US releases $22 mln in additional aid for CAR
The United States announced Wednesday an additional $22 million in humanitarian aid for Central African Republic, on the eve of a key vote at the UN to authorize the deployment of peacekeepers.
10 April 2014
Bomb kills 17, wounds 50 in Islamabad market
A bomb tore through a bustling Islamabad market on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, police and hospital officials said, the latest violence to hit government peace talks with the Taliban.
09 April 2014
Two foreign UN consultants shot dead in central Somalia
A Briton and a Frenchman working for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime were shot dead Monday as they disembarked from a plane in central Somalia, officials and witnesses said.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill 79 in Nigeria
The death toll in an attack by Fulani herdsmen on a village in northern Nigeria's Zamfara State rose to 79 from 30, a governor spokesman said.
Two Italian priests kidnapped in Cameroon
Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by gunmen in northern Cameroon, Italy's foreign ministry and media reports said on Saturday.
05 April 2014
Thai 'Red Shirts' rally to support embattled PM
Thousands of Thai pro-government "Red Shirts" massed Saturday in a show of support for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, warning that they would resist attempts to oust her through the courts.
15 civilians killed in Nigerian 'suicide attack': militaryFifteen civilians were killed in an explosion in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, after troops foiled what the military said was an attempted suicide attack by Boko Haram Islamist militants.
02 April 2014
South Sudan war displaced in 'acute' need: UNWar-torn South Sudan is in a "spiralling humanitarian crisis", the UN warned Monday, as top aid chiefs visited the young nation, where more than a million people have fled months of conflict.
31 March 2014
Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leakedTurkey banned YouTube after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from a state security meeting debating possible military action in Syria.
28 March 2014
Protesters occupying Taiwan's parliament issue ultimatumProtesters barricaded themselves inside Taiwan's parliament for a third straight day, threatening "further action" if the government pushes ahead with its plans to ratify a contentious trade pact with China.
21 March 2014
Venezuelan intelligence arrests opposition mayorVenezuela's intelligence service arrested and charged the opposition mayor of restive San Cristobal, where anti-government protests broke out more than a month ago.
20 March 2014
Multiple suicide attack in east Afghan city kills threeAt least six Taliban suicide attackers stormed a police station in the centre of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Thursday, killing three people in a major assault ahead of the presidential election.
20 March 2014
Israel bombs Syria army targets after Golan attackIsrael launched air raids against Syrian army positions early Wednesday and issued a stark warning to Damascus just hours after a bomb on the occupied Golan Heights wounded four of its soldiers.
19 March 2014
Suicide attack kills 15 in north Afghanistan: officialsA suicide bomber on a three-wheeled motorbike killed at least 15 people at a crowded market in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, as security is ramped up ahead of presidential elections.
18 March 2014
Two Tibetans set themselves on fire: reportsTwo Tibetan monks in China have set themselves on fire to protest at a 2008 crackdown, overseas groups and reports said, adding to a string of self-immolation protests in recent years.
18 March 2014
Syria army in hot pursuit of rebels on Lebanon borderSyrian regime forces were Monday readying an assault on the last rebel-held areas in the Qalamoun mountains, strategically located on the Lebanese border, after overrunning key opposition bastion Yabrud.