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Hong Kong chicken slaughter begins after H7N9 found
Health officials in Hong Kong killed about 20,000 chickens Tuesday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry imported ...Mladic refuses to testify in war crimes trial
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has appeared in the UN war crimes court in The Hague, but refused to testify ...Egypt ex-President Morsi defiant at jailbreak trial
Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi protested at his new trial in Cairo from a glass and metal cage, as he faces charges ...Chinese ivory smuggler gets record Kenyan fine
A Kenyan court has sentenced a Chinese ivory smuggler to seven years in prison, in the country\'s first sentence under a tough ...Tunisian assembly approves new landmark constitution
Tunisia\'s national assembly has approved a new constitutio,n three years after the uprising that launched the Arab Spring.Ukraine protesters seize justice ministry as anger spreads east
Anti-government protesters have seized the Ukrainian justice ministry in Kyiv, after rejecting President Viktor Yanukovych\'s offer to name an opposition leader as ...Syria agrees to let women, children leave besieged Homs area
U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says Syrian government delegates, at peace talks in Geneva, have agreed to allow women and children to immediately ...AU lifts four-year suspension on Madagascar
The African Union has lifted its suspension of Madagascar, saying the country has completed its transition process and restored constitutional order.Daft Punk, Macklemore Big Winners at Grammy Awards 2014
Two silent robots shared the spotlight at the 56th annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.Ukraine threatens state of emergency after protesters occupy justice ministry
Ukraine\'s justice minister has threatened a state of emergency if anti-government protesters who occupied her ministry on Sunday do not leave, as ...