Drug cartel suspects killed in Mexico

Mexican police have been cracking down on notorious drug gangs over the past few months [Al Jazeera] Ten suspected drug cartel members have...

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez denied bail

Mr Lopez handed himself in during a mass protest in Caracas A court in Venezuela has rejected a bail application by one of the opposition l...

Germany backs UK over calls for 'fairness' in EU reforms

Mrs Merkel has said reforming the European Union will not be a "piece of cake" David Cameron's hopes of renegotiating the UK...

Sawan Masih: Pakistani Christian gets death penalty for blasphemy

Christian families had already fled when the rioters struck A Pakistani Christian man has been sentenced to death for blasphemy, in a case ...

Taliban attack on Kabul guest house 'brought to an end'

Afghan special forces and police have surrounded the area, which is close to parliament A Taliban attack on a guest house in Kabul has come...

AKP faces tough test in Turkey's local polls

Supporters of main opposition Republican People's Party [CHP] wave Turkish and party flags during an election campaign gathering in Is...

Stoltenberg to be appointed NATO chief

Stoltenberg's appointment came as the Ukraine crisis made NATO more relevant in Europe [EPA] NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmuss...

Chris Christie: 'Bridgegate' harmed political standing

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has said a scandal involving a deliberately engineered traffic jam on a busy bridge to New York City ha...

Taliban attacks foreign guesthouse in Kabul

Taliban fighters attacked the Roots of Peace guesthouse in the Karte Seh neighbourhood [Al Jazeera] Gunfire and explosions rocked Kabul as ...

Abortion law that forced 16 Texas clinics to be shut down upheld

Abortion law that forced 16 Texas clinics to be shut down upheld Published time: M...

Russia says all Kiev troops are out of Crimea

Putin congratulated the Russian armed forces for their role in the takeover of Crimea [AFP] Russia's Defence Minister says that all Ukr...

Turkey sacks official involved in China missile talks

Turkey sacks official involved in China missile talks A U.S. Patriot missile system is seen at a Turkish military base in Gaziantep. ...

White House unveils plan to end the NSA's bulk collection of metadata

White House unveils plan to end the NSA's bulk collection of metadata Published tim...

MH370 jet hunt: ‘credible lead’ shifts search area

MH370 jet hunt: ‘credible lead’ shifts search area People place their candles after a candlelight vigil for the passengers of the missing...

Report: Russia warned U.S. about Boston Marathon bomb suspect

An investigation by NBC News found that Russian authorities had warned the FBI on Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two brothers accused of carryin...

Turkey blocks YouTube over leaked audio recording

Protesters shout slogans, hold banners and wave flags in Ankara as they demonstrate against new controls on the Internet. (File photo: Reut...