Politics
Nepal parliament elects Koirala as new prime minister
Nepal\'s parliament picked a social democrat as its new prime minister on Monday after a last-minute power-sharing deal ended a ...Egypt says Muslim Brotherhood has formed military wing
Egypt\'s Interior Ministry has accused the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood of forming a "military wing" to attack police and security forces.Swiss back limits on immigration from EU
Voters in Switzerland have narrowly passed a measure to curb immigration by European Union citizens.Homs aid delayed as vehicles hit by mortar fire
Renewed fighting hampered a U.N. relief effort in Syria\’s war-battered city of Homs on Saturday, breaking a three-day humanitarian pause ...Bosnia rocked by third day of anti-government unrest
Police have fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters in Bosnia\'s capital city of Sarajevo on ...Police, protesters clash in Rio over fare hike
Hundreds of protesters in Brazil have clashed with police in the main transport station of Rio de Janiero, protesting a ...Syria starts evacuating civilians from besieged Homs centre
A convoy of United Nations buses has arrived in the besieged central Syrian city of Homs and started an initial ...Pakistani Taliban begin peace talks with government
A long-awaited first round of peace talks between the Pakistani government and Taliban has begun in Islamabad after numerous delays ...North Korea threatens to cancel reunions with South over military drills
North Korea is threatening to cancel its just-announced family reunions with the South if Seoul and Washington go ahead with ...Israel approves 550 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem
Israel has approved plans for more than 550 new homes in three settlement neighbourhoods of occupied East Jerusalem.