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US strike on Afghan hospital was a mistake, says top general
The deadly air strike that hit a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was a mistake made within the U.S. chain ...Former UN General Assembly head arrested for bribery
A former president of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with taking $1.3 million in bribes ...EU offers Turkey help with refugees in return for action
The EU has offered Turkey a plan under which it would resettle more refugees, but only if Ankara establishes new camps and ...NATO rejects Russia explanation on Turkish air space
NATO on Tuesday rejected Moscow\'s explanation that its warplanes violated the air space of alliance member Turkey at the weekend by mistake ...Two Turkish jets harassed by unidentified MIG-29 on Syrian border
Two Turkish F-16 jets were harassed by an unidentified MIG-29 aircraft on the Syrian border a day after a Russian fighter plane ...60 mn people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross
Some 60 million people across sub-Saharan Africa are already going hungry and the situation could deteriorate dramatically as climate phenomena hike the ...3 scientists share Nobel Prize for medicine for work on parasitic diseases
The Nobel prize in medicine went Monday to three scientists hailed as "heroes in the truest sense of the word" for saving ...Portugal votes in test for austerity policies
Portuguese voters cast ballots Sunday to give their verdict on four years of austerity by either re-electing the centre-right coalition that steered ...Busan marks 20th anniversary with 100 best Asian film list
A new list of the best Asian films of all time was published this week, as the region\'s increasingly vibrant cinema scene ...Palestinian kills two Israelis, wounds child in Jerusalem attack
A Palestinian said to be an Islamist militant killed two Israeli men and injured a woman and a toddler in a knife ...




