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Taliban attack kills 17 people in Afghanistan
Taliban militants attacked a road construction company in Afghan western province of Herat, 640 km west of Kabul, leaving 17 people dead ...Mubarak’s re-trial adjourned due to security
The trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on charges of complicity in the deaths of protesters was adjourned on Saturday until ...Gunmen kill 11 near Syrian Christian villages
Syrian rebels have killed at least 11 people, including civilians, in an attack on a checkpoint west of the city of Homs.Egyptian forces clear Cairo mosque of protesters amid violent demonstrations
Egyptian security forces have cleared supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, from Cairo\'s al-Fath Mosque.25 bodies found in two Mexican states
At least 25 bodies have been found in western Mexico where local vigilante groups are battling drug cartels for control.27 dead, 41 missing at wedding party during floods in Yemen
At least 27 people died and more than 41 are missing after a wedding party was swept away while they were driving ...6.5-magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand
A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale has jolted New Zealand\'s capital, halting air and rail services, but there have ...Vietnam frees student activist in rare appeal ruling
A Vietnam appeals court on Friday halved the eight-year jail term of a dissident and cut the six-year term of another to ...Saudi man beheaded for torturing his wife to death
Saudi Arabian authorities have beheaded a man convicted of beating and torturing his wife to death, in the first execution since the ...Syrians flooding into Iraqi Kurdistan: UN
Thousands of Syrian refugees poured into the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on Thursday, taking advantage of a new bridge along the ...