Current World News
Afghan Taliban attack central Kabul
05/24/2013 Afghan security forces battle Taliban insurgents for hours in central Kabul, following an explosion that shook the ...read more
Extra police heading for Stockholm
05/24/2013 Reinforcements of specially trained police are being sent to Stockholm after five nights of unprecedented rioting in ...read more
Dancer 'lied' in Berlusconi sex case
05/24/2013 A dancer alleged to have had paid sex as a minor with Italy's ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi tells a court she lied to ...read more
Toronto's Ford denies 'crack video'
05/24/2013 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has denied allegations from a major Canadian newspaper he was caught on camera smoking crack ...read more
Nigeria Boko Haram camps 'destroyed'
05/24/2013 The Nigerian army says it has destroyed a number of camps used by militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, in the ...read more
IMF chief Lagarde made key witness
05/24/2013 A French court does not place IMF head Christine Lagarde under investigation over a payout made when she was finance ...read more
Two held after plane alert over UK
05/24/2013 Two men are held on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after RAF jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan ...read more
Obama: Sex assaults harm military
05/24/2013 President Barack Obama tells US Navy graduates they must help end a culture of sexual assault that is tarnishing the ...read more
Turkey to restrict alcohol sales
05/24/2013 The Turkish parliament approves controversial legislation to restrict the sale and advertising of alcohol.read more
Syria 'to attend peace conference'
05/24/2013 Russia says the Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference set to be held ...read more
