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Seven people drown off France's south coast Seven men drowned Sunday off France's Mediterranean coast due to a combination of high winds and strong currents.

29 July 2013

Depositors to play no role in managing pension savings: Central Bank Governor The compound of the Single Pension Fund’s Managing Board is subject to Kazakhstan President’s approval. It is to include reps of the Government, Central Bank, financial market players as well as independent experts.

29 July 2013

Gibraltar accuses Spain of causing border delays Britain on Sunday said it had "serious concerns" after Gibraltar accused Madrid of deliberately creating delays to car traffic to and from the disputed British-held territory to Spain.

29 July 2013

Two trains collide in Almaty Two trains have collided at Almaty-2 railway station.

29 July 2013

Train crash driver charged as Spain mourns crash victims The driver of a train that hurtled off the rails in Spain was charged Sunday with 79 counts of reckless homicide and released on bail after being questioned by a judge.

29 July 2013

EXPO-2017 logo selected Wind Energy was selected the logo of the international specialized exhibition EXPO-2017.

29 July 2013

Pope leaves Brazil trip after giant mass Pope Francis left Brazil on Sunday after leading a giant beach mass for three million pilgrims, ending his historic trip to reignite Catholic passion with pleas for a humbler Church.

29 July 2013

Thirty-six killed in Italy coach crash: rescue services At least 36 people were killed and several more injured after a coach carrying pilgrims plunged off a motorway flyover in southern Italy.

29 July 2013

Cambodian opposition rejects Hun Sen election win Cambodia's opposition on Monday rejected the claim of victory by the ruling party of strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen in weekend elections, alleging widespread irregularities.

29 July 2013

Can 'Wolverine' claw back big-budget Hollywood losses? "The Wolverine," the latest "X Men' spin-off, is hoping to claw back some Hollywood pride after a string of big-budget flops have left major Tinseltown studios licking their wounds.

29 July 2013

Russian war games play on former US aircraft carrier Russian video game publisher 1C Company boarded a former US aircraft carrier to re-write the Cuban Missile Crisis that had super powers on the brink of nuclear war in 1962.

29 July 2013

Nicaragua sex workers open office to defend rights Nicaraguan sex workers have for the first time set up an office to assist in protection from abuse, violence and discrimination.

29 July 2013

Bananas, pain killers do trick for world's oldest man A US drug company said Friday it was considering a banana-flavored version of its pain reliever after the world's oldest man attributed his longevity to the fruit and the drug.

28 July 2013

US convict who was 'too fat to execute' dies in jail A 485-pound (220-kilogram) convicted murderer who escaped execution after his lawyers argued he was too fat to be put to death has died in prison.

28 July 2013

Director ducks out at start of Bayreuth's new 'Ring' Controverial German director Frank Castorf refused to show himself at the end of his new staging of Richard Wagner's "Rhinegold" that premiered at the Bayreuth Festival on Friday.

28 July 2013

Children paying high price of DR Congo fighting: UN The United Nations warned Friday it had "worrying" evidence that a growing number of children are being killed or injured in the renewed fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

28 July 2013

US poised to sell Iraq $2 bn in military equipment The Pentagon has informed the US Congress of a possible sale of $2 billion worth of military equipment to Iraq.

28 July 2013

Putin joins Orthodox leaders for religious anniversary in Ukraine President Vladimir Putin travels to Ukraine on Saturday to mark the 1025th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in Kievan Rus.

28 July 2013

Death of letters spells tough time for biographers, says royal writer The slow death of handwriting might be a boon for email-reading intelligence agencies but not for biographers, says the man entrusted by Queen Elizabeth II to write the biography of her mother.

28 July 2013

Six dead in Philippines restaurant blast Six people were killed and more than two dozen wounded when a bomb exploded at a restaurant in the southern Philippines.

28 July 2013

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