Mumbai — An apartment block collapsed in the Indian financial hub Mumbai on Friday, killing six people and injuring three others in the latest of a string of deadly building cave-ins, authorities said. Dozens of rescuers scoured the rubble in search of anyone ...

Pretoria — An ex-police officer told Oscar Pistorius's murder trial on Friday that his colleagues were clumsy with evidence and even stole a luxury watch from the crime scene. Former station chief Giliam van Rensburg, who was among the first on the scene of ...

Washington — US Secretary of State John Kerry said he will travel to London to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Friday as a potentially explosive referendum looms in Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. "We will offer certain choices to Foreign ...

Jerusalem — Israel's insistence on Palestinian recognition of its Jewish character and the Palestinian refusal to comply is threatening bring about the collapse of US-led peace talks. The Palestinians recognised the state of Israel at the start of the peace ...

Geneva — UN investigators left for the Central African Republic Monday to launch a probe into human right violations in the conflict-ravaged country amid fears of genocide and ethnic cleansing. The three international investigators will spend two weeks ...

Kuala Lumpur — 07:17 GMT - Putrajaya - Elsewhere another AFP photographer says dozens of family members and relatives of those onboard, looking somber, have been taken to a hotel in the administrative capital of Putrajaya to stay there until there is ...

Kuala Lumpur — 05:42 GMT - Contact site - In the statement the airline also gives a site for updates, but an attempt by AFP to visit received an error message. 05:37 GMT - Contact number - The airline statement also gives a number for the public to contact ...

Tripoli — Saadi Kadhafi, the playboy son of dead dictator Moamer turned over by Niger to Libya, had been off the radar since fleeing across the desert in 2011. On August 21 that year, one day after rebels killed his fallen strongman father and brother ...

Paris — An impressive France proved too strong for the Netherlands in Paris on Wednesday as first-half goals from Karim Benzema and Blaise Matuidi sealed a 2-0 friendly win. Benzema volleyed home the opener just after the half-hour mark and Matuidi ...

Geneva — The World Health Organisation Wednesday said the recommended amount of sugar consumed daily should be halved as it stepped up its battle against public health problems like obesity and tooth decay. The UN health agency said it was ...

Washington — Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday directly urged Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and to "abandon the fantasy" of flooding Israel with refugees. But his remarks sparked a furious reaction from ...

Cairo — Egypt on Tuesday deported an American anti-war activist who was trying to travel to the Gaza Strip, airport officials and the activist herself said. Medea Benjamin, who co-founded the CodePink anti-war group, was detained on arrival in Cairo airport ...

Moscow — Russia could reduce to zero its economic dependency on the United States if Washington agreed sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine, a Kremlin aide said on Tuesday, warning that the American financial system faced a "crash" if this ...

Hollywood (United States) — Oscars telecast ratings hit a 10-year high, preliminary data showed Monday, as Ellen DeGeneres won plaudits for her slick hosting of Hollywood's biggest night -- and broke a Twitter record. The 86th Academy Awards were seen ...

Washington — Washington is looking at a "broad range of options" for sanctions it could impose on Russia unless it defuses tensions in Ukraine, a senior US official said Monday. "This is a step we are very prepared to move forward on," State Department ...

Kampala — The Anglican Church of Uganda said Monday it may consider breaking away from their mother church in England if it puts Uganda under pressure over a tough new anti-homosexuality law. "The issue here is respect for our views on ...

Pretoria — 09:50 GMT - Firearms charges - Oscar Pistorius has pleaded not guilty to three firearms charges, AFP's Justine Gerardy reports. Pistorius was charged with contravening the country's firearms laws after he shot through the sunroof of the car of his ...

London — Two of Nelson Mandela's daughters joined Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Harry on Monday at a memorial service for the former South African president in London. South Africa's deputy president, ...

Beirut — Syria's army is preparing an assault on a key rebel bastion near Damascus, a pro-regime newspaper said Thursday, as the opposition reported a "massacre" of civilians near Damascus. "The Syrian army is preparing to launch a new phase" on the ...

Seoul — South Korean President Park Geun-Hye Tuesday unveiled a three-year plan to rebalance the export-reliant economy, investing $3.7 billion in start-ups, boosting domestic spending and getting more young people and women in the workforce.