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Sarkozy detained in French corruption probe
Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday became the first former French president to be placed in custody for questioning in a criminal investigation.Pro-Russian rebels free second OSCE team in Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of four monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation ...Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty in US
A Libyan militia leader pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court on Saturday to a terrorism charge in the 2012 attack ...North Korea fires more short-range missiles
North Korea has fired two missiles off its eastern coast, according to the South Korean military. It comes just days after Pyongyang ...Two dead as bombs hit Cairo telecommunications centre
Two bombings on Saturday in a Cairo suburb killed a teenager and her mother, officials said, the latest in a wave of ...Iraq launches offensive to recapture Tikrit
The Iraqi government launched its biggest push yet to wrest back ground lost to Sunni militants, as soldiers backed by tanks and ...Colombia beats Uruguay 2-0 at World Cup
With a spectacular swivel-and-strike, James Rodriguez provided one of the highlights of the World Cup and gave Brazil reason to worry.Blast in northern Nigeria kills 10
An explosion overnight in a brothel in the northeastern Nigerian city of Bauchi killed 10 people, police said on Saturday, while 14 ...American soul legend Bobby Womack dies at 70
Legendary U.S. soul artist Bobby Womack, who influenced and wrote for generations of musicians, died Friday aged 70, a spokeswoman said.Bosnia marks 100 years since killing that sparked WWI
Sarajevo marks 100 years since the assassination that triggered World War I on Saturday, but without the leaders of Europe and with ...




