Rohani and North Korea accuse US of seeking excuses for confrontation.
Lionel Messi, Neymar and Xavi among top players on peace mission to troubled region.
Pyongyang diverts troops from summer military exercise to flood relief projects.
Mugabe's opponent Morgan Tsvangirai rejects result and calls for mass protests, while US and UK say vote was flawed.
Mugabe wins seventh term of office but election mired in controversy.
Group of 30 female officers laid off because of their links with Bo Xilai, then beaten as they protested.
Police arrest seven of eight vigilantes who inflicted degrading torture on own relative in Meghalaya.
A team of archaeologists from Brown University have unearthed the remains of a native village in northwest Alaska in the Arctic region.
Peace Mobile is brainchild of television evangelist Zakir Naik from Mumbai.
Thousands of demonstrators protest against pardon for Spanish paedophile who 'raped children as young as three'.
Britain to close its embassy in Yemeni capital over unspecified terror threat.
Zanu-PF Party won 142 of the 210 parliament seats in elections the African Union said were free and peaceful.
Daniel Fino Galvan among prisoners pardoned by King Mohamed VI.
US State Department warns of new terror attack in Middle East and North Africa.
‘Guccifer’ forces former US secretary of state to deny affair with Corina Cretu after he hacked into his emails.
Tokyo’s deputy PM reportedly praised Adolf Hitler’s quiet constitutional changes.
Changchun man saved by super-elastic boxer shorts.
Former Italian PM announces re-birth of Forza Italia as tax fraud conviction triggers political crisis.
Tens of thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi marched through Cairo on Friday (August 2), demanding Morsi's reinstatement amidst a looming threat that Egyptian authorities would clear out two pro-Morsi sit-ins with force.
Iran's president-elect Hassan Rohani heaps scorn on Israel marking International Quds Day.
Racist priests flipped Nazi salutes and demanded 'negro' cleaned food off table while chanting Badenweiler March.
Missions in Baghdad, Cairo, Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv to close after al-Qaida threat.
John McCain says US needs to 'fundamentally rethink relationship with Russia', while White House spokesperson says Obama's Moscow trip is in jeopardy.
Italy's supreme court on Thursday (August 1) upheld a jail sentence against former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud in a devastating blow to the former prime minister.
Former Italian Prime Minister receives first ever definitive conviction after being found guilty of tax fraud.
Ohio man who kidnapped Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight, claimed victims were not virgins and sex was often consensual
Michelle Knight, who was kidnapped by Ariel Castro aged 21 in 2002 spoke at his sentencing.
Cleveland court hears details of kidnap of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight.
Member of anti-Zionist Naturei Karta sect accused of intending to commit treason in Jerusalem.
Protests and rise in internet porn leads to withdrawal of adult magazines from US military shops.