Fugitive Kadhafi playboy son handed back to LibyaA son of late dictator Moamer Kadhafi was extradited Thursday from Niger to Libya, where he is accused of murder and repression during the 2011 uprising that ended his father's rule.
07 March 2014
More flood in Kyzylorda OblastBirlik village in Kyzylorda Oblast (Zhanakorgan region) suffers from streams of muddy water once again.
07 March 2014
New Yorker joins legal fray over Nazi art troveAn elderly New Yorker has joined the legal fray over the ownership of artwork found in a Munich apartment that was allegedly looted by the Nazis during World War II.
07 March 2014
Dalai Lama says no problem with gay marriageThe celibate Dalai Lama has thrown his considerable moral weight behind gay marriage, condemning homophobia and saying sex was fine as long as it was consensual.
07 March 2014
Crimea moves to join Russia, US and EU sanction MoscowUkraine stood in danger of breaking apart Friday after Crimea's parliament unanimously voted to join Russia in a sharp escalation of the worst East-West security crisis since the Cold War.
07 March 2014
Under shadow of spy scandal, Merkel, Cameron head to tech fairThe German and British leaders will officially open the world's biggest high-tech fair on Sunday, amid global debate about data security following revelations of mass US and British online snooping.
Amnesty tells state to stop criminalising sex livesAmnesty International on Thursday urged governments to stop criminalising people's sex lives and instead protect their right to control their own bodies.
Two Bahrain children wounded planting bomb: policeTwo children, aged 10 and 11, were wounded while planting a roadside bomb in a Shiite village in Bahrain where a blast killed three policemen this week.
Karzai's brother withdraws from Afghan electionThe brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday dropped out of the country's election and endorsed Zalmai Rassoul, a move widely seen as signalling the current leader's prefered choice of successor.
06 March 2014
Female bank head a first for JapanJapan's biggest brokerage Nomura Holdings said Wednesday it has chosen a woman to head its banking arm, in what is believed to be a first for the country's male-dominated financial sector.
06 March 2014
NATO airstrike kills five Afghan soldiers: Afghan officialsA NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers, government officials said, while the coalition said it was investigating reports of the incident.
06 March 2014
New 'Game of Thrones' to premiere at New York arenaThe first episode of the new "Game of Thrones" season will be screened at a New York arena on March 20 -- two weeks before the smash show returns on HBO.