BBC News
The two men who were shot by police after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday remain under arrest in hospital this morning. Michael Adebolajo, is a British man of Nigerian descent who came from a devout Christian family but who ...
BBC News
Two men are being questioned on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort a passenger plane over the UK. Police boarded Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, originally en route to Manchester from ...
Reuters
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis. Fri May 24, 2013 10:15pm EDT. ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition talks aimed at presenting a coherent front at an international peace conference to end the civil war faced the prospect of collapse after President Bashar al-Assad's foes ...
Xinhua
BERN, Switzerland, May 25 (Xinhua) -- China and Switzerland on Friday concluded their talks over a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which will be the first between Beijing and continental Europe. The achievement was hailed as a "milestone" by political ...
BBC News
Afghan security forces have fought Taliban insurgents for hours in the centre of Kabul, after a major explosion shook the city. A Nepali guard and an off-duty policeman were killed, along with a number of militants. The attack hit a guesthouse used by the ...
The Guardian
In his famous speech, in which he made the case for the formation of a strong union of the continent, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, described as "the great crusader of African unity" by Mualimu Julius Nyerere, told his peers on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa that ...
KpopStarz
Extremely Rare 8.2 Earthquake Hits Russia: First Quake Since 1977 Sparks Tsunami Warning. The 8.2 earthquake that struck Russia's Far East coast on Friday was extremely rare, as it was the first quake in Moscow since 1977. May 24, 2013 2:17 PM EDT | ...
BBC News
At least 17 children have been burned to death after a gas cylinder exploded on their school bus in eastern Pakistan, police have said. At least seven more children were taken to hospital after the blast, which caused the bus to catch fire. The incident took ...
