Police seek evidence of sex attack from IMF chief
2011-05-16 17:32:30
The head of the International Money Fund was being examined for evidence that could incriminate him in the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid, charges that stunned the global financial world and upended French presidential politics.
Taliban claim killing of Saudi diplomat
2011-05-16 17:31:53
Pakistan's al Qaeda-linked Taliban said on Monday they killed a Saudi Arabian diplomat in the Pakistani city of Karachi.
Iran says ready for nuclear talks with G5+1
2011-05-16 17:09:36
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran has always maintained that it is ready for talks with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (G5+1) based on mutual respect.
Iran condemns killing of Palestinians
2011-05-16 16:55:01
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi condemned killing of Palestinian protestors by Israeli forces on Sunday, the English language satellite Press TV reported on Monday.
Fearing power vacuum, Russia cosies up to Afghanistan
2011-05-16 16:49:17
Still haunted by its own disastrous war in Afghanistan, Russia is tiptoeing back into Kabul's affairs ahead of a gradual withdrawal of NATO troops that could leave a dangerous power vacuum in what was once a traditional sphere of influence.
Kerry presents US demands to Pakistan
2011-05-16 16:44:09
US Sen. John Kerry gave Pakistan's army chief a list of "specific demands" relating to American suspicions about Pakistan's harboring of militants ahead of meetings Monday that could shape a partnership dangerously strained by the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a Pakistani official said.
US Senator Kerry tough over angry Pakistan
2011-05-16 15:51:59
US Senator John Kerry will push Pakistani leaders on Monday to explain how Osama bin Laden was able to hide in their country for years, without further inflaming Pakistani anger over the US raid that killed the al Qaeda chief.
Russian tycoon may head pro-Medvedev party
2011-05-16 15:26:23
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov may lead a political party that has called for President Dmitry Medvedev to run for a second term.
Libya says ready for cease-fire once NATO stops raids
2011-05-16 14:49:43
The Libyan government said Sunday it would declare cease-fire as soon as NATO calls off the air raids.
IMF chief charged with sex assault
2011-05-16 14:37:38
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged on Sunday with trying to rape a New York hotel maid in a scandal that appeared to wreck his hopes of becoming France's next president.
Gunmen kill Saudi diplomat in Pakistan
2011-05-16 13:24:56
Gunmen on motorcycles attacked a car belonging to the Saudi Arabian consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday killing a Saudi diplomat, police and the Saudi ambassador said.
Massacre in N Guatemala leaves 29 dead
2011-05-16 11:22:36
Assailants killed at least 29 people - decapitating most of the victims - on a ranch in a part of northern Guatemala plagued by drug cartels, national police said Sunday.