US not spying on EU - Obama
President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended US Internet and phone surveillance programmes which sparked alarm in Europe, saying American spies were not "rifling" through the emails of German and French citizens.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended US Internet and phone surveillance programmes which sparked alarm in Europe, saying American spies were not "rifling" through the emails of German and French citizens.
Three people died on Wednesday after falling into a farm manure silo in the Netherlands, police said.
Britain woke up to the gloomy news that it could be in the middle of a decade-long bad weather cycle.
Robert Mugabe has filed an urgent application to push back Zimbabwe's elections by two weeks.
North Korea's Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Hitler's memoirs to his top officials.
US surveillance efforts foiled over 50 potential terrorist events since 2001, an agency told lawmakers.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed victory over anti-government protesters.
The US House of Representatives has approved a measure restricting abortion to the first 20 weeks.
A bomb attack has killed 10 people, including a provincial lawmaker, at a funeral in Pakistan.
"Truth is coming and it cannot be stopped," says rogue US intelligence tech Edward Snowden.
A teenage girl reportedly beheaded her father after he raped her in Papua New Guinea.
The Turkish government says it may deploy the army to help police officers quell mass protests.
Zim PM Morgan Tsvangirai vowed to fight President Mugabe's decision to hold elections on July 31.
Plans for Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday celebrations will go ahead, despite him being in hospital.
It is time for South Africa to evaluate progress made in land redistribution, the ANC said.
Julius Malema's ex-allies reportedly do not want to be associated with his new political formation.
Ramotshere Moiloa municipality mayor Afrika Thale has been suspended from the ANC, the party said.
The City of Cape Town was granted a interdict against those who interfere with servicing of toilets.
A man who survived a fall from a 15th-storey balcony in New Zealand says he is an "idiot".
French police nabbed a thief through the ear prints he left behind while checking for residents.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has again been forced to dodge a flying sandwich...
A German jewel thief transiting through Bangkok under escort managed to escape his guards and flee.
