Palestinians rejoice at reconciliation deal
2011-05-04 21:25:42
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank rejoiced as leaders of rival Fatah and Hamas movement met in Cairo to sign the reconciliation agreement on Wednesday.
EU considers free travel curbs to fight migration
2011-05-04 19:47:53
The European Union executive could allow governments to restore border controls temporarily in Europe's free travel zone under plans presented on Wednesday in response to demands for more national powers over immigration.
'US not oppose reconciliation deal'
2011-05-04 18:46:16
The United States has not notified the Palestinian leadership of any objection to a national agreement that rival Palestinian groups will sign Wednesday in Cairo, a Palestinian official said.
CIA: Gadhafi survived NATO hit on house
2011-05-04 18:47:10
The CIA director said he believes Moammar Gaddafi survived a NATO airstrike that reduced much of the Libyan leader's family compound to rubble.
UK arrests 5 under security law near nuclear site
2011-05-04 17:48:10
Police said on Tuesday they had arrested five men close to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in northwest England under counter-terrorism laws.
Lawyer: No comp for Austrian girl held in dungeon
2011-05-04 17:26:00
A lawyer says Austrian authorities have rejected a compensation claim from a woman who was held captive for 8 1/2 years by a man who tormented her both physically and verbally and locked her in a dungeon.
Hamas executes Gazan collaborating with Israel
2011-05-04 17:13:15
Hamas authorities executed a Palestinian convicted of collaboration with Israel in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
Pakistan, US officials to visit Laden's compound
2011-05-04 16:52:22
Pakistan army chief General Ashfaque Pervez Kayani is scheduled to pay a visit on Wednesday to the compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad together with intelligence officials and high US officials
7 killed in road accidents in India
2011-05-04 16:41:25
At least seven people, all members of the same family, were killed and three others were injured in a road mishap in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.
Cuba serves as 3rd largest Caribbean tourist destination
2011-05-04 14:17:02
Cuba has become the third largest tourist destination in the Caribbean, Cuban Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero said here Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the International Tourism Fair (FIT) Cuba 2011.
Yemen women rally in support of President Saleh
2011-05-04 14:07:52
Hundreds of Yemeni women rallied in southern provinces of Shabwa and Ibb in support of the constitutional legitimacy of President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Tuesday, state Saba news agency reported.
3 dead, 11 trapped in Mexican coal mine explosion
2011-05-04 13:44:07
Mexican officials who had hoped to call in Chilean experts to help rescue 14 miners trapped in a coal mine instead have had to break the tragic news to relatives that three bodies had already been found and there was little hope the 11 others had survived.