EU to sanction states in bid to streamline air traffic
The European Commission plans to sanction EU members to nudge them into action on efforts to create a pan-European airspace that would cut costs and delays.
Spain, France vow action on eurozone crisis
The leaders of France and Spain vowed concerted action on the eurozone as they met on Wednesday amid IMF calls for new measures to control the debt crisis threatening the global economy.
French gang rape trial ends with acquittals, light sentences
Two teenage gang rape victims said they had seen a "judicial shipwreck" after a French court acquitted 10 youths and handed down light sentences to four others.
Munro, Murakami and Roth among Nobel literature favourites
With just hours to go before the Nobel Literature Prize laureate is announced in Stockholm, speculation has hit fever pitch with Canada's Alice Munro and Japan's Haruki Murakami often cited as possible winners.
Nazarbayev arrived in Turkey
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived with an official visit in Turkey on October 10.
Austrian space diver no stranger to danger
Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian daredevil who had hoped to make history Tuesday with a jump from the edge of space, is no stranger to death-defying danger.
Quantam research will yield 'super-computers': Nobel winner
David Wineland, who won Tuesday the Nobel Prize for work in quantum physics with Serge Haroche of France, said our limited computers will "eventually" give way to super-fast, revolutionary ones.
Menopause drugs: Study stokes new debate over cancer risk
Women who start hormone replacement therapy (HRT) soon after menopause do not show higher cancer incidence within 16 years.
Britain faces sink or swim moment, Cameron says
Britain faces a sink or swim moment and must take painful action to avoid falling behind its global competitors, Prime Minister David Cameron was set to warn on Wednesday.
Time for a woman to win Nobel Literature Prize, say pundits
Stockholm's literary circles are abuzz with speculation about this year's Nobel Literature Prize, and while it's notoriously difficult to predict the laureate, some experts are saying it's time for a woman.
Cannabis eases sclerosis stiffness - study
Use of cannabis extract helps ease painful muscle stiffness among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a large trial published on Tuesday in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
Man arrested over Rothko graffiti
British police on Monday arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of defacing a mural by US artist Mark Rothko at London's Tate Modern gallery.
Gaga and Assange meet in London
US pop star Lady Gaga has visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at London's Ecuadorian embassy, where he is currently seeking refuge.
Merkel's Athens visit chance to ease tension
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit Tuesday to debt-strapped Greece may provide a chance to ease tensions born of the economic crisis.
Pussy Riot, Panahi, Beliatsky on final Sakharov short list
Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Iran's film-maker Jafar Panahi and rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and Belarus dissident Ales Beliatsky were put on a final shortlist for the European Parliament's Sakharov rights priz.
Three dead, 13 missing after shipwreck off France's Mayotte
Three people were dead and 13 missing Monday after a boat carrying illegal immigrants capsized in the Indian Ocean off the French overseas territory of Mayotte.
Lady Gaga donates peace prize to Aids charity
Lady Gaga said on Tuesday she would donate a peace prize given to her by artist and activist Yoko Ono to Elton John's Aids charity.
IMF cuts global forecast, says risks rising
The IMF slashed its global growth forecast and warned things could get much worse if the eurozone crisis is not quelled and Washington fails to reverse the looming "fiscal cliff" austerity plan.
Kazakhstan consulate opened in Antalya province of Turkey
The opening ceremony was attended by Kazakhstan Ambassador to Turkey Zhanseit Tuimebayev and Governor of Antalya Ahmet Altyparmak.
Kazakhstan karateka became champion of Europe
It is for the first time European J.K.S. Karate Championships has a Kazakhstan champion.