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China, Russia, U.S. raise Mediterranean naval focus By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent PORT SAID, Egypt | Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:17am EST (Reuters) - Egypt has seen no shortage of empires come and go, from its own ancient civilizations to those of Greece, Rome, Britain and France. Now, it...

Myanmar rebels say army ignoring president's ceasefire By Aung Hla Tun YANGON | Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:51am EST (Reuters) - Myanmar's president said on Sunday he wanted peace talks with all ethnic rebel groups in the country, but government troops again attacked rebel positions in Kachin State...

Explosion at Greek shopping mall injures two Reuters Jan 20, 2013 - 10:30 ATHENS (Reuters) - An explosive device went off close to a bank in a shopping centre near Athens on Sunday, lightly injuring two security staff and damaging stores, police said. The explosion followed a spate of...

France bombs Islamist stronghold in north Mali Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:18am EST (Reuters) - French fighter jets pounded an Islamist rebel stronghold in northern Mali on Sunday as Paris poured more troops into the capital Bamako, awaiting a West African force to dislodge al Qaeda-linked...

Egypt opens old wound with Mubarak retrial By Marwa Awad and Maria Golovnina CAIRO | Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:51am EST (Reuters) - Egypt ordered a retrial of deposed president Hosni Mubarak on Sunday after accepting an appeal against his life sentence, opening up an old wound in the painful...

Police fire water cannon, plastic bullet at Northern Irish rioters By Stephen Mangan BELFAST | Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:44pm EST (Reuters) - Police in Northern Ireland fired water cannon and at least one plastic bullet round at rioters who had attacked them with bricks and bottles in the latest...

Somali pirate kingpin "Big Mouth" quits after naval crackdown MOGADISHU | Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:43pm EST (Reuters) - A Somali pirate kingpin nicknamed "Big Mouth" has renounced a life of hijacking ships that earned him fame and fortune before an international naval crackdown that has curbed...

Richardson delivered letter for detained American in North Korea WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:14pm EST (Reuters) - Former U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson delivered a letter for an imprisoned American to officials in North Korea during his trip there this week. Richardson was unable meet...

Spain seizes valves bound for Iran's nuclear program: ministry MADRID | Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:11pm EST (Reuters) - Spanish police arrested two men and seized the contents of a truck bound for Iran loaded with materials destined for use in the Islamic state's nuclear program, the Interior...

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Malaysian sect prepared for Mayan 'doomsday' (AFP) Friday, Jan 11, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR — A Malaysian Islamic sect that stockpiled a huge cache of swords, gunpowder and other weaponry was preparing for last month's much-hyped Mayan apocalypse prophecy that never came true, police said Friday...

Chinese Zoo Visitors Hit Lions with Snowballs for Fun by Peter Barefoot on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 From NetEase: Zoo Visitors in Hangzhou Violently Hit Panthera Leos with Snowballs for Pleasure January 5 afternoon...

College Girl Covers Chinese Artist’s Naked Body with Hickeys by Wayne Chen on Monday, January 7, 2013 From Fetion: Hickeys all over naked guy: Hardcore! Female college students leave hundreds of hickeys on naked guy He is...

Underground Gambling on When Cancer Patients Will Die Exposed by Stuart Dingle on Thursday, January 10, 2013 From Yahoo Taiwan: Betting on when late-stage cancer patients would die, doctors and family members wagered over 1 billion [TWD] Gambling nature is...

2 die after eating toxic cockles The New Paper | Thu Jan 10 2013 6 people suffered from paralytic shellfish poisoning following the red-tide phenomenon in Sabah. Malaysia, January 10, 2013 Six people suffered from paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) - a serious illness - following the...

Malaysian police kill two after 'chilli' escape AFP Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police on Thursday shot and killed two of the seven suspected criminals who escaped custody this week by temporarily blinding a guard with chilli powder. The escape Monday of the men - whom...

Honduras ambassador resigns after alleged embassy orgy The Honduran ambassador to Colombia was forced to resign at the weekend after his bodyguard reportedly held a Christmas party with prostitutes at the mission, the foreign ministry in Tegucigalpa said. Photo: Alamy 4:00PM GMT 06 Jan 2013...

26ft giant squid footage captured Footage of an elusive 26ft giant squid that roams the depths of the Pacific has been captured by Japanese scientists. The video of the giant squid was shot at a depth of 630 meters (2,067 feet) in the sea near the Ogasawara islands, Japan Photo: DISCOVERY...

Bahrain upholds jail terms for activists Bahrain's highest appeals court has upheld jail terms against 13 prominent activists, seven of whom are facing life in prison, over charges of plotting to overthrow the monarchy. Bahraini Shiite Muslim women hold portraits of relatives being held in...