Eight killed in California shooting
Eight people have been killed and one is critically injured after a gunman opened fire in a packed hairdresser's in California, Sky News reported.
Quake shakes Indonesia's Bali, tourists run from hotels
Indonesia's resort island of Bali was struck by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on Thursday, injuring dozens and sending tourists running out of hotels, Reuters reported.
Bluefin tuna fleet urged to stay within its commitments

The Commissioner of Fisheries of the European Union (EU), Maria Damanaki, has...

The Commissioner of Fisheries of the European Union (EU),...

IOM appeals for funds for critical assistance to migrants caught up in prolonged Libyan crisis

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has made an urgent appeal to the international community to continue to help tens of thousands of migrants...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has...

IMF boss on 'suicide watch' at Rikers

International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is under suicide watch in prison, according to an official.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Dominique...

Queen pays homage to fallen Irishmen

Britain’s Queen Elisabeth II has taken centre stage at Dublin's iconic Croke Park gaelic football and hurling stadium in a historic new act of...

Britain’s Queen Elisabeth II has taken centre stage...

Second 'bomb' found ahead of Queen's visit to Ireland

UPDATED | A second 'viable' explosive device has been found in...

UPDATED | A second 'viable' explosive device has...

IMF chief remanded in custody

A New York judge has remanded International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in custody on charges of sexually assualting a hotel maid.

A New York judge has remanded International Monetary Fund...

Iran denies transfer of missile technology from North Korea

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has denied reports that the country – in...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has denied reports that the...

Libya's Ghanem abandons Gaddafi and defects to Tunisia - reports

Libya's oil minister has defected and fled to neighbouring Tunisia,...

Libya's oil minister has defected and fled to...

IMF chief to undergo DNA tests over alleged maid assault

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will appear in...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique...

Detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei sees family for first time

The detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been allowed his first...

The detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been...

Japanese evacuations persist beyond bigger Fukushimano-go zone

Residents have been moved further away from the crippled Fukushima...

Residents have been moved further away from the...

Seven killed in Syrian security crackdown ‘shelling’

At least seven people were killed in Talkalakh, western Syria, on...

At least seven people were killed in Talkalakh,...

ICC requests warrant for Gaddafi’s arrest

The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court will today ask...

The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court...

Kenya Olympic marathon star dies in fall

The Kenyan Olympic marathon champion, Samuel "Sammy" Wanjiru, has died after falling from a balcony at his home in the Rift Valley town of...

The Kenyan Olympic marathon champion, Samuel...

SmartCity appoints Malta country director

Paolo Serra has been appointed country director at SmartCity Malta effective...

Paolo Serra has been appointed country director at...

London tightens security amidst bomb threat

Irish republican dissidents have issued a bomb threat for central London,...

Irish republican dissidents have issued a bomb threat for...

Court seeks arrest warrants for Gaddafi, his son and son-in-law

The International Criminal Court has requested arrest warrants for Libyan...

The International Criminal Court has requested arrest...

Vatican lays provisional procedures for sex abuse crimes

Priests suspected of child abuse sex crimes should be turned over to the...

Priests suspected of child abuse sex crimes should be...