Europe wins Netherlands vote, extremism loses
Dutch voters overwhelmingly backed pro-European pragmatism Wednesday, electing centrist parties committed to debt-busting austerity and rejecting the anti-EU extremism of Geert Wilders.
Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupts, thousands evacuate
A series of powerful eruptions of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire blanketed villages in dense clouds of ash, and prompted evacuation orders for over 33,000 people.
US to take back seat in changing world order: think-tank
A series of political transitions led by the Arab Spring uprisings are shifting the balance of world power with the United States set to play a less dominant role.
US police protect suspected anti-Islam filmmaker
The man suspected of producing a crude film lampooning the Prophet Mohammed has been placed under police protection after protests erupted around the world.
WikiLeaks says US gave 'tacit approval' to embassy attacks
Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks declared on Wednesday that the United States had effectively given groups an opening to attack its embassies by supporting the siege of its founder Julian Assange.
Royal couple 'saddened' by Kate topless pix claim
Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine were "saddened" by a French magazine's claims it would publish topless photos of her.
US must stand by Arab Spring nations: experts
The Obama administration must stay the course in Arab Spring countries and help them thwart rising militancy, even as the deaths of four diplomats grimly highlighted the dangers lurking in the young democracies.
16 bodies found in van on Mexican highway
The bullet-riddled bodies of 16 men were found Monday inside an abandoned van in a western Mexico region mired in drug violence.
Platinum firm makes offer to striking S African miners
Lonmin, the world's number three platinum producer, announced a new offer to striking miners at its South African operations following a fresh round of talks late Thursday.
US missions stormed in Yemen, stoned in Egypt film protests
Demonstrators stormed the US embassy in Yemen, leading to clashes in which four people were killed, while protesters stoned Washington's mission in Cairo as anger spread over a US-produced film mocking Islam.
US judge nixes terror detention law
A New York federal judge shot down part of a controversial anti-terror law Wednesday that journalists and scholars worry could see them locked up indefinitely for speaking their minds.
Hidden Cartier-Bresson images exhibited for first time
Long-hidden photographs from French master Henri Cartier-Bresson are to be exhibited this weekend for the first time, shedding light on a little-known and controversial project of his in India.
Canada condemns deadly attack on US mission in Libya
Canada on Wednesday strongly condemned an attack in Libya that claimed the lives of a US ambassador and three other Americans.
Obama: Egypt no ally but no enemy either
Egypt is neither an ally nor an enemy of the United States, President Barack Obama said Wednesday in the wake of a violent protest at the US embassy in Cairo.
McDonald's to post calories for its menu
First they began offering salad, then they added fruit. On Wednesday, McDonald's announced it would put something else on its menu to help customers watching their waistlines: calorie counts.
US lawmakers question China organ transplants
US lawmakers called Wednesday for pressure on China to stop the use of organs from executed inmates, as experts charged that transplants had become a business that may target prisoners of conscience.
Africa, South Asia lag in boost to global child health
The global mortality rate for young children has been nearly halved in the past two decades, but Africa and South Asia have not kept pace.
Kazakhstan and South Korea Presidents launch construction of the Balkhash thermal plant
Kazakhstan President emphasized that that the coal-fed power plant will be a paragon of environment friendliness.
Nazarbayev appointed Kazakhstan's permanent representative in EurAsEC
Farkhat Abdukhalykov was appointed permanent representative of Kazakhstan in EurAsian Economic Community.
New Akim of Aktau appointed
Yedil Zhanbyrshin was appointed new Akim (Mayor) of Aktau.
