Politics
Andrzej Duda wins presidential election in Poland
Polish voters have opted for change and chosen the conservative and relatively unknown lawyer Andrzej Duda as their next president, spelling a ...China floods kill dozens
The death toll in China\'s latest round of flooding has risen to at least 57, including two schoolchildren aboard a bus carrying ...Burundi capital quiet after night of heavy gunfire
The capital of Burundi was quiet but tense on Thursday after a night of heavy gunfire, particularly in the restive neighborhood of ...Homeless Nepalis sleep in the open as monsoon rains approach
Nepali tea shop owner Phurba Sherpa has spent four nights cramped under a tarpaulin with his wife and nine others on a ...Former Thai PM banned from traveling abroad at start of trial
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was banned from traveling overseas on Tuesday at the start of her trial on negligence charges, ...Indian nurse dies after 42 years in coma after rape
A nurse died Monday after 42 years in a coma following a brutal rape, in a case that led India to ease ...Macedonia braced for huge anti-government protest
Macedonia\'s opposition was set to lead a major rally on Sunday in the troubled Balkan country, as the conservative government grapples with ...Burundi president makes first official appearance since coup attempt
Burundi\'s President Pierre Nkurunziza on Sunday made his first official appearance since an attempted coup against him this week, AFP reporters said.Egypt court sentences ex-president Mohamed Mursi to death
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted President Mohammed Mursi to death over his part in a mass prison break that took ...Boko Haram recaptures key town in northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram Islamists have recaptured the strategic town of Marte in northeastern Nigeria\'s restive Borno state, a regional official said early on ...




