Kazakhstan bans smartphones for police, civil servants
Kazakhstan is set to enforce a ban on smartphones in the workplace for police and government workers in an effort to prevent information leaks, according to a document that was itself leaked,
UNESCO adds Kazakhstani site to list of biosphere reserves
A Kazakhstani site has been added to the UNESCO list of protected biosphere nature reserves.
Ruling party seals expected victory in Kazakhstan vote
Nur Otan, the ruling party of energy-rich Kazakhstan, secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections.
Japan to send plutonium cache to US this weekend
Japan will return a huge cache of plutonium -- enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs -- to the United States.
Woman who 'taught France to cook' swept away by Irish food
Did you hear the one about the Irishwoman who taught the French how to cook?
Google computer wins final game against S. Korean Go master
A Google-developed computer programme won the machine vs human challenge against South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-Dol.
Pope Francis approves sainthood for Mother Teresa
Pope Francis approved sainthood for Mother Teresa, the missionary nun who became a global if controversial symbol of compassion for her care of the sick and destitute.
Car bomb kills driver in central Berlin
A car bomb killed a driver travelling down a street in central Berlin on Tuesday; investigators suspected that it was a case of homicide.
Moscow begins withdrawal of military equipment from Syria
Russia has begun to withdraw military equipment from Syria, the defence ministry said Tuesday.
Central Asia strongman regimes challenged by stuttering economy
Now authorities across ex-Soviet Central Asia are facing an unexpected legitimacy test as falling oil prices and Russia's recession.
Please forgive me? Egypt customs deface Bryan Adams' guitar
A run-in with customs at Cairo airport has left Grammy Award winning rock musician Bryan Adams fuming, after a border agent scrawled a number on the Canadian's prize guitar in paint marker.
In US gun control, not all laws are equal
Gun deaths in the United States can be slashed by 90 percent through universal application of laws requiring background checks of buyers.
Rising seas swamp Marshall Islands
Residents in low-lying areas of the Marshall Islands are braced for flooding underscoring the islands' vulnerability to climate change.
'Project Fear' stalks Britain's EU referendum campaign
Prime Minister David Cameron stands accused of unleashing Project Fear to try and keep Britain in the EU at a June referendum.
Obama hits out at Cameron, Sarkozy over Libya intervention
British leader David Cameron got "distracted" and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to promote his country during the 2011 military intervention in Libya, US President Barack Obama said.
New Zealand bans 'zero hour' contracts
New Zealand has passed legislation banning 'zero hour' contractsto end the use of deals criticised as exploitative.
Names of 22,000 IS members leaked to news channel
Tens of thousands of documents containing the names, addresses, phone numbers and family contacts of jihadis who joined the Islamic State group have been given to the UK's Sky News.
New 'Drowned Apostles' at popular Australia tourist site
Researchers found five more columns under the sea to add up to the limestone stacks off the south coast of Australia known as the Twelve Apostles.
The fairytale rise of singer Gavin James
'In Ireland everything happens in pubs,' says Gavin James, widely seen as the next big singer songwriter.
US warns of 'catastrophic' Mosul dam collapse
The United States urges governments to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions from the collapse of Iraq's Mosul dam.
