Blog
South Korea test-fires longer-range ballistic missile
South Korea on Wednesday test-launched a new ballistic missile that can hit all of North Korea, the president\'s office said, developed under ...Barrel bombs kill 33 in Syria
At least 33 people, including 10 children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria on Wednesday, a monitoring group ...Latvian parliament elects defence minister Vejonis as president
Latvia\'s parliament on Wednesday elected Defence Minister Raimonds Vejonis as the Baltic state\'s new president with 55 of its 100 legislators backing ...George W. Bush now more popular than Obama, poll finds
Former US President George W. Bush is now more popular than his successor Barack Obama, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday.Fighting flares up near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday fought their first serious battles in months and Ukraine\'s defense minister said an attempt by ...South Korea announces first two MERS deaths
South Korea on Tuesday confirmed the country\'s first two deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome as it fights to contain the spread ...Canada court orders tobacco firms to pay smokers $12.4 bn
A Canadian court on Monday ordered tobacco firms to pay Can$15.5 billion (US12.4 billion) to smokers in Quebec province who claimed they ...Regional powers launch new South Sudan peace effort
A fresh bid to end 17 months of civil war in South Sudan was launched by regional powers on Monday with a ...Former German Chancellor Kohl in intensive care
Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, is in intensive care at a clinic in Heidelberg after surgery on his ...Egypt court postpones final ruling on Morsi death sentence
An Egyptian court postponed on Tuesday issuing a final ruling over a death sentence recommendation for former Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and ...




