World News

05-01-2012
German man charged with arson in New Year fires[802 views]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A German man was charged Wednesday with 37 counts of arson in connection with a rash of fires that terrorized Los Angeles over the New Year's weekend.
05-01-2012
Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun[877 views]

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Police shot and killed an eighth-grader in the hallway of his middle school Wednesday after the boy brandished what looked like a handgun and pointed it at officers. It turned out to be a pellet gun that closely resembled the real thing.
02-01-2012
NASA marks 2012 with twin probes in moon orbit[472 views]

LOS ANGELES — NASA kicked off the new year with a pair of probes circling the moon in the latest mission to understand how Earth's closest neighbor formed.
31-12-2011
North Korea names Kim Jong Un Supreme Commander[650 views]

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea announced Saturday that Kim Jong Un has been officially named supreme commander of the military, further strengthening his authority after the death of his father, longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
31-12-2011
Newt Gingrich weeps, Mitt Romney attacks Ron Paul[1,985 views]

DES MOINES, Iowa — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wept Friday as he recalled his late mother's end-of-life illnesses, a moment of poignancy in a notably negative Republican presidential Iowa caucus campaign with four unpredictable days yet to run.
28-12-2011
North Korean heir leads funeral of Kim Jong Il[565 views]

PYONGYANG, North Korea — Wailing and clutching at their hearts, tens of thousands of North Koreans lined the snowy streets of Pyongyang on Wednesday as the hearse carrying late leader Kim Jong Il's body wound its way through the capital for a final farewell.
27-12-2011
‘Anonymous’ hackers hit US security firm Stratfor[651 views]

The activist hacker group Anonymous says it has stolen thousands of emails, passwords and credit card details from a US-based security think-tank.
24-12-2011
Prince Philip has heart procedure at Papworth Hospital[871 views]

The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital after suffering chest pains, Buckingham Palace has said.
24-12-2011
Vietnam makes China flag faux pas[1,024 views]

Vietnam has displayed the wrong Chinese flag, with six stars instead of five, during a welcoming ceremony for Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping in Hanoi.
24-12-2011
Breast implant scare: Interpol seeks French boss arrest[1,066 views]

Interpol has said it is seeking arrest of the founder of a French firm at the centre of a global breast implants scare.
23-12-2011
Police believe 5-year-old’s body was dumped in trash[1,316 views]

Police in Arizona believe missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley was killed and think they know where her body was placed.
23-12-2011
Boehner surrenders in tax showdown[663 views]

WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner caved in to growing criticism from within and outside his Republican Party, agreeing on Thursday to a short-term deal to extend a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans.
23-12-2011
Wal-Mart pulls formula after baby dies in Missouri[1,197 views]

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Wal-Mart and health officials awaited tests Thursday on a batch of powdered infant formula that was removed from more than 3,000 stores nationwide after a Missouri newborn who consumed it apparently died from a rare infection.
21-12-2011
NKorea raises security, has troops on alert[688 views]

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea has tightened internal security and put troops on alert since the announcement of leader Kim Jong Il's death as it moves to consolidate power behind his young son and heir, South Korean intelligence indicated Wednesday.
20-12-2011
US Lockheed Martin F-35 chosen as Japan fighter jet[661 views]

Japan has chosen the US-made F-35 stealth fighter jet to replace its aging F-4s as the mainstay of its air defence fleet.
20-12-2011
Indonesian youths say ‘Punk will never die!’[716 views]

SEULAWAH, Indonesia — Mohawks buzzed and noses free of piercings, dozens of youths march in military-style for hours beneath Indonesia's tropical sun — part of efforts by authorities to restore moral values and bring the "deviants" back into the mainstream.
20-12-2011
In mourning, hermit kingdom North Korea seals itself off[531 views]

DANDONG, China/WASHINGTON - North Korea was in seclusion on Tuesday, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il, as concerns mounted over what would happen next within one of the world's most secretive and unpredictable nations.
19-12-2011
N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies[627 views]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died of a heart attack at the age of 69, state media has announced.
19-12-2011
Mass burial for Philippines floods victims[690 views]

A mass burial has been organised in the Philippines for scores of people killed by flash floods on the southern island of Mindanao.
15-12-2011
Jailed Afghanistan rape victim Gulnaz is freed[827 views]

An Afghan woman jailed for adultery after a relative raped her has been freed, her lawyer has told the BBC.