Historical tensions and overreaction on the part of both Russia and Georgia contributed to a five-day conflict between the two in 2008, a European Union fact-finding mission has concluded in a report. [...more]
The death of a 14-year-old girl in England after she received a vaccination for Human Papilloma virus (HPV) has prompted a widespread freeze on the country’s national vaccination program. [...more]
Oscar-winners Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar and Martin Scorsese have “demanded the immediate release” of fellow filmmaker Roman Polanski, who was arrested in Switzerland on a U.S. arrest warrant related to a 1977 child sex charge. [...more]
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck the Pacific near American Samoa, triggering towering tsunami waves that gushed over the island and leaving more than 100 people dead. [...more]
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck in Indonesia on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. [...more]
Ketsana, downgraded from a typhoon to a tropical depression, is heading towards Laos Wednesday after leaving a trail of death and destruction across Southeast Asia. [...more]
Those most responsible for last year’s post-election violence in Kenya may now be punished by the International Criminal Court, after Kenya missed a deadline to address the issue. [...more]
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck the Pacific near American Samoa, triggering towering tsunami waves that gushed over the island and leaving at least 84 people dead. [...more]
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 struck in Indonesia on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. [...more]
At least 23 people died when part of a church collapsed in eastern Nepal, police said Wednesday. [...more]
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A hundred firefighters and 25 fire engines were at the scene of an early-morning fire over four floors of a building in East London, a London Fire Brigade spokesman said Thursday.
For many, tattoos can be a sign of rebellion, individuality or fashion; but in Thailand, tattoos have a whole different meaning.
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo insisted Wednesday that this week’s explosion of violence that claimed at least 200 lives is not driven by religious tensions between Christians and Muslims — but by ethnic, social, and economic problems.
