Hightlights
Bangkok braces for renewed protests after court sacks premier
Thailand\'s pro-government Red Shirts began massing in Bangkok on Saturday to challenge a bid by opposition protesters to install an unelected regime ...South Sudan president, rebel chief sign peace deal
South Sudan\'s president and rebel chief signed a ceasefire deal on Friday vowing to end nearly five months of civil war, under ...Former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi begins community service sentence
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi began his community service sentence for tax fraud at a hospice for Alzheimer\'s patients near Milan ...Russia marks Victory Day with massive parade
Thousands of Russian troops marched in Red Square to mark 69 years since victory in World War II in a show of ...Putin visits Crimea on Victory Day in first trip since annexation
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea Friday for the first time since it was annexed by Russia, attending a naval parade in ...Pro-Russian rebels will hold Ukraine referendum, defy Putin
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said Thursday they would go ahead with a referendum on secession set for Sunday, defying Russian President ...Venezuela arrests hundreds, sparking opposition protest
Hundreds of Venezuelan police and troops broke up four makeshift camps maintained by student protesters, arresting 243 people Thursday in pre-dawn raids.Rebels level historic Aleppo hotel in Syria
Opposition forces in Syria said they killed at least 50 government troops when they blew up a hotel in the city of ...Bomb kills 9 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers near Afghan border
A roadside bomb killed nine Pakistani paramilitary soldiers on Thursday in a tribal region near the Afghan border, authorities said.New dancing frog species found in troubled Indian habitat
Fourteen new species of dancing frogs — so named because of the unique kicks they use to attract mates — have been ...