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Wrongly Convicted Men Freed After 10 Years, Compensated 1.1m RMB by Fauna on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 From QQ: Zhejiang High Court Gives Wrongly Convicted Uncle and Nephew Over 1.1 Million Yuan Each in State Compensation 2013 May 17, the Zhejiang Province High People’s Court issued a state...

US tornado survivors begin rebuilding their lives AFP May 23, 2013, 2:13 pm MOORE, Oklahoma (AFP) - Survivors of the killer tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma City suburb rolled up their sleeves under a blazing sun and got down to the long, hard task of rebuilding their lives. Local...

Iran executes two suspected spies Official media announces hanging of two men accused of gathering information for Israeli and US intelligence agencies. Last Modified: 19 May 2013 09:01 Iranian authorities have executed two men convicted of working for Israeli and US spy agencies, Iran's Fars...

Israel strikes Syria, targeting missiles: security source By Dominic Evans BEIRUT | Sun May 5, 2013 2:42am EDT (Reuters) - Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, a Western intelligence source said, in an attack that shook Damascus with a series of powerful...

Russian nightclub owner convicted for fire that killed 156 Police officers stand in front of the entrance of the Lame Horse nightclub where a fire took place in the centre of Perm, 1,150 km (720 miles) east of Moscow, December 5, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Denis Sinyakov MOSCOW | Tue Apr 30, 2013...

Footage shot by a local television channel shows large cracks in the walls of the Rana Plaza building on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, before it collapsed on Wednesday. Local police said factory owners appeared to have ignored warnings not to allow workers into the eight-storey building...

Updated April 25, 2013, 5:06 p.m. ET Collapsed Factory Was Built Without Permit Death Toll Climbs, More Rescued at Bangladesh Disaster Site Where Owner Lacked Authorization From Safety Agency By SYED ZAIN AL-MAHMOOD and TOM WRIGHT A survivor is lifted from the rubble of the Rana Plaza...

Anger on streets as Bangladesh building toll passes 300 By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA | Fri Apr 26, 2013 10:48am EDT (Reuters) - Bangladesh textile workers vented their anger on Friday, burning cars and clashing with police, as the death toll passed 300 following the collapse of a...

Agence France-Presse April 24, 2013 07:46 UK police 'have collective amnesia' over hacking claims British police knew of claims that journalists at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World hacked into a murdered schoolgirl's mobile phone but they failed to investigate, the police watchdog said on...

Indonesian president urges Myanmar to address Muslim violence By Jason Szep and John O'Callaghan SINGAPORE | Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:20am EDT (Reuters) - The president of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, said on Tuesday he would urge Myanmar's leaders to address Buddhist-led...

China hits back at U.S. in annual human rights survey BEIJING | Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:47pm EDT (Reuters) - China accused the United States on Sunday of spying on its own citizens, discriminating against women and ethnic minorities and allowing gun crime to run out of control, in Beijing's...

Pakistan police arrest former president Musharraf ISLAMABAD | Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:38am EDT (Reuters) - Pakistani police arrested former president Pervez Musharraf at his home on the outskirts of Islamabad on Friday and presented him in court in connection with allegations he committed...

Find Your Sister: China's hottest mobile game Staff Reporter 2013-04-17 08:54 A screenshot from Find Your Sister. (Internet photo) Find Your Sister, a free mobile phone game in China, has become a hit with over 55 million subscribers and 8 million active players daily, topping the Apple App...

Pakistan bears brunt of Iranian earthquake, 35 killed By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan | Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:28pm EDT (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck a border area of southeast Iran on Tuesday killing at least 35 people in neighboring Pakistan, destroying hundreds of houses and...

A screen shows a girl who hospital officials say is infected with the new H7N9 bird flu strain and is undergoing treatment, during a news conference at Ditan Hospital in Beijing April 13, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer Journalists (R) take pictures and videos of a screen showing a girl who hospital...

China says bird flu death toll rises to 13 BEIJING | Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:07am EDT (Reuters) - Two people in the central Chinese province of Henan have been infected by a new strain of avian influenza, the first cases found in the region, while the death toll has risen to 13 from a total of 60...

Four Italian journalists kidnapped in Syria freed: Italy ROME | Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:02am EDT (Reuters) - Four Italian journalists kidnapped and held in Syria since April 4 had been freed on Saturday, Italy's interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti said in a statement. Monti's statement gave no...

11 April 2013| last updated at 11:50PM RM500 reward for return of loot JOHOR BARU: An Indonesian maid who fled a house in Taman Permas Jaya here with jewellery worth about RM10,000, also took grocery items with her, much to her employer's surprise. Rashita Banu Mohamed Idris, 54, who found...

South Korea increases surveillance as North moves missiles By Daum Kim and Phil Stewart SEOUL/WASHINGTON | Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:50am EDT (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday there was "very high" probability that North Korea, engaged in weeks of threats of war, would launch a medium-range...