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Airlines race to require two crew in cockpit after Germanwings crash PUBLISHED : Saturday, 28 March, 2015, 3:56am UPDATED : Saturday, 28 March, 2015, 3:56am Andrea Chen and Reuters The cockpit door locking system of an Airbus A320. Photo: Reuters Airlines have rushed to change their rules...

Police shot dead two Uygur women before railway knife attack, report say Witnesses and leaked Guangzhou police document say two women were killed in police raid on night before railway knife assault PUBLISHED : Sunday, 15 March, 2015, 3:23am UPDATED : Sunday, 15 March, 2015, 3:23am Mimi Lau...

Father, mother of fallen Thai princess Srirasmi jailed for insulting royals PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 11 March, 2015, 4:18pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 11 March, 2015, 9:37pm Agence France-Presse in Bangkok Parents of former royal consort princess Srirasm, Apiruj Suwadee and his wife Wanthanee...

Aircraft makers urge ban on lithium battery shipments By JOAN LOWY Mar. 9, 2015 7:05 PM EDT FILE - This file frame grab from video, provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows a test at the FAAs technical center in Atlantic City, N.J. last April, where a cargo container was...

LA police say homeless man shot dead in violent scuffle ‘tried to grab officer’s gun’ Police also say the officers were wearing body cameras, in a test case for LAPD's efforts to monitor officers' response to confrontations PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 03 March, 2015, 1:27pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 03...

Obama: Guantánamo prison 'not in the best interests of the American people' President says 'I don't want these individuals to die' as medical team arrives in Cuba to keep striking protesters alive Paul Harris in New York The Guardian Tuesday 30 April 2013 19.22 BST Barack Obama said: I am...

Four dead, 12 injured as bridge collapses by Thailand's ancient capital AAP April 29, 20131:04AM Thai villagers and rescuers sift through the wreckage of a suspension bridge on the Pasak river in central Thailand. Picture: AP Source: AP POLICE say at least four people were killed when a...

Royal hoax caller to testify at inquest into UK nurse's death 2day FM radio hosts Mel Greig (L) and Michael Christian, pose in Sydney in this picture obtained by Reuters on December 8, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Southern Cross Austereo/Handout By Shadia Nasralla LONDON | Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:25am...

Japanese intelligence officer seduced by handsome Chinese spy Staff Reporter 2013-04-26 09:12 The Chinese embassy in Tokyo, where the alleged spy was said to have been seen regularly. (Photo/CNA) A retired female officer from Japan's Defense Intelligence Headquarters may have been seduced...

Pakistan's Musharraf flees court after judges order his arrest By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD | Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:52pm EDT (Reuters) - Former President Pervez Musharraf fled a courtroom on Thursday after judges ordered his arrest to answer allegations he committed treason in 2007, an...

Assange appoints WikiLeaks Party campaign director for Australian Senate bid By Rob Taylor CANBERRA | Mon Apr 1, 2013 11:02pm EDT (Reuters) - Fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy for nine months, has appointed a high-profile opponent of Britain's...

Dissident Cuban blogger gets warm reception from Miami exiles By David Adams MIAMI | Mon Apr 1, 2013 10:15pm EDT (Reuters) - Cuba's best-known dissident, journalist Yoani Sanchez, received a hero's welcome on Monday from the Cuban-American exile community in Miami, her latest stop in an...

Builders are threatening to halt the construction of Brazil's World Cup stadium due to a dispute over financing. An aerial view of Arena Sao Paulo stadium, known as "Itaquerao", which will host the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Sao Paulo March 28, 2013. Builders are threatening...

China parliament delegates speak out against corruption, red tape By Terril Yue Jones and Fang Yan BEIJING | Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:07pm EDT (Reuters) - Amid praise for China's Communist Party and the government's work report is an increasingly common complaint from delegates to annual...

Bolivia's Morales recommends coca wine to next Pope VIENNA | Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:11am EDT (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales suggested on Monday that the next Pope try wine made from coca leaf, something Bolivians have chewed for centuries and can also be used to make cocaine...

Syrian government "uses militias" for mass killings: U.N. GENEVA | Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:27am EDT (Reuters) - The Syrian government is reportedly using local militias known as Popular Committees to commit mass killings which are at times sectarian in nature, U.N. human rights investigators said...

Several killed in "insider" attack in Afghan east: NATO KABUL | Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:49am EDT (Reuters) - Several foreign and Afghan soldiers were killed in a so-called insider attack when a person in an Afghan military uniform turned his weapon on troops at a joint base in the restive east of...

Osama bin Laden's son-in-law pleads not guilty to terror charges Osama bin Laden's son-in-law pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in a New York court on Friday, becoming the closest member of the al-Qaeda leader's family to face the US justice system. Suleiman Abu Ghaith, the spokesman...

Princess Leia et al return to Star Wars 'intergalactic old folks' home' The three actors who played Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia in Star Wars will return for a seventh big screen instalment of the classic space story, according to its creator George Lucas, 36 years after making...

Chinese Student Kills American Overseas, Posts $2 Million Bail by Cecilia Miao on Friday, March 8, 2013 From NetEase: Chinese Study Abroad Student Hits and Kills American, Posts 2 Million USD Bail SAN FRANCISCO (People.com.cn) – American local media are reporting that the mother of a...