Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Friday called on its citizens fighting abroad to return to the kingdom in 15 days or face imprisonment. The ultimatum was an extension of a month-long deadline given to Saudis fighting outside the country to return home, the interior ...

RIYADH: A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced three men to death and jailed two others for up to 17 years for their part in a series of militant attacks including the deadly bombing of a foreign housing compound in 2003, state news agency SPA reported.

PRETORIA, South Africa -- Minutes after shooting and killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius told a security guard that everything was fine, the guard said Friday in the double-amputee Olympic athlete's murder trial. Pieter J. Baba, who worked ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced three men to death and jailed two others for up to 17 years for their part in a series of militant attacks including the deadly bombing of a foreign housing compound in 2003, state news agency SPA ...

You have to hand it to Russian President Vladimir Putin; He tames wild animals shirtless, flies fighter jets (with a shirt on) and loves to roundhouse an audience with his mad Judo skills. If all this wasn't enough, in December 2010 he played piano to raise ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has found Congo militia leader Germain Katanga guilty of war crimes but acquitted him of sexual offences. Germain Katanga (IJCentral.com). The court found it proven today that Katanga (35) was behind ...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul (L) and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrive at an opening ceremony of a new line of the Ankara Metro in Ankara February 12, 2014. Istanbul: Turkey's president on Friday ruled out any ban on Facebook and YouTube after ...

image PUTRAJAYA: A Malaysian court sentenced opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to five years in jail on Friday after finding the former deputy prime minister guilty of sodomising his aide in 2008. The maximum punishment for the offence was a jail term of up ...

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria sentenced four men 15 lashes each after confessing to having gay sex four years ago. They were also fined 20,000 naira ($121), according to the Shariah court's ruling yesterday in Bauchi, about 250 miles (402 kilometers) ...

Kolkata: An Indian Navy Commander died in an accident Friday on board a ship under construction at the Mazgaon dock in Mumbai. According to initial reports, along with the officer, two more workers are declared “brain dead” aboard the ...

Former Congolese warlord militiaman Germain Katanga sitting in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague in 2009. Michael Kooren—AFP/Getty Images. Former warlord Germain Katanga was convicted by the International Criminal Court ...

Just eight months ago, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a tour around Google's headquarters in Silicon Valley, trying out Google Glass, riding in the company's driverless car and declaring his government would seek to emulate the ...

Oscar Pistorius' ex-girlfriend wept in court this morning as she told how he cheated on her twice, the second time with Reeva Steenkamp, whom he is accused of murdering on Valentine's Day last year. Samantha Taylor, who started going out with the Olympic ...

ANKARA: Turkey's embattled prime minister has warned that his government could ban popular social media networks YouTube and Facebook after a number of online leaks added momentum to a spiralling corruption scandal. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's president on Friday ruled out a ban on Facebook (FB.O) and YouTube after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened such a move to stop political foes posting audio recordings purportedly exposing government corruption.

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan wants to ban YouTube and Facebook – and thus brings the president of his country on against him. Such a ban could not be done with it, says Abdullah Gul. His foray had caused an international sensation: Preferably, the ...

Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock during his trial in the North Gauteng High Court. (Themba Hadebe, AP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories ...

An 18-year-old who suffered three cardiac arrests after she drank 10 Jagerbombs in one night hopes her experience will alert young people to the dangers of energy drinks. Jayde Dinsdale from Yeovil, Somerset, downed the popular mixture of caffeinated ...

When we fought against apartheid in South Africa, which the United Nations declared a crime against humanity, the whole world took a stand. All self-respecting people—leaders of nations, religious institutions, commerce and sports—crossed the line to be on ...

One day after President Obama condemned steps taken by Crimea's parliament to leave Ukraine and join the Russian Federation, Russian lawmakers are welcoming such a move by Crimean separatists. "Russia's parliament gave its defiant support Friday to ...