Melissa Chan's loss of journalist's work visa forces broadcaster to close Beijing office amid claims of censorship by Chinese government.
May 08, 2012
Protesters march in Cairo to voice outrage at Abbasiya clashes which killed 20 activists and to demand free presidential elections.
May 04, 2012
Hagai Amir, brother of the killer of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, has been released after 16 and a half years in prison
May 04, 2012
Anonymous pledges support to Russian opposition that is to rally on 6 May before Putin takes office as President
May 04, 2012
Brazen and defiant, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the last libertine in a line that dates back to Mozart's Don Giovanni.
May 03, 2012
Syrian security forces raid Aleppo University, leaving four students killed and arresting 200 protesters.
May 03, 2012
RedHack cyberactivists retaliate after hundreds of pupils poisoned by contaminated state milk.
May 03, 2012
Kano shopkeeper suspected of providing bombs used by Islamist terrorist sect found with drums of chemicals, says State Security Service.
May 03, 2012
Nigerian Islamist terror group Boko Haram releases 18-minute video on YouTube of newspaper suicide bombings accompanied by fresh threats against press.
May 03, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) suspends presidential campaign after Abbasiya clashes death toll rises to 15.
May 02, 2012
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle that washed up on British Columbia islands to be returned to its Japanese owner.
May 02, 2012
Armed thugs swoop on camp of activists protesting against disqualification of Salafi presidential candidate.
May 02, 2012
Police out in force across London's West End as activists try to enter shops to protest
May 01, 2012
Police ready to evict Occupy London's tents from Trafalgar Square during May Day rally.
May 01, 2012
France's extreme right figurehead Marine Le Pen says she will not vote in second round between Hollande and Sarkozy.
May 01, 2012
Nigeria's Joint Task Force (JTF) attacks hideout of Islamist sect and finds explosives and weapons.
May 01, 2012
Troops fighting to regain power for ousted leader arrested after clashes with junta soldiers.
May 01, 2012
A former Bosnian Muslim soldier, Rasema Handanovic, 39, has been convicted of war crimes after admitting the killings of six Bosnian Croats in the southern village of Trusina in April 1993.
Apr 30, 2012
Communication breakdown emerges as prime theory for deaths of two in anti-poaching operation in South Africa's premier game reserve.
Apr 30, 2012
Suicide bombers kill seven and injure 12 in normally peaceful town day after church shootouts claim 19 lives.
Apr 30, 2012
Jailed protester faces same trial with 20 activists over involvement in pro-democracy protests after appeal court ruling.
Apr 30, 2012
Tottenham Court Road evacuated after a man started throwing objects out of a fifth floor window of a building amid bomb scare
Apr 27, 2012
Four blasts rock eastern Ukraine city of Dnipropetrovsk at six weeks from the Uefa Euro 2012 Championship.
Apr 27, 2012
Islamist terrorist sect Boko Haram claims responsibility for suicide bombings on three Nigerian newspapers
Apr 27, 2012
Hacktivist collective video urge opponents of controversial cybersecurity bill Cispa to kill legislation.
Apr 27, 2012
Man chosen by Beijing as Tibet's second highest spiritual leader makes first appearance outside mainland.
Apr 26, 2012
Laxmi Sargara sought to have marriage annulled after discovering she was married at age of one.
Apr 26, 2012
A video has gone viral on social media allegedly showing a man being buried alive by Assad's forces, he was accused of sending secret material to TV stations Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya.
Apr 26, 2012
Government in Manama dismisses rumours activist missing from hospital bed three months into hunger strike.
Apr 26, 2012
Animal, mineral or vegetable: 450-million-year-old Kentucky fossil sparks debate among scientists.
Apr 25, 2012