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Afghanistan votes in landmark presidential election
Afghans went to the polls on Saturday to change the country\'s leader through ballot for the first time in the history of ...Sixteen dead as flash flooding devastates Solomon Islands
Flash flooding has killed at least sixteen people and left 49,000 homeless in the Solomon Islands\' capital Honiara, with another 40 missing and the ...Volcano erupts in Ecuador
The Tungurahua volcano just outside of the Ecuadorian capital Quito has erupted, sending a plume of ash up to 10 kilometers into ...Afghan vote for new president marked by risks and determination
Afghans head to the polls in the third presidential elections to be held since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.Two female Western journalists shot in Afghanistan
An Afghan police officer has shot dead a foreign photographer and badly injured another in the country\'s violent east, as they were ...India sentences three to death, 24 to jail for gang rapes
An Indian judge on Friday ordered three men to hang after they were convicted of two gang-rapes, the first death sentences to ...Underwater Indian Ocean search for Malaysian jet begins
The underwater search for the black boxes of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has begun as the window for detecting the locator beacon\'s ...Israel cancels prisoner release following Palestinian UN bid
Israel canceled the already postponed release of 26 Palestinian prisoners in the latest blow to faltering peace talks, saying the ...Turkish government lifts Twitter ban
Turkey\'s government says it has lifted its ban on the social media network Twitter, a day after the country\'s top court said ...Ukraine accuses ex-president over sniper deaths
The Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday ousted President Viktor Yanukovich was involved in drawing up plans under which police snipers shot dead ...




