Mass demo in Tunis demands Ennahda-led government quit More than 40,000 people massed Tuesday outside Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly to demand the resignation of the government led by the moderate Islamic movement Ennahda.
07 August 2013
Venezuela's opposition to appeal election internationally Venezuela opposition leader Henrique Capriles announced Tuesday he would go "before international bodies" to contest the April presidential vote that brought Nicolas Maduro to power.
07 August 2013
South Korean businessmen rally for reopening of Kaesong Hundreds of S. Korean businessmen rallied Wednesday near the border with N. Korea, urging the swift resumption of operations at their abandoned plants in a shuttered inter-Korean industrial zone.
07 August 2013
Marilyn Monroe hoped to marry JFK: book Marilyn Monroe, who notoriously had an affair with John F. Kennedy, apparently believed she was going to marry the president.
07 August 2013
Facebook tunes ranking of stories in news feeds Facebook's quest to be a personalized newspaper for the Internet age continued on Tuesday with tweaks aimed at making sure members spy hot stories from their friends.
07 August 2013
Iran's Rowhani urges 'serious' nuclear talks without delay President Hassan Rowhani said Tuesday Iran was ready for "serious" talks on its nuclear programme without delay and that US calls for tougher sanctions showed a lack of understanding.
Dolphins remember friends' whistles for decades: study Bottlenose dolphins can remember each other's signature whistles for more than 20 years, a study said Wednesday -- the longest social memory ever observed in an animal.
07 August 2013
Full beards make style comeback in France Learned and serious like the ancient Greeks or casual like 1950s "Beats"; the full beard is back in fashion in France to the delight of the nation's barbers.
Trains collide in Almaty againAn electric locomotive has collided with Almaty-Karaganda passenger train during the train's loading at Almaty-1 train station.
07 August 2013
Developer makes Australia's biggest charity donation A wealthy property developer on Wednesday pledged Aus$50.1 million to the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in what is believed to be the largest single charitable donation by an Australian.
07 August 2013
Building explosion in Argentina leaves at least 8 dead A powerful blast from a gas leak ripped through a ten-story apartment building in Argentina's third largest city Tuesday, leaving at least eight dead and 61 injured.
07 August 2013
Gay Muslims in Turkey: torn between religion and sexuality "When I was a child, I was told that homosexuals would burn in hell," said Ertugrul, a Muslim fighting for greater freedom for gays in a country where homosexuality remains taboo.