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Assad says Turkey will pay for supporting Syrian rebels
The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has said Turkey will pay a heavy price for backing rebels fighting against him, and ...Children among five Afghans killed in NATO airstrike
The civilians, aged between 12 and 20, were killed overnight on Friday while they were out hunting birds in the ...Morocco teenagers arrested after posting kissing photo on Facebook
Moroccan police have arrested a teenage boy and girl for posting a photo on Facebook of them kissing, with the ...Obama cancels Asia trip over U.S. government shutdown
U.S. President Obama has canceled a trip to Asia that was set to begin this weekend, because of the ongoing government ...Italy mourns Lampedusa boat victims
Italy on Friday mourned the 300 African asylum-seekers feared dead in the worst ever Mediterranean refugee disaster, as debate raged ...Indian politician Lalu Prasad sentenced to five years in prison
Former Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been sentenced to 5 years in jail Thursday in a fodder scam ...130 dead in migrant boat disaster off Italian coast
At least 130 people died and scores were missing after a boat carrying African migrants, mostly from Eritrea sank off ...Iran lawmakers pass bill allowing men to marry adopted daughters from age 13
Parliamentarians in Iran have passed a bill to protect the rights of children which includes a clause that allows a ...Italian PM Enrico Letta wins Senate confidence vote
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote in his government by a wide margin Wednesday, after former premier ...Best-selling US author Tom Clancy dies at 66
Tom Clancy, the bestselling U.S. author of popular spy and military-themed thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October" and ...