Politics
Nearly 800 migrants reach land in Indonesia, others sent back to sea
Nearly 800 "boat people" were brought ashore in Indonesia on Friday but other vessels crammed with migrants were sent back to sea ...Ukraine appoints US senator McCain presidential aide
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed John McCain, a hawkish US senator who has pressed Washington to send lethal weapons to war-torn ...Burundi president loyalists say coup failed amid sporadic shooting
The head of Burundi\'s army said on Thursday that an attempted coup had failed and forces loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza were ...Clashes erupt after Burundi coup attempt
Heavy fighting between rival Burundian troops erupted in the capital on Thursday, the day after a top general launched a coup to ...Top Burundi general launches coup attempt against president
A top Burundian general launched a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza on Wednesday, capping weeks of increasingly violent protests against the ...Scores of Russian soldiers killed in east Ukraine
Moscow spent more than 53 billion rubles ($1.04 billion) supplying a separatist rebellion in east Ukraine and at least 220 Russian soldiers ...Central African Republic militias agree to disarmament deal
Rival armed groups in Central African Republic on Sunday agreed to a peace accord requiring them to disarm and potentially face justice ...Egypt sentences former president Mubarak and sons to three years in jail
An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in ...Russia stages huge military parade, Western leaders boycott
Thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square, tanks rumbled through the streets and jets screamed overhead on Saturday in a huge ...David Cameron wins second term as British Prime Minister
Prime Minister David Cameron\'s Conservatives are set to govern Britain for another five years after an unexpectedly strong showing, but may have ...