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Missing nuts upset Queen
Hacking trial: Police officers 'irritated' Queen by eating nuts left out at Buckingham Palace, court told.
Doco shows 'mummy's boy' attack
A 'spoilt, jealous mummy's boy' who throttled his model girlfriend before his parents tried to cover it up smashed his victim's…
Signer blames schizophrenic attack
The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's funeral said last night that a schizophrenic episode was to blame for…
Putin defends Russian conservative values
President Vladimir Putin cast Russia as a defender of conservative values against the "genderless and infertile" Western…
World
Colin Wilson, author of 'The Outsider,' dies at 82
LONDON (AP) British author Colin Wilson, who gained fame with his first book, "The Outsider," has died. He was 82. Colin…
Berlin prosecutors investigate Nazi guard suspect
BERLIN (AP) German prosecutors say they are investigating a former Nazi concentration camp guard in the Berlin area on…
Rare snowstorm leaves Jerusalem in lockdown
JERUSALEM (AP) A rare snowstorm has blanketed Jerusalem, forcing a lockdown with police blocking access to and from the…
China indicts law activist who founded civic group
BEIJING (AP) A prominent Chinese legal activist who founded a civil society group was indicted Friday by Beijing prosecutors…
Iraqi officials: 22 escape from Baghdad jail
BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say 22 suspects facing terrorism charges have escaped from a jail in northern Baghdad after…
New Zealand votes 2-1 against asset sales program
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) More than two-thirds of New Zealanders who voted in a national referendum Friday said they…
Top Russian court orders review of Pussy Riot case
MOSCOW (AP) Russia's Supreme Court has ordered a review of the case against two jailed members of the Pussy Riot punk band…
Lawyers for detained China church leader assaulted
BEIJING (AP) A group of Chinese rights lawyers advocating for a detained Christian pastor and his aides in central China…
As ties warm, EU parliament delegation visits Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) A European Parliament delegation has arrived in Iran, the first visit to Tehran by the EU's legislative…
New boat seeks safer fishing on deadly Bering Sea
ANACORTES, Washington (AP) Few professions are as deadly as commercial fishing on the Bering Sea. Crews face rogue waves…
Judges to hear arguments in ex-gov's appeal
CHICAGO (AP) Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday gets what's likely his last chance to win his freedom…
Attacks on polio teams in Pakistan kill 3 people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Attacks on polio teams in northwest Pakistan on Friday killed a polio worker and two policemen…
Toronto reporter sues mayor for defamation
TORONTO (AP) A Toronto Star reporter has sued Mayor Rob Ford for suggesting the journalist was a pedophile in a recent…
House conservatives help propel budget bill
WASHINGTON (AP) A budget pact now in the hands of the U.S. Senate will encounter strong but probably futile resistance…
Protest apps bring hi-tech flair to Thai rallies
BANGKOK (AP) For years, protesters in Thailand have used social media to organize rallies. Now they're taking smartphones…
NKorean statement on execution of leader's uncle
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) North Korea said Friday that it had executed the uncle of Kim Jong Un, the country's leader…
Asian stocks tentative amid Fed stimulus cut fears
BEIJING (AP) Asian stock markets mostly posted tentative gains Friday as investors prepared for the U.S. Federal Reserve's…
Typhoon Haiyan deaths in Philippines top 6,000
MANILA, Philippines (AP) The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan that struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8 has passed 6,000…
Gas blast at Chinese coal mine traps 22 workers
BEIJING (AP) A gas explosion on Friday trapped 22 workers underground in a coal mine in western China. The blast at a…
Japan, SE Asia fete 40 years of ties, eye China
TOKYO (AP) Southeast Asian nations are hoping Japan and China will mend their frayed ties, to help minimize the risk of…
International Politics
Kiwis gather for Mandela memorial service
Nelson Mandela mourners danced and sang at a memorial service for the former leader in Wellington today. About 3000 turned…
Syria
Refugees risk it all to reach Jordan
As evening gathers across a desert plain in eastern Jordan, 80-year-old Muteea Talaa stands with 200 other starved, cold…
Middle East
Sinister night for women in protest
The three women - Rasha Azab, Mona Seif and Nazly Hussein - and 11 other women were beaten and dragged off by police during…
Europe
Cameron chided over Nigella
The jury in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has been…
Pacific Islands
Chris de Freitas: Human interference real threat to Pacific atolls
The facts around rising sea levels are widely misunderstood or misinterpreted.
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Asia
Bangladesh executes opposition leader
Bangladesh has executed an opposition leader convicted of war crimes hours after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute…
United States
Man charged over revenge porn site
A man has been charged with operating a website that let people anonymously post explicit photographs of others so that…