UK woman held for murder after children's bodies found
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children were found dead at a house in London, British police said.
Russia expels Canadian diplomat
Moscow has ordered a Canadian diplomat to leave the country in retaliation for Ottawa's expulsion of a Russian official, Russian news agencies said, citing a government source.
Judge's order on CIA secret prisons released in full
The US government must turn over information on secret CIA interrogation centers connected to the trial of the alleged mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing, a military judge said in an order released in full Tuesday.
UK revokes Ablyazov's refugee status
Great Britain has announced its decision to terminate the refugee status of a former Kazakhstan banker and minister accused of fraud and money laundering.
US sending 600 troops to Poland, Baltics for drills
The United States is deploying about 600 troops to Poland and the Baltics to underscore its commitment to NATO allies amid tensions with Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, the Pentagon said.
Pentagon scientists show off life-size robot
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel got a first-hand look at a life-size robot Tuesday that resembles Hollywood's "Terminator," the latest experiment by the Pentagon's hi-tech researchers.
Brazil ex-leader Kubitschek was not murdered
Former Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek was not murdered by the country's military dictatorship but died in 1976 due to a car crash, a panel said.
Fifty years of Mustang cool: is China along for the ride?
From Steve McQueen to "The Fast and the Furious", the Mustang has long cruised through American pop culture, but Ford is hoping its snarling sports car will find a new generation of fans as it turns 50: in China.
Australia boosts air power with $11.6bn purchase of 58 F-35s
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Wednesday the purchase of 58 more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters costing Aus$12.4 billion ($11.6 billion) in a major defence upgrade to maintain Australia's regional edge.
Small French park becomes home for desperate Syrian families
They ended up there penniless after wandering from country to country for months.
Balkhash lake named best place for nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan
Earlier the country’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev commissioned the Government to decide before the end of the Q1 2014 on the location, sources of investments and timing of constructing a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan.
Pirates kidnap three on Singapore tanker off Malaysia
Armed pirates boarded a Singapore-managed oil tanker in the Strait of Malacca, kidnapping three Indonesian crew and stealing some of the vessel's shipment of diesel fuel, the International Maritime Bureau said.
Vienna's Versailles offers imperial hideaway
Schoenbrunn Palace was Marie-Antoinette's summer childhood home and the beautiful and tragic Sissi's favoured residence. Mozart performed there as a child and Napoleon was so smitten he moved in -- twice.
Oscar show producers to return in 2015
Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will return to oversee the Academy Awards show for a third consecutive year, AFP reports according to Oscars organizers.
Sri Lanka detains British tourist over Buddha tattoo
Sri Lanka has detained a female British tourist for having a Buddha tattoo on her right arm and ordered her deportation, police said.
GSK, Novartis unveil major healthcare revamp
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and Swiss peer Novartis announced a major shake-up of their healthcare divisions on Tuesday in deals worth billions of dollars.
Death toll in South Korea ferry disaster crosses 100
The confirmed death toll from South Korea's ferry disaster crossed 100 on Tuesday, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated the grim task of recovering hundreds more bodies from the submerged vessel.
Teen survives five-hour flight in airplane wheel well
A 16-year-old boy was lucky to be alive Monday after surviving a flight from California to Hawaii in the wheel well of an airplane, US media reported.
British corruption of minors case hearing in Uralsk postponed for one month
The Uralsk Court has extended the arrest of the British national Peter Baruch accused of corruption of minors in Kazakhstan.
Boston prisoners' legal proceedings may be postponed: Stall
Legal proceedings against Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, Kazakhstani students who were arrested in the United States in relation to the Boston bombings case, may be delayed until August.
