Thousands of state employees fired in Turkey
Educators, members of police and military among 18,632 sacked for alleged links to terrorism
Floods terrorise Japan as rainfall persists
Japanese authorities have issued warnings as the flooding is expected to continue 
Obama endorses 1967 borders for Israel

Seeking to harness the seismic political change still unfolding in the Arab world, US  President Barack Obama has for the first time publicly called for...

Seeking to harness the seismic political change still...

Strauss-Kahn granted bail, placed under house arrest

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been granted bail after being...

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been granted...

US presses Strauss-Kahn to step aside

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, locked up in a New York jail for alleged sexual assault, faced growing pressure as US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner...

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, locked up in a New York...

Libyan oil minister ‘defected’

Pressure is piling on Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi after an apparent defection from his oil minister, a rebuke from Moscow, NATO air strikes on Tripoli and...

Pressure is piling on Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi after...

South Africa holds crucial vote

South Africa began voting Wednesday in a local polls test for the ruling party after a frenzied campaign to woo disillusioned voters that has evoked God and...

South Africa began voting Wednesday in a local polls test...

Tunisia threatens Libya over rocket attacks

Tunisia has threatened to report Libya to the UN Security Council if it fires...

Tunisia has threatened to report Libya to the UN Security...

US and EU seek to pressure Syria

The US and EU have warned of more pressure on Syria over its violent response to anti-government protests.

The US and EU have warned of more pressure on Syria over...

Bluefin tuna fleet urged to stay within its commitments

The Commissioner of Fisheries of the European Union (EU), Maria Damanaki, has...

The Commissioner of Fisheries of the European Union (EU),...

IOM appeals for funds for critical assistance to migrants caught up in prolonged Libyan crisis

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has made an urgent appeal to the international community to continue to help tens of thousands of migrants...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has...

IMF boss on 'suicide watch' at Rikers

International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is under suicide watch in prison, according to an official.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Dominique...

Queen pays homage to fallen Irishmen

Britain’s Queen Elisabeth II has taken centre stage at Dublin's iconic Croke Park gaelic football and hurling stadium in a historic new act of...

Britain’s Queen Elisabeth II has taken centre stage...

Second 'bomb' found ahead of Queen's visit to Ireland

UPDATED | A second 'viable' explosive device has been found in...

UPDATED | A second 'viable' explosive device has...

IMF chief remanded in custody

A New York judge has remanded International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in custody on charges of sexually assualting a hotel maid.

A New York judge has remanded International Monetary Fund...

Iran denies transfer of missile technology from North Korea

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has denied reports that the country – in...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has denied reports that the...

Libya's Ghanem abandons Gaddafi and defects to Tunisia - reports

Libya's oil minister has defected and fled to neighbouring Tunisia,...

Libya's oil minister has defected and fled to...

IMF chief to undergo DNA tests over alleged maid assault

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will appear in...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique...

Detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei sees family for first time

The detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been allowed his first...

The detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been...

Japanese evacuations persist beyond bigger Fukushimano-go zone

Residents have been moved further away from the crippled Fukushima...

Residents have been moved further away from the...