Indonesia's Lombok island hit by strong tremors as search for earthquake victims continues

The Indonesian island of Lombok has been hit by a strong tremor, as the search continues for victims of Sunday's earthquake.US earthquake monitors said the latest aftershock had a magnitude of 5.9. I…

Israel hit Hamas sites in overnight Gaza strkies

Israel carried out a major wave of strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight in response to some 150 rockets fired at its territory, leaving three Palestinians including a toddler dead in another sever…

Frankfurt airport evacuated over security concerns

Parts of Frankfurt Airport were evacuated on Tuesday and dozens of flights cancelled after a French family of four got past security despite a positive test for explosives.Police blamed "an error by …

Health officials say 8 dead after eating 'contaminated' food at wake in Peru

At least eight people have died and up to 20 are ill after attending a wake in the Ayacucho region of southern Peru, health officials in the area say.The authorities suspect that the food served at t…

Israeli strike kills two Hamas militants in Gaza

Israeli tank fire killed two Hamas militants in Gaza on Tuesday in a strike the Israeli military said was launched against a position from which its troops had come under fire.Hamas and Palestinian h…

German couple jailed for selling son to paedophiles on dark net

A woman who sold her son to paedophiles on the dark net for sex has been jailed for 12 years and six months by a court in southern Germany.The Freiburg court also jailed her partner, the boy's stepfa…

US reimposes sanctions against Iran

The United States re-imposed a wave of tough, unilateral sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, bringing back into effect harsh penalties that had been lifted under a historic, multi-party nuclear agreem…

Aeromexico sued by eleven plane crash survivors

Eleven U.S. passengers who survived an Aeromexico crash in the northern Mexican state of Durango on July 31 filed lawsuits against the airline in Chicago on Monday, according to a statement by Chicag…

Huge explosion near Italian airport, massive mushroom cloud of smoke visible in the sky

Multiple explosions have gone off on a motorway close to Bologna Airport sending fireballs into the sky.Police and fire crews are on the scene which is affecting a large part of a motorway in the Ita…

1,150 firefighters mobilised as wildfire in Portugal enters the fourth day

More than 1,150 firefighters struggled to put out a fire in Portugal's southern Algarve tourist region on Monday, which injured 25 people overnight and led to the evacuation of homes and hotels.The f…

Five dead as plane crashes into car park in Santa Ana, California

Five people have died after their small plane crashed into a shopping centre car park in Santa Ana, California.The twin-engine Cessna plane was bound for John Wayne Airport when it crashed a mile (1.…

Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador, recalls own envoy

Saudi Arabia said on Monday it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and has recalled its envoy while freezing all new trade, in protest at Ottawa's vigorous calls for the release of jailed activists…

Indonesia evacuates tourists after Lombok quake kills 91

Indonesia evacuated hundreds of tourists from popular resorts and sent rescuers fanning across the holiday island of Lombok on Monday after a powerful quake killed at least 91 people and reduced thou…

5 killed, 44 wounded in Chicago shootings

Chicago police said 44 people were shot in the city on Sunday within a space of 14 hours, including five who were killed.Police records showed that in three hours beginning at 1:30a.m., 30 people wer…

Suicide bomb attack on Afghan Shi'ite mosque kills 25

A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing 25 people and wounding 40, police said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, …

Israel reimposes Gaza fuel blockade

Israel reimposed a blockade on fuel deliveries to Gaza on Thursday citing a resurgence in kites carrying firebombs over the border and signalling a brief pause in tensions may be ending.After two dea…

Nationwide student protests enter fifth day in Bangladesh

Bangladesh shut down high schools across the country Thursday as tens of thousands of students protested for a fifth straight day after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.Bangladesh's transp…

Catholic Church changes teaching to oppose death penalty in all cases

The Roman Catholic Church formally changed its teaching on Thursday to declare the death penalty inadmissible in all circumstances.The 1.2 billion-member Catholic Church has allowed the death penalty…

Police say three foreigners abducted and killed in Afghan capital

Militants abducted and killed three foreign nationals working for an international food company in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Thursday, security officials and a diplomat said.A senior diplomat in …

Madrid to begin talks with Catalan separatist leaders

Spain's new Socialist government was to hold talks with Catalonia's separatist executive on Wednesday in the first such meeting in seven years as tensions eased but sharp divergences remained over th…