‘Dozens die’ in China knife attack at Kunming train station
- An attack by knife-wielding men at a train station in Kunming in south-west China, has left at least 27 dead, the state...
Indian lawmaker pepper sprays colleagues in Parliament
NEW DELHI (AP) — A lawmaker sprayed pepper-spray inside India's Parliament on Thursday, creating chaos that left his colleagues coughing and crying as they...
Corruption across EU ‘breathtaking’ – EU Commission
- The extent of corruption in Europe is "breathtaking" and it costs the EU economy at least 120bn euros (£99bn) annually, the European...
‘No shots fired’ day urged to honour Martin Luther King Jr.
- People worldwide should honor the memory of Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. by making Monday a "no shots fired" day and...
Obama: Marijuana is not more dangerous than alcohol
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said he doesn't think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol, "in terms of its impact on the individual...
Scientists invent hydrating, hangover-free beer
- Sunglasses and Advil might not be the only cure for a hangover these days.
Australian scientists have brewed up a hangover-free beer, allowing...
Maryland mother kills 2 of her children, wound 2 others during attempted exorcism
- A Maryland mother stabbed two of her children to death and wounded two others while attempting an exorcism, authorities said.
Zakieya L. Avery,...
Arizona mother admits to killing daughter, poisoning other children on Christmas Day
- An Arizona mother has admitted to suffocating her 13-year-old daughter and trying to kill her other children by poisoning them, police said...
Indian woman miscarries 10 babies in one Night
- In what's being called a medical record in India, a 28-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh miscarried 10 babies in one night this week.
The Indo-Asian News...
Mandela laid to rest in Qunu, ending a journey that transformed South Africa
(CNN) -- With military pomp and traditional rituals, South Africa buried Nelson Mandela on Sunday, the end of an exceptional journey for the prisoner...