Category: World News

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir says an attempted coup by soldiers loyal to his sacked former deputy Riek Machar has been put down.

Jammu, Dec 16: Army’s Northern Command today celebrated Vijay Diwas to commemorate the martyrs of the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

Nelson Mandela’s body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa’s first black president at a state funeral service.

China’s Jade Rabbit robot rover has driven off its landing module and on to the Moon’s surface.

China says it has successfully landed a craft carrying a robotic rover on the surface of the Moon, a major step in its programme of space exploration.

Iran says it has successfully sent a monkey into space for the second time this year as part of a programme aimed at manned space flight.

The execution of the once-powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has rekindled fears of instability in the secretive nuclear-armed state.

South Africans have been warned not to attempt to go to see Nelson Mandela’s body in the capital, Pretoria, unless they are already in the queue.

The ACT parliament passed a bill in October making the territory the first part of Australia to legalise same-sex weddings.

Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has been formally charged with murder in connection with a crackdown on demonstrators in 2010.

India’s top court has upheld a law which criminalises gay sex, in a ruling seen as a major blow to gay rights.

A fire in a farmers’ fruit market in south China’s Shenzhen has killed at least 16 people and injured at least three, officials say.

Tens of thousands of South Africans have joined dozens of world leaders for the national memorial service for former President Nelson Mandela.

Two French soldiers have been killed in combat in the Central African Republic, the French presidency says.

Nelson Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe has told the BBC about the “wonderful” final hours of the former president, who died aged 95 last Thursday.

North Korea has broadcast images of the once powerful uncle of leader Kim Jong-un being removed from a meeting, confirming reports of his dismissal.

South Korea has announced it is expanding its air defence zone, which will now partially overlap with a similar zone announced by China.

Thailand’s opposition MPs are to resign en masse, officials say, after weeks of anti-government protests in Bangkok.

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison because of his opposition to the apartheid regime.

Ministers from 159 countries have reached a deal intended to boost global trade at a meeting in Bali, Indonesia.

South Africans have gathered in Johannesburg and Soweto to mourn their former leader, Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday aged 95.

A storm that has wreaked havoc across northern Europe has claimed three lives in Poland, bringing to six the toll of people killed in hurricane-force winds.

Within hours of Nelson Mandela’s passing, commentary from around the world began pouring in – reflecting the greatness of the man and the impact his life had on the entire globe.

A series of attacks at Yemen’s defence ministry have left at least 20 people dead and 37 injured, officials say.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand has urged people to support each other for the sake of the country, in his address to the nation on his birthday.

A senior commander of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah has been killed near Beirut, the group says.

The European Commission has fined eight banks – including RBS – a total of 1.7bn euros (£1.4bn) for forming illegal cartels to rig interest rates.

A powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been removed from his post, South Korean media reports say.

A Moscow court has jailed Bolshoi Ballet soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko for six years for organising an acid attack on the company’s artistic director.