'Convicted terrorists' on run after Indonesia prison riot

12 JUL 2013, 5:38 PM   -   SOURCE: AAP

A huge manhunt is under way on the Indonesian island of Sumatra for about escaped 100 inmates, including six convicted of terrorism offences, after a prison riot.

About 1000 Indonesian…

Majority of Americans think Snowden did the right thing

Published time: July 10, 2013 17:49

Fifty-five percent of registered American voters consider former NSA contractor Edward Snowden to be a whistleblower, and only 34 percent call him a traitor - despite US lawmakers labeling him as such.

A poll conducted by Quinnipiac University found that the majority of Americans perceive…

Taiwan evacuates 2,000 tourists as super-typhoon Soulik nears

Agence France-Presse | Updated: July 11, 2013 13:41 IST

Taipei: Taiwan evacuated more than 2,000 tourists today as the island braced for super-typhoon Soulik with…

Luxembourg spying scandal threatens Juncker government

Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:38am EDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Luxembourg faced the prospect of early elections being called on Wednesday, with a parliamentary debate about a spying scandal threatening to topple long-standing prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker's ruling coalition.

Juncker, who became…

Bulgarian Christian Orthodox bishop Cyril found dead on beach

Reuters) - Bishop Cyril of Varna, a prominent Bulgarian Orthodox cleric who was ousted last year as a secret police collaborator under Communist rule, was found dead on a Black Sea beach on Tuesday, regional police said.

The body of Cyril, 59, who headed one of Bulgaria's biggest Christian Orthodox eparchies and also served as an interim patriarch,…

Alaska plane crash kills 10

De Havilland air taxi engulfed in flames in Soldotna airport

The Associated Press 

Posted: Jul 8, 2013 4:49 AM ET 

Last Updated: Jul 8, 2013 5:23 AM ET

All 10 people aboard an air taxi died as the aircraft crashed and was engulfed in flames at a small Alaska airport, authorities said.

Before firefighters could get to it, the de…

At least 80 injured as passenger train derails in southern Russia (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

At least 42 killed in Egypt, Islamists call for uprising

(Reuters) - At least 42 people were killed in Cairo on Monday, medical sources said, when Islamist protesters angered by the military overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi said they were fired on at the Cairo…

Canada train crash: 40 still missing as death toll expected to rise

A fireball that engulfed a small Canadian town after a runaway train crashed into its downtown area is thought to have claimed the lives of up to 50 drinkers in a late-night bar.

Nigeria school massacre: 41 children killed, some burned alive

Published time: July 06, 2013 14:32

41 students and an English teacher have been killed in an Islamic extremist attack on a boarding school in northeast Nigeria. Some students were burned alive, according to survivors being treated for burn and gunshot wounds.

"We received 42 dead bodies of students and other…

2,534 arrested in Mekong anti-drug campaign

Xinhua | July 02, 2013 11:17 

By Agencies

Police from China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand have arrested 2,534 suspects and seized about 9.78 tonnes of drugs during a two-month anti-drug campaign, the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday.



Police confiscated 38 firearms, 1,125…

New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European allies

Exclusive: Edward Snowden papers reveal 38 targets including EU, France and Italy…

Nineteen firefighters killed battling Arizona blaze

(Reuters) - An elite team of 19 firemen were killed on Sunday in one of deadliest U.S. firefighting disasters in decades as flames raced through dry brush and grass in central Arizona, destroying scores of homes…

Bombing kills 12 soccer players, fans in Iraq

Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:53PM GMT

The bomb exploded at 7:00 p.m.…

U.S. Student Killed in Egypt Protest Was Drawn to a Region in Upheaval

By RAVI SOMAIYA and ERIN BANCO

Published: June 29,…

'I will never get a facelift!' Kim vows to avoid plastic surgery... then is bathed in her own blood as she has a 'vampire facial'

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 04:48 GMT, 11 March 2013 | UPDATED: 15:48 GMT, 11 March…

US-Japan war games off the California coast imitate Chinese invasion

US Army restricts access to Guardian website over secrets in NSA leak stories

Published time: June 28, 2013 06:39 

Edited time: June 28, 2013 08:02

The US Army confirmed on Thursday that access to The Guardian newspaper’s website has been filtered and restricted for its personnel. The policy is due to classified documents described in detail in the stories.…

Singapore chokes on haze as Sumatran forest fires rage

(CNN) -- Singapore was shrouded in haze on Wednesday as smoke from forest fires in nearby Sumatra drifted across the Malacca Strait in the city's worst pollution…