Protesters besiege premier in Pakistan's parliament

Thousands of supporters of two opposition parties demanding the resignation of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif besieged the country's parliament on Wednesday while it was in session.

Ferguson police arrest 47 as protest degenerates

Police said on Wednesday they arrested 47 people as tensions rose after an otherwise peaceful night of protests in Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb rocked by violence over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.

Top official heads to racially charged suburb

Eric Holder talks about the nation's civil rights struggles in a way no previous US attorney general could - by telling his own family story.

Indicted Texas governor fingerprinted, photographed

Texas Governor Rick Perry, a possible Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 race, was fingerprinted and had his mug shot taken by judicial authorities on Tuesday after being indicted last week on two felony charges of abusing power.

Ukrainian forces press attacks on rebel-held areas

Government troops have pressed attacks in the two largest cities held by rebels in eastern Ukraine, while diplomatic efforts were made to resolve the conflict, which has killed more than 2,000 people and displaced another 300,000.

Russian TV channels blocked

Ukraine has blocked 14 Russian television channels from its cable networks to "stop them spreading war propaganda", an Interior Ministry official said on Tuesday.

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Unrest sets back Ebola fight

Authorities in Liberia urgently searched on Monday for 17 people who fled an Ebola medical center over the weekend when it was attacked by looters who stole bloodstained sheets and mattresses and took them into an enormous slum.

Outbreak claims 1,200

The UN health agency said the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has now killed more than 1,200 people.

Melbourne is most 'liveable city' as Damascus comes last

Melbourne tops the ranking as the world's most pleasant city to live in for the fourth year running, but an Economist Intelligence Unit poll also finds that turmoil in Ukraine and the Middle East have pushed other cities down the list.

Spacewalking cosmonauts launch satellite

A pair of Russian cosmonauts began their workweek on Monday, floating outside the International Space Station to toss out a small satellite for a university in Peru, installing science experiments, and tackling some housekeeping chores.

Crocodile kills fisherman near tourist spot

A white-headed crocodile nicknamed Michael Jackson has been shot dead, reports said on Tuesday, after the predator apparently killed a fisherman in Australia's north.