Tag: World news

Beijing — A surgeon in China says he has constructed an extra nose out of a man’s rib cartilage and implanted it under the skin of his forehead to prepare for a transplant in probably the first operation of its…

Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh will have a face-saving ‘good news’ to convey to Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina when the two meet in midtown Manhattan on Saturday.

By Anneta Konstantinides

By Matt McGrath

Kenya’s security chiefs have been summoned to appear before parliament’s defence committee for questioning over the Westgate mall siege.

Forget Hillary. Bill Clinton thinks Chelsea would make a better president — at least in the long run.

A ministerial panel has advised the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to lift a ban on the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers.

Hackers stole millions of social security numbers by cracking open the networks of large US data brokers, reveals an investigation.

A Russian court has remanded seven Greenpeace activists in custody for two months for allegedly trying to seize a Russian oil platform.

A team of weapons inspectors will return to Damascus on Wednesday following Syria’s pledge to give up its chemical arsenal. The last time they were in the country they were shot at as they tried to gather evidence. What does…

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls says he stands by remarks calling for the country’s Roma (Gypsies) to be expelled.

A strong earthquake of magnitude struck Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Tuesday, killing up to 33 people, officials said.

Kenyan officials said early on Tuesday that their forces were ‘in control’ of a mall in the capital where Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab launched a raid.

Russian prosecutors have accused 30 Greenpeace activists of piracy and say they will prosecute all of them for trying to board an Arctic oil platform.

The UN General Assembly’s annual meeting starts in New York on Tuesday, with the focus on talks between Iranian and US officials, and the Syria crisis.

NAIROBI, Kenya  — Four thunderous explosions rattled Nairobi’s upscale mall Monday, part of a battle between Kenyan troops and al-Qaida-linked terrorists. Top Kenyan officials said two hostage takers, part of “a multinational collection from all over the world,” had been…

By Kate Kelland

Most of the people caught up in an attack on a shopping centre in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, have been rescued, defence officials have told the BBC.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party has won Germany’s election, but finished just short of an absolute majority, official results show.

Bo Xilai, who was sentenced to life in prison for corruption on Sunday, has indicated that his verdict was unjust and is expected to launch an appeal, said a lawyer with direct knowledge of the case.

By Zulfiqar Ali and Mark Magnier

NAIROBI, Kenya — The deadly siege at a mall in Nairobi continued Sunday, as the Kenyan government struggled with the question of whether to storm the Shabab militant attackers still holed up inside or keep trying to free people trapped…

President Obama slammed House Republicans for “trying to mess with me” by passing a bill today to fund the government but also defund Obamacare.

Eleven people have died in a gun battle inside a Nairobi shopping centre, says Kenya’s internal security minister. Mutea Iringo said the government was “now fully in charge” of a “very serious situation” and would not relent in the “war…

Syria has begun sending details of its chemical weapons as part of a US-Russia brokered deal to make them safe, the chemical arms watchdog has said. The Hague-based OPCW added that it expected more details from Syria in the coming…

A cell of suspected Islamist militants has opened fire on security forces in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, say officials.

There was a meeting that took place last week in Geneva. A big meeting. An important one.

Bangladesh has made a significant progress on the frontline International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) goals and objectives, and placed the highest importance to people-centric development, said State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze. 

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he is committed to a plan to destroy his country’s chemical weapons, but warned it could take about a year.

Egyptian security forces have fought gun battles in a town near Cairo after launching an operation targeting “criminal and terrorist hotbeds”.