Serbians fortify riverbank as high water approaches

Russia, EU and neighbor countries send aid as disaster claims at least 30

Death toll hits 79 in Libyan armed clashes

At least 79 people have been killed and 141 others wounded in fierce clashes in eastern Libya between armed groups loyal to a rogue ex-general and Islamist militias, a Health Ministry official said on Saturday.

Cameroon urged to protect Chinese

The Chinese embassy in Cameroon is urging authorities in the west Central African nation to use caution if attempts are made to free 10 Chinese nationals believed abducted Friday during an attack on a Chinese company's camp in northern Cameroon.

'Boko Haram is West Africa's al-Qaida'

Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, is no longer a local threat but has become West Africa's al-Qaida, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Saturday. "Boko Haram is no longer a local terrorist group, it is an al-Qaida of West Africa," Jonathan said at a news conference in Paris after a meeting of West African leaders on the issue.

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Indian opposition sweeps elections

BJP secures enough seats in Parliament for majority govt

Dynasty clings to declining power after vote

The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has defined Indian politics for nearly a century faces more than a humiliating election defeat.

Modi's task: Meeting nation's soaring expectations

About a year ago, Narendra Modi sat down with some of India's best and brightest to mount a "shock and awe" election campaign that one strategist likened to the US' unilateral military operation against Saddam Hussein's forces in the Gulf.

Hey Dad! star guilty of sexual assaults

Actor Robert Hughes, star of the popular 1980s Australian sitcom Hey Dad!, was jailed on Friday for at least six years for sexually and indecently assaulting young girls, behavior the judge described as predatory.

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Report adds steam to Abe's ambitions

Japanese soldiers may need to brace themselves for the prospect of death or injury abroad, as Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is pushing hard for changes to the country's pacifist Constitution that would allow collective self-defense through renewed military forces.

Furious labor unions resort to strike in Turkey

Four Turkish labor unions called for a national one-day strike on Thursday to protest the country's worst industrial disaster, which killed at least 282 people in a coal mine in western Turkey.