Tag: world news
Car bomb at French embassy in Tripoli
A car bomb hit the France embassy in Libya, wounding two French guards and causing extensive damage in the first…
Death toll in China’s earthquake crosses 150
More than 150 people were killed and 5,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China…
China quake in Sichuan kills many
The strong earthquake that hit southwest China’s Sichuan province Saturday killed nearly 30 people and left at least 400 injured,…
Saudis give Illegal foreign workers 3-month grace
Saudi Arabia has given illegal foreign workers a three-month grace period to legalise their status, after panic over reported mass…
Mandela discharged from hospital
Former South African leader, Nelson Mandela left hospital Saturday after a 10-day stay during which the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon was…
Top aide of Libya’s PM kidnapped
Gunmen posing as security personnel kidnapped a top aide of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, just hours after the premier…
UN approves first ‘offensive peace keepers’ for DR Congo
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved the first-ever “offensive” UN peacekeeping brigade to battle rebels groups in Democratic…
Puzzles over Russian tycoon’s death in Britain
Questions surrounded the circumstances of Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky’s death on Saturday, with his lawyer saying he may have committed…
Cyprus MPs under pressure to rethink bank levy
Cypriot politicians were facing increasing pressure to rethink their rejection of a levy on bank deposits, as a deadline to…
Zimbabweans vote on a new constitution
Zimbabweans are voting today in a constitutional referendum, with many having not read the draft charter. A Harare-based businessman who…
No new pope elected yet
VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Cardinals held a first inconclusive vote in the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday as they began the…
Cuba puts succession plan on course
Cuba has begun its transition to rule by someone whose last name isn’t Castro and is young enough not to…
Rwandan jailed 21 years for genocide
An Oslo court on Thursday sentenced a Rwandan man to 21 years in prison for his role in the massacres…
North Korea’s nuclear test rattles Obama
North Korea’s nuclear blast thrust President Barack Obama into an alarming new overseas crisis Tuesday, at the moment he hoped…
Algeria ends desert siege with high death toll
Algerian forces stormed a desert gas complex, In Amenas, to free hundreds of hostages but 30, including several Westerners, were…