a secluded spot and killing her was imprisoned for at least 21 years on Friday.
01 September 2012 11:13
Australian jailed over penis hack killing of ex-lover An Australian woman who admitted killing her ex-lover and attempting to hack off his penis was jailed for three years and nine months Wednesday, with a court accepting she was suffering depression.
29 August 2012 12:10
LL Cool J leaves intruder with broken bones An alleged burglar was left with a broken nose, jaw and ribs after US rapper-actor LL Cool J confronted the intruder in the kitchen of his Los Angeles home.
Life or death decisions for India's new president Among the ceremonial invitations piled on the desk of India's new president Pranab Mukherjee sits a small file that could provide the veteran politician with one of his biggest challenges.
23 August 2012 11:03
Mexico murders almost triple since 2005 The murder rate in drug-violent Mexico has almost tripled since 2005, government figures showed Monday, though officials did not specify how many homicides were linked to the country's war on drugs.
22 August 2012 14:26
Russia jails Pussy Riot protest punks for two years A Moscow court Friday handed a two-year jail sentence to three feminist punk rockers who infuriated the Kremlin and captured world attention by ridiculing President Vladimir Putin in Russia's main church.
18 August 2012 15:43
US Christian lobby blames law center over shooting A US Christian conservative lobbying group on Thursday accused a civil rights organization of provoking the man who allegedly shot a security guard in its Washington headquarters.
18 August 2012 14:25
Severed head, foot found in Canada Canadian police found Thursday the head from what is believed to be a woman's dismembered body in eastern Ontario province near Toronto, after retrieving a severed foot from the same river.
17 August 2012 17:17
VIDEO: Nine militants killed near main Kazakh city: police Kazakh police on Friday reported killing nine militants just outside the financial centre Almaty in the latest surge of violence to hit the oil-rich and once stable Central Asian state.
Violent attacks in Kazakh park kill 11 Police in Kazakhstan said Tuesday they had discovered the charred and stabbed remains of 11 bodies scattered over large stretches of a remote park popular with international climbers and hikers.
8th corpse found in forest near AlmatyKazakhstan Interior Ministry announced that the 8th corpse had been discovered in Ile-Alatau national park near Almaty.
