World / Americas

Zimbabwe journalists detained over elephant poaching story 03 Nov 2015 - 11:42 am

Zimbabwean police arrested media professionals from Sunday Mail over a published article Harare: Zimbabwean police have arrested journalists at a state newspaper over...

Rescue volunteers cry for help on Greek island's tragic shores 03 Nov 2015 - 09:06 am

A picture made available on 02 November 2015 shows life jackets and inflatable rubber dinghies used by refugees to cross the Mediterranean Sea...

Mexico probes homemade bomb attacks in buses 03 Nov 2015 - 08:40 am

Mexico City: Mexican authorities are investigating whether an obscure anarchist group was behind the simultaneous explosions of homemade bombs in four buses last...

Azerbaijan president cements power in disputed parliamentary polls 03 Nov 2015 - 08:29 am

Baku: The ruling party of the oil-rich former Soviet public of Azerbaijan won a majority in disputed parliamentary polls that cemented President Ilham...

Special Report: Beijing's covert global radio network exposed 03 Nov 2015 - 12:42 am

By Koh Gui Qing and John Shiffman BEIJING/WASHINGTON: In August, foreign ministers from 10 nations blasted China for building artificial islands in the...

Fourteen humanitarian workers kidnapped in eastern Congo 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

The main road in Beni, eastern DRC KINSHASA: Fourteen humanitarian workers have been kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the latest in...

Swedish school reopens after deadly racist attack 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

A masked man armed with a sword posing for a photo before attacking students and staff at the primary and middle school in...

'Unusual' fog disrupts flights across Europe 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

London: An unusually large blanket of thick fog descended on European airports Monday, causing scores of flight cancellations from London Heathrow, the continent's...

Russian police raids Crimea Tatar TV channel, journalist homes 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

An armed man in military fatigues (R) stands guard outside the offices of Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR in Simferopol on Nov. 2. ...

S.African cops arrested over killing filmed by cameras 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

South Africa's police force has been under the spotlight in recent years following a string of brutality cases. AFP Four South African police...

Merkel's coalition woes deepen with row over refugee transit zones 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Michael Nienaber BERLIN: Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel rejected on Monday the idea of setting up transit zones on Germany's borders to filter...

German attitudes towards migrants are a matter of generation 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Mohamed Helal (R), a 25-year-old Syrian refugee listens to roommate Christiane Gloger in their apartment in Dresden, Germany October 26, 2015. REUTERS By...

Four castaways rescued off Mexico after month adrift 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Mexico City: The Mexican navy has rescued four fishermen from Colombia and Ecuador who spent more than a month adrift in...

Austrian far-right party says to eject MP over anti-Semitic exchange 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Susanne Winter VIENNA: Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) said on Monday it would dismiss a member of its parliamentary group for an anti-Semitic...

'World's largest' floating wind farm gets ok in Scotland 03 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Construction on the UK’s first floating offshore windfarm is to begin in 2016. Photograph: Øyvind Hagen / Statoil ASA London: The Scottish government...