February 22, 2013
Ukraine ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko ‘can return to prison’
Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is well enough to return to prison after spending nine months in hospital, the health ministry has said. Tymoshenko was being treated for back problems after being jailed in 2011 for abuse of…
February 22, 2013
Oscar Pistorius granted bail in Reeva Steenkamp case
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who faces murder charges over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, has been granted bail after a four-day hearing. Magistrate Desmond Nair said the state had not made a case that he would flee, or that he had…
February 22, 2013
Italy election: Bersani, Monti and Berlusconi campaign
Candidates in Italy's general election are completing their final day of campaigning ahead of two days of voting, beginning on Sunday. The election is being closely watched in the eurozone, with the Italian government's future commitment to…
February 22, 2013
North Korea to offer mobile internet access
North Korean mobile phone provider Koryolink is planning to launch a 3G data service for foreign visitors and residents from abroad. Egyptian telecoms firm Orascom, which is a partner in Koryolink, estimates that more than 1 million North Koreans…
February 22, 2013
British Women Gets Death Sentence for Drug Smuggling in Bali
An Indonesian court has sentenced a British woman to death for attempting to smuggle drugs into the resort island of Bali. Fifty-six-year-old Lindsay Sandiford cried when she heard the sentence Tuesday, but did not comment as she was escorted back…
February 18, 2013
Israel Prisoner X: Ben Zygier ‘leaked Mossad secrets’
Israel secretly imprisoned an Australian man who worked for its Mossad spy agency because it believed he had divulged details of his work, an Australian news programme has reported. ABC News said Ben Zygier was suspected by Israel of informing…
February 18, 2013
UN Report Criticizes Both Factions in Syrian Conflict
A member of the U.N.'s commission of inquiry on the Syria conflict says the International Criminal Court should be called in to probe war crimes in Syria. Carla del Ponte said Monday the U.N. Security Council and the international community must…
February 18, 2013
Al-Qaida Affiliate Claims Baghdad Blasts
Al-Qaida's Iraqi wing has claimed responsibility for a series of car bomb blasts in the capital that killed at least 28 people and wounded around 100 others in predominantly Shi'ite districts. The al-Qaida affiliate, Islamic State of Iraq, said…
February 18, 2013
Militants Attack Government Office in Pakistan
Officials in Pakistan say militants wearing police uniforms have attacked the office of a senior government official in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least five people and wounding seven. Authorities say at least two of the…
February 18, 2013
US Celebrates Presidents’ Day
Millions of workers across the United States are getting the day off Monday as part of the annual observance of the Presidents' Day holiday. It first became a federal holiday in 1879 to celebrate the February 22 birthday of George Washington, the…