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Obama hails 'great friend' Singh, India ties
US President Barack Obama on Friday hailed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a "great friend," saluting his role in the warming of ties between the world's two largest democracies.
29 September 2013
Chinese tourists, diplomats make a splash in the Maldives
The travellers pouring off flight LV199 from Shanghai into the international airport of the Maldives, many dressed in designer labels, are an unmissable sign of China's interest in the far-flung archipelago.
29 September 2013
Dominican army deports 47,700 Haitians in 13 months
The Dominican army deported some 47,700 Haitians since August 2012 who entered the country illegally.
29 September 2013
French motorists top league of unpaid fines in London
Foreign motorists owe almost £2.8 million ($4.5 million, 3.3 million euros) in unpaid parking fines in central London.
29 September 2013
Hugh Jackman gets lifetime achievement award in Spain
Australian actor Hugh Jackman, the star of "Wolverine" and "X-Men", received a lifetime achievement award on Friday at the San Sebastian film festival in northern Spain.
29 September 2013
White House offers over $300 mn for bankrupt Detroit
The White House offered more than $300 million in aid and support to bankrupt Detroit on Friday, as the crumbling, bankrupt Midwestern city struggles to survive.
29 September 2013
Belgrade bans Gay Pride parade again
Serbia on Friday banned Gay Pride for the third year running, saying the risk of allowing the parade to go ahead was too high.
28 September 2013
US National Gallery of Art to receive 250-work donation
Some 250 works of contemporary art are being donated to the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
28 September 2013
Algeria smuggling crackdown cuts fuel line to Morocco
Until three months ago, petrol smuggling literally drove Morocco's neglected eastern region, where the subsidised liquid smuggled in from Algeria fuelled the local economy.
28 September 2013
Romania gets 2 bn euro IMF standby aid
The International Monetary Fund approved Friday a standby loan of nearly two billion euros ($2.7 billion) to match a backup loan of the same size requested from the EU.
28 September 2013
Spain denies accord to get Britain to leave Falklands
Spain on Friday denied Argentina's claims that the two countries had clinched an agreement to get Britain to negotiate the future of the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.
28 September 2013
After 200 years, George Washington gets a library
George Washington, the first president of the United States, was finally honored with a library Friday, more than 200 years after the end of his tenure.
28 September 2013
Obama and Iran's Rouhani hold historic phone call
US President Barack Obama and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani spoke by phone Friday in the historic, first direct contact between leaders of their estranged nations since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
28 September 2013
Jackson v AEG jury mulls verdict for second day
The jury tasked with deciding if tour promoters AEG Live should pay massive damages to Michael Jackson's family over his 2009 death resumed deliberations.
28 September 2013
Germany's Social Democrats agree to talks with Merkel
Germany's Social Democrats said Friday they will begin talks with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, who are trying to put together a "grand coalition" with their election rivals.
28 September 2013
British PM gets on 'purr-fectly' with Downing St cat
British Prime Minister David Cameron's office denied Saturday that his family has no love for Larry, the Downing Street cat.
28 September 2013
Brazil's Petrobras announces new oil find
Brazil's oil giant Petrobras announced a new crude find Friday off the country's northeastern coast.
28 September 2013
Deal needed 'soon' on post-2014 force in Afghanistan: US
A top Pentagon official said Friday it would be a "tragedy" if Afghan and US negotiators failed to clinch a deal allowing US troops to stay in the country after 2014.
28 September 2013
Tribal warfare in Sudan's Darfur kills 51: leader
Two Arab tribes which have been battling off-and-on for months in Sudan's Darfur region have resumed fighting, leaving dozens dead.
28 September 2013
World Bank removes Iran from list of non-payers
The World Bank removed Iran from its list of deadbeat borrowers Friday, saying the Islamic Republic had paid outstanding loan amounts.
28 September 2013
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