Italian navy rescues 2,500 migrants in 24 hoursThe Italian navy on Friday said it had rescued around 2,500 asylum-seekers from 17 boats in the past 24 hours as good weather conditions in the Mediterranean further boost the influx of asylum-seekers trying to reach Europe.
06 June 2014
UN inquiry finds war crimes on both sides in C. AfricaUN investigators say talk of genocide or ethnic cleaning in the Central African Republic is premature, but that evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity exists on both sides.
06 June 2014
Syria's Assad coasts to re-election in 'farce' pollsBashar al-Assad has been re-elected Syria's president with 88.7 percent of the vote after a poll labelled a farce by rebels fighting to overthrow him, whose outcome was never in doubt.
White House apologizes to lawmakers over prisoner swapThe White House apologized for keeping lawmakers in the dark regarding the exchange of an American soldier for five Taliban fighters, senators said Tuesday, as controversy grew over the issue.
04 June 2014
US shuts Afghan transit base in KyrgyzstanThe United States on Tuesday shut its airforce base in Kyrgyzstan that had been the main transit point for military personnel and cargo headed to Afghanistan for 12 years.
03 June 2014
Global protest reads names of 100,000 Syria deadActivists began reading the names of 100,000 people killed in Syria outside UN headquarters on Monday, in a modest launch of what they hope will be a global protest.
03 June 2014
Malawi's president seeks 'new friends' in China, RussiaMalawi, traditionally dependent on Western aid donors, will look for "new friends" in countries such as China and Russia, newly elected President Peter Mutharika said at his inauguration.
03 June 2014
Saudi tests Cadbury chocolate for pork tracesSaudi Arabia has withdrawn Cadbury chocolate bars from the market for tests to ensure the products do not contain traces of pig DNA, after the banned substance was detected in Malaysia.
03 June 2014
Don't 'hurry' to back Palestinian govt: Israel PMWorld governments should not rush to approve the new Palestinian cabinet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, after the Palestinians accused the Jewish state of punishing them over a unity deal.
03 June 2014
Frenchman 'admits to' Brussels shooting in videoA Frenchman who spent over a year in Syria has claimed responsibility for last week's deadly shooting at a Jewish Museum in Brussels in a video recording, prosecutors said Sunday.
02 June 2014
Kuwait's emir makes landmark visit to IranKuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday started a landmark visit to Tehran focused on mending fences between Shiite Iran and the Sunni-ruled monarchies in the Gulf.
02 June 2014
Leader of Georgia rebel region Abkhazia resignsThe leader of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, Alexander Ankvab, said on Sunday he was resigning following days of political upheaval on Russia's southern flank.
Clinton memoir hits out at 'political slugfest' on BenghaziHillary Clinton has given her most detailed account yet of the attacks in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, but said she will not join the "political slugfest" over the tragedy.
01 June 2014
Roadside bomb kills 12 civilians in eastern AfghanistanA roadside bomb killed 12 civilians, including seven women in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, officials said, the latest violence in the country as US-led troops prepare to leave after 13 years of war.
Gunfire in C. Africa capital amid anti-government protestsSecurity forces fired warning shots as protesters in Bangui demanded the resignation of the interim government and the removal of foreign troops from Central African Republic on Friday, a military source said.
31 May 2014
Turkey's top court rules YouTube ban violates rightsTurkey's top court ruled on Thursday that a blanket ban on YouTube violated individual rights and freedoms, clearing the way for the popular video-sharing site to come back.
30 May 2014
Hundreds of migrants breach Morocco-Spain borderAbout 400 migrants stormed across a towering, triple-layer border fence from Morocco into the tiny Spanish territory of Melilla on Wednesday, one of the biggest crossings in nearly a decade, an official said.