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…
February 11, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI in shock resignation
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month after nearly eight years as the head of the Catholic Church, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85. The unexpected development surprised governments, Vatican-watchers and even the…
February 11, 2013
Heavy gunfire in northern Mali town of Gao
Malian troops and suspected Islamist militants are exchanging heavy gunfire on the streets of Gao in northern Mali. A BBC correspondent in the town says the clashes began near the central police station but have since spread. It comes a day after a…
February 11, 2013
Five dead on Canary Islands cruise ship
Five crew members have died after a lifeboat they were in fell from a cruise ship docked in the port of Santa Cruz de la Palma in the Canary Islands. The accident happened on the Majesty, operated by UK-based Thomson Cruises, during a routine safety…
February 11, 2013
More Than 20 Die in Stampede at India’s Ganges Festival
More than 20 people were killed in a stampede Sunday during a religious holiday in northern India.Officials say the stampede broke out when pilgrims were heading home from a festival that attracted millions of people in the northern city of…