Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shows a present given to him by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Jerusalem May 23, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jim Young TEL AVIV | Fri May 24, 2013 6:55am EDT (Reuters) - U.S....
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US road bridge falls into river
First images from the scene of the river showed cars in the water Part of a road bridge has collapsed into the Skagit River in the US state of Washington. Vehicles and people were thrown into the water after...
Obama Charts New Counterterrorism Course
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has outlined a new course in U.S. counterterrorism efforts in a major national security speech in the capital in which he said America was at a "crossroads" in its ongoing battle against terrorism. Speaking at...
Bombers hit Niger barracks and mine
Security was stepped up at the Arlit mine this year Suicide bombers have struck a military camp and a French-run uranium mine in two towns in north-west Niger. A bomb at a barracks in Agadez killed at least 19,...
British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack
By Maria Golovnina and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON | Thu May 23, 2013 2:22am EDT (Reuters) - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the...
West may boost Syria rebels if Assad won’t talk peace
By Arshad Mohammed and Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN | Wed May 22, 2013 10:47pm EDT (Reuters) - Washington threatened on Wednesday to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political end to a civil...
U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans in drone strikes
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on ''Oversight of the United States Department of Justice'' on Capitol Hill in Washington May 15, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas By Mark Hosenball and David Ingram WASHINGTON...
Sinai security hostages ‘freed’
Seven members of the Egyptian security forces abducted in the Sinai peninsula have been freed, officials say. The men were seized while travelling in minibuses in northern Sinai, east of the city of El Arish. On his Facebook page,...
North Korea sends top Kim Jong-un aide to Beijing
The Inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) inside the North Korean border, is seen from an South Korean observation post near the truce village of Panmunjom in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul May 22, 2013. Credit:...
Oklahoma tornado: rescuers near end of search for survivors
Rescue workers are dwarfed by the remains of the Plaza Towers elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma. Photo: RICHARD ROWE/REUTERS By AP 5:02AM BST 22 May 2013 Scientists concluded the storm was a rare and extraordinarily powerful type of...
US immigration bill passes hurdle
The full Senate will now debate the bill next month A sweeping immigration bill that would offer a chance of citizenship to millions living in the US illegally has taken a stride forward in Congress. A Senate panel voted...
Suicide inside Notre-Dame de Paris
The evacuation began immediately and there were no problems, police said A 78-year-old man has killed himself inside the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in the French capital, police say, causing its evacuation. The man pulled out a shot-gun...
Oklahoma tornado: AP photographer witnesses children pulled from rubble
Several children were pulled alive from the rubble Photo: Sue Ogrocki/AP Oklahoma tornado: latest As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away. I had photographed about a dozen...
Guatemala’s top court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is surrounded by the media after he was sentenced for genocide charges in the Supreme Court of Guatemala City May 10, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jorge Dan Lopez By Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY | Tue...
China and India aim to strengthen ties
Prime Minister of the Peoples Republic of China Li Keqiang (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (20 May. 2013) | AFP PHOTO/ RAVEENDRAN China and India will seek to strengthen their political ties. On 19 May, the Chinese...
Multiple car bomb attacks hit Iraq
An eyewitness in Basra described a tea seller "disappearing" in the blast. Nik Gowing reports At least 26 people have been killed and many others injured in a series of car bomb attacks in central and southern Iraq, officials...
Tunisian police clash with radical Islamists
Protesters clash with Tunisian security on May 19, 2013, in Ettadhamen, a poor neighbourhood 15 kilometres west of Tunis. | AFP PHOTO/KHALIL On 19 May, the Tunisian police clashed with supporters of the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, in...
Fierce battle for key Syrian town
Footage posted online purported to show the bombardment Fighting has raged in Syria's town of Qusair after government troops launched a major operation to seize the strategic rebel stronghold. State media said the army "restored security and stability" to...
Deadly tornadoes ravage Oklahoma
Aerial footage shows the trail of destruction left by the storms in Oklahoma At least one person is reported dead and several others injured in a series of tornadoes that have torn through the US state of Oklahoma. The...
Netanyahu: Israel will take action to prevent Syrian ‘weapons leakage’ to Hezbollah
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Israel would prevent the movement of weapons from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime to Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. He made no mention of past or future air strikes. Israel's Prime Minister...
North Korea fires three short-range missiles. Why? (+video)
The firing of three short-range missiles Saturday by North Korea could be to improve their accuracy. Or it could be atmospherics as a period of tentative diplomacy begins. At a Seoul Train Station, a South Korean man watches a...
Saudi woman scales Everest for first time
Saudi woman scales Everest with group of 64 climbers Saturday. Raha Moharrak, a 25-year old graphic designer, is the first Saudi woman to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. A 1963 photo shows the summit of Mt. Everest....
Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing
The body of Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior female politician from cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, is carried at a hospital in Karachi, in this still image taken from video footage, May 18, 2013. Hussain was shot and killed...
Bashar al-Assad says Syria peace talks doomed
A micro industry has grown up around the desert town of Al Mansura in rebel held Northern Sryia, small stills burn oil that is trucked in by the barrel load from the oil fields of Al Hasakah. Each still...
EU Study Finds Widespread Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities
The European Union's rights agency says sexual minorities face widespread intolerance and violence across EU countries. The Vienna-based Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) said that a poll it conducted of more than 93,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people...
Mexican general sent to quell drug violence in new strategy
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City May 2, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY | Thu May 16, 2013...
Berlin, Paris not ‘bosom’ buddies but get on fine, Merkel says
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and French President Francois Hollande arrive for a dinner with representatives of the European Round Table of Industrialists at the Chancellery in Berlin March 18, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Johannes Eisele/Pool By Stephen Brown BERLIN |...
Kabul bomb blast hits foreign convoy
A suicide bomber has blown himself up near a convoy of foreign troops in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the provincial police chief says. Gen Mohammad Ayub Salangi said the convoy contained two vehicles and that he feared there were casualties....
Bangladesh orders 1 million evacuated as Cyclone Mahasen nears
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh | Thu May 16, 2013 12:59am EDT (Reuters) - Cyclone Mahasen started crossing Bangladesh's low-lying coast on Thursday, bearing down on the ports of Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, as tens of thousands of people huddled in shelters...
US tax chief resigns amid scandal
President Obama: "The misconduct uncovered was inexcusable" The head of the US tax agency has quit after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, President Barack Obama has announced. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had asked...
Taiwan to sanction Philippines, send naval ships in fishing spat
Antonio Basilio (R), the Philippines' representative to Taiwan, speaks during a joint news conference as Taiwan Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lin (L) gestures to him at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei May 15, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Pichi...
EU pledges €520m in Mali aid
Associated Press Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, in northern Mali. Related Stories Brussels - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso pledged 520 million euros in aid for Mali on Tuesday, on the eve of an international donor...
Russia to expel ‘US CIA agent’
Video footage and photographs have emerged of the man's alleged detention, the BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports Russia says it will expel a US diplomat briefly detained in Moscow for allegedly trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer as a...
Shooting at US Mother’s Day parade
Police sealed off the area after the shooting As many as 12 people have been shot during a Mother's Day parade in the US city of New Orleans, police say. Police Supt Ronal Serpas told reporters the victims included...
Fears grow over deadly new virus
The World Health Organisation says it is closely monitoring the novel coronavirus The World Health Organization says it appears likely that the novel coronavirus (NCoV) can be passed between people in close contact. This comes after the French health...
