Latest updates

• 

  'At least eight' killed in southern Russia car blasts

  20 May 2013 : At least eight people were killed Monday in twin car blasts outside a court building in the southern Russian city of Makhachkala in the restless region of Dagestan, Interfax quoted investigators as saying.

• 

  Real meet as Mourinho exit speculation grows

  20 May 2013 : Real Madrid directors have called a board meeting for Monday as speculation mounts that coach Jose Mourinho is heading for the exit after a season he himself described as the worst of his career.

All Stories

• 

  UN, Russia call for urgent Syria conference

  17 May 2013 : UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Russia agreed Friday that a peace conference on Syria should be held "as soon as possible", even as Moscow defied growing global pressure over its arms supplies to the Damascus regime.

• 

  Tunis to decide 'by Saturday' on Salafist rally ban

  17 May 2013 : Tunisia's government will decide by Saturday whether to allow or ban Salafists from holding their annual congress, the interior minister said on Friday, warning however that "death threats" from radical Islamists will not be tolerated.

• 

  Australian MP injured in kangaroo attack

  17 May 2013 : An Australian politician was left hopping after he was attacked by a kangaroo while on a morning jog in the national capital Canberra.

• 

  Australia's deadly lyssavirus infects first horse

  17 May 2013 : Australia reported its first ever case of the deadly bat-borne lyssavirus in a horse Friday, warning that transmission to humans was possible as it quarantined a property.

• 

  Ill Bradley Wiggins pulls out of Italy's Giro race

  17 May 2013 : Bradley Wiggins, winner of last year's Tour de France, has pulled out of the Giro d'Italia due to illness, his team announced on Friday, ending a torrid race for the popular Briton.

• 

  N. Korea leader removes high-profile military figure

  17 May 2013 : North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has pushed out a high-profile military figure who once played a key role under his late father -- the latest in a series of top-level personnel changes.

• 

  Rio Tinto puts largest 'red' diamond on market

  17 May 2013 : Rio Tinto said Friday it was putting up for sale the biggest "red" diamond ever produced by its Australian mine amid an "explosion" in demand from Asia for the rare pink-hued stones.

• 

  Bangladesh cleans up after killer cyclone

  17 May 2013 : Bangladesh and Myanmar cleaned up on Friday after a killer cyclone wrecked thousands of homes, relieved that the damage was not much worse after the storm weakened as it made landfall.

• 

  Real bid to extend derby supremacy in Copa final

  17 May 2013 : Real Madrid will hope to end a difficult season on a high when they face Atletico Madrid in Friday's Copa del Rey final, with Los Blancos aiming to continue their long-running dominance in meetings with their city rivals.

• 

  Most gays in Europe 'still afraid to show sexuality'

  17 May 2013 : Two-thirds of Europe's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still afraid to show their sexuality in public and a quarter have been victims of physical or verbal attacks, an EU report said Friday, on the International Day Against Homophobia.

First Previous 4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  Next Last