Last Updated 20 | 05 | 2013 at 07:33
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A man accused by Russia of being a spy has left the country, Russian NTV television station reported.
The US diplomat Ryan Fogle was captured in Moscow after he was accused of trying to recruit a...Read More >>
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Briton accused of killing his two children
Date: Sun, 05/19/2013 - 22:00
A British man has been arrested in France over the killings of his two children. The incident happened in a suburb of Lyon when the bodies of his two children aged five and 10 were found in a flat. Both were said to have suffered from throat wounds from the use of a... -
Girl killed in New York shooting
Date: Sun, 05/19/2013 - 16:57
A 14-year-old girl has died in New York after a man opened fire on a bus. Police said that the bus was hit with 10 shots, and the girl, Daja Robinson, died as a result of this incident. She was taken to the Jamaica Hospital but was pronounced dead soon after. The... -
Two spies hanged in Iran
Date: Sun, 05/19/2013 - 12:38
Two men have been hanged in Iran after being accused of spying for Israel and the US. Authorities said that Mohammad Heydari and Kourosh Ahmadi were both accused of passing on secret information to the two countries. It is not known when the two men were arrested and... -
Updated: Bomb attacks in Benghazi
Date: Sun, 05/19/2013 - 10:31
The Cathollic Church in Via Torino, Benghazi was the target of a bomb Friday night which shattered glass windows on the opposite side of the road and of the church housing of the priests. -
Senior Pakistani Political Leader shot
Date: Sun, 05/19/2013 - 10:05
The Senior Vice President of major political party in Pakistan was shot dead yesterday outside her home in Karachi at a time when political tensions are running high. -
Saudi woman reaches top of Mount Everest
Date: Sat, 05/18/2013 - 19:57
A Saudi woman has broken a world record by reaching the summit of Mount Everest. She not only became the first Saudi woman to to reach this peak, but also the youngest Arab to ever make it to the top of Mount Everest. 25-year-old Raha Moharrak managed to complete this... -
Head-on train crash in US injures dozens
Date: Sat, 05/18/2013 - 17:38
Two people were critically injured and around 60 others were injured when two trains collided in Connecticut, USA. The trains hit each other head on, close to New York City on Friday evening, local time. Officials said that the incident happened when one of the trains... -
Bird flu death toll up to 36
Date: Sat, 05/18/2013 - 14:49
Four more people have died from a new strain of H7N9 bird flu virus in China, bringing the death toll up to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed. The United Nations health agency said a written statement on Friday that the four... -
55 killed in China rainstorm
Date: Sat, 05/18/2013 - 13:47
55 people have been killed and 14 others are still unaccounted for after a series of heavy rainstorms and landslides in southern China. At least nine provinces have had storms and some flooding and landslides since Tuesday, security officials held. -
France legalises same-sex marriage
Date: Sat, 05/18/2013 - 12:53
French President Francois Hollande has signed a gay marriage and adoption bill into law, a day after the country's Constitutional Council dismissed a legal challenge by the conservative opposition. Hollande, trying to turn the page on months of bitter opposition to the...
