Deputy leader of Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) Enrico Letta talks during a news conference at Montecitorio palace in Rome April 25, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Max Rossi By Paolo Biondi ROME | Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:32pm EDT (Reuters) -...
Syria chemical arms ‘a game changer’
Mr Obama said that however horrific conventional arms were, chemical weapons would "cross another line" US President Barack Obama has vowed a "vigorous investigation" into reports Syria has used chemical weapons, warning they will be a "game changer" for...
"Evidence" of Syria chemical weapons use not up to U.N. standard
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) and Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu speak at a news conference at the OPCW in the Hague April 8, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Michael Kooren By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM |...
Obama: Chemical weapons use in Syria would be "game changer"
U.S. President Barack Obama waves to guests as he leaves the stage after speaking at the Planned Parenthood National Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington April 26, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Mike Theiler By Jeff Mason and Matt...
Survivor rescued from Bangladesh clothing factory rubble three days after collapse
26 Apr 2013 21:00 Despite lacking modern equipment, emergency services have not given up hope of finding others alive. Reuters Rescuers dramatically pluck a badly hurt worker alive from the rubble three days after the collapse of the clothing...
Bomb Suspects’ Mum On Terror List Before Blasts
The Boston bombing suspects' mother was put on a federal terrorism database by the CIA about 18 months before the marathon attack, US government officials have said. Zubeidat Tsarnaeva was added at the same time as her eldest son...
Turkey becomes partner of China, Russia-led security bloc
Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the Global Alcohol Policy Symposium in Istanbul April 26, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Murad Sezer By Dmitry Solovyov ALMATY | Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:31pm EDT (Reuters) - NATO member Turkey signed...
Top British publicist charged with 11 sex assaults
Publicist Max Clifford arrives at his home in Surrey after his arrest at Belgravia police station in central London December 6, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Neil Hall LONDON | Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:10pm EDT (Reuters) - Celebrity publicist Max Clifford...
Tight security for Jewish pilgrims
AP Jewish pilgrims are gathered at the entrance of the Ghriba synagogue, during the annual Jewish pilgrimage in the resort of Djerba, Tunisia, Friday April 26, 2013. The pilgrimage to the synagogue commemorates the April 11, 2002 deadly attack...
Survivors found in collapsed factory
BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan: "I spoke to a senior fire service official... He said in one room they found about 23 people" Bangladeshi rescue workers say a large group of people has been found alive inside a garment factory on...
Human Rights Council to review Russia
Return to presidency of Vladimir Putin is seen as reason for worsening of human rights situation/ VLADIMIR RODIONOV/RIA NOVOSTI The Human Rights Council (HRC) will look at the human rights situation in Russia through the process of Universal Periodic...
Boston suspects intended to bomb Times Square
People make their way on Times Square in New York, April 25, 2013. | TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand According to the police, the Boston Marathon suspects also intended to bomb New York’s Times Square. New York City Police Commissioner Raymond...
US economic growth gains momentum
Customers shop for bargains | EPA/TANNEN MAURY According to Bloomberg, the US economic growth is ongoing. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that in 2012 the real national GDP grew by 2.2 per cent. Moreover, Bloomberg reported today...
Selena Gomez bares her midriff for first TV appearance post-Bieber’s drugs raid
26 Apr 2013 14:43 Her ex boyfriend isn't having the best time of it, but Selena didn't look too bothered in a sexy printed suit which flashed her super-toned stomach America said Good Morning to Selena Gomez's stomach Getty...
G.Bissau ‘coup conspirators’ jailed
Independent Newspapers . Bissau - A group of soldiers accused of an attack on an elite commando barracks which the Guinea Bissau government described as an attempted coup were jailed for up five years, a judicial source said on...
Survivors of Nigerian bloodbath ‘still in hiding’
REUTERS Women and children gather near burnt houses and ashes in the aftermath of what Nigerian authorities said was heavy fighting between security forces and Islamist militants in Baga, a fishing town on the shores of Lake Chad, adjacent...
S.Korean employees will leave Kaesong complex
A South Korean soldier gestures beside barricades on the road leading to North Korea's Kaesong industrial complex | AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE Since, N.Korea rejected the offer from S.Korea to open formal talks on restarting the operations at...
Sudan harbouring warlord Kony: report
AP File photo: A campaign to bring accused war criminal Joseph Kony, the fugitive head of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels, to justice has gone viral on the Internet. Sudan appears to be providing shelter to Joseph Kony, one...
Boston bomb suspect moved to prison
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev spent nearly a week being treated at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston The Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been transferred from hospital to prison, US police say. The US Marshals Service said...
S Korea ‘to withdraw Kaesong staff’
North Korea blocked South Korean workers from the complex earlier this month South Korea says it is withdrawing its remaining workers from a jointly-run industrial complex in North Korea. The announcement came from the unification minister shortly after Pyongyang...
Protests in Bangladesh as death toll rises
A purse lies next to the recovered body of a Bangladeshi garment worker | AFP PHOTO/Munir uz ZAMAN Protests in Bangladesh became violent as the national police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators. The protests were made...
As if Greece didn’t have enough to worry about now The Kardashians have arrived
26 Apr 2013 11:15 Kim, Khloe, Kourtney and Kris have jetted in to Greece, possibly to solve the financial crisis or possibly to go shopping Kim and Kris carrying own bags shocker Splash Kim Kardashian has taken time out...
Syria chemical evidence growing – UK
The footage of an alleged chemical weapon attack was posted on YouTube There is "limited but growing" evidence that Syrian government troops have used chemical weapons, UK Prime Minister David Cameron says. "It is extremely serious, this is...
Ukraine Marking Chornobyl Anniversary
Ukraine is marking the 27th anniversary of the accident at the Chornobyl nuclear plant. Memorial and prayer services are scheduled to be held in Kyiv and other big cities in Ukraine. The explosion at Reactor No. 4 at Chornobyl...
Russia: Psychiatric Hospital Fire Kills 38
Thirty-eight people are feared dead after a fire tore through a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Moscow. The blaze broke out in the hospital in the town of Ramenskoye, around 70 miles (120 km) east of Moscow, at...
Dozens rescued, hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270
By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul DHAKA | Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:16am EDT (Reuters) - The search for survivors from Bangladesh's worst industrial accident stretched into a third day on Friday, with the death toll rising to 273...
Analysis: North Korea’s epic drama – stage now set for next act
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (2nd R) points during a military ceremony in this still image taken from video footage released on April 25, 2013, by the North's state-run television KRT. Credit: Reuters/KRT via Reuters TV By David Chance...
Spain: Parliament Protest As Jobless Rate Rises
Protesters and riot police have clashed outside Spain's parliament following the release of official figures that show the country's unemployment rate has hit a record high. The violence broke out after demonstrators tried to push down the police barriers...
Fears for hundreds missing in Dhaka
Footage shot by a fire service volunteer shows the scene inside the building Hundreds of people are still missing after Wednesday's collapse of a building in Bangladesh which killed at least 273 people, local officials say. More than 40...
Chile Cult Burns Baby Alive On Bonfire
Chilean police have arrested four alleged cult members who they accuse of burning a baby alive in a ritual. The leader of the sect allegedly believed that the end of the world was near and that the three-day-old child...
Fire At Russian Psychiatric Hospital Kills 38
Russia’s Emergencies Ministry says a fire that engulfed a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Moscow has killed 38 people, two of them medical workers. The fire at Hospital No. 14 in the town of Ramensky started early on...
Thirty-eight feared dead in Russian psychiatric hospital fire
A view of a fire at a psychiatric hospital north of Moscow in this April 26, 2013 still image taken from video footage provided by the Russian Emergencies Ministry. The fire raged through the psychiatric hospital on Friday and...
Syria Chemical Weapons ‘May Have Been Used’
Britain and the United States have said they have found evidence that chemical weapons have been used by President Bashar al Assad's forces in Syria's bloody civil war. US Secretary of State John Kerry said the Syrian regime had...
‘Many dead’ in Russia hospital fire
At least 38 people are feared dead after a fire swept through a psychiatric hospital in the Moscow region, officials say. The blaze started shortly after 02:00 local time (22:00 GMT Thursday) at the No 14 hospital in Ramenskiy...
No response from N Korea on talks
Kaesong Industrial Complex is seen as a key indicator of North-South relations North Korea has not responded to South Korea's calls for formal talks on resuming operations at a joint factory park, officials in Seoul say. On Thursday, Seoul...
