Esther Tran Le

Bangaru Laxman, former chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was found guilt of accepting bribes.

Apr 27, 2012

Palestinian minister, Abu Daqa, stepped down from his position after accusing the Palestinian Authority (PA) of censoring websites criticizing the leadership.

Apr 27, 2012

In a joint declaration statement issued Friday, the United States and Japan have agreed to the removal of 9,000 troops from Okinawa island.

Apr 27, 2012

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the legalization of 3 West Bank outposts, angering Palestinians seeking to put an end to Israeli settlements.

Apr 24, 2012

Until the second round of French elections, Socialist candidate Francois Hollande and incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy will be battling it out for the 17.9 percent of the French public who voted for Marine Le Pen won in the first round.

Apr 24, 2012

Francois Hollande is France's Socialist candidate for the 2012 French presidential campaign.

Apr 21, 2012

Researchers from the British Geological Survey (BGS) and University College-London have mapped out the groundwater aquifers resting under the African continent. They found huge reservoirs of water under the northern countries of the African continent.

Apr 20, 2012

Myanmar President Thein Stein hopes to achieve a resolution with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda about Myanmar's debt.

Apr 20, 2012

Asia is experiencing an increase in newspaper circulation, giving hope to newspaper publications that fear their eclipse in western countries, such as the United States.

Apr 17, 2012

1,200 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have gone on a hunger strike on Tuesday, National Prisoner's Day, to protest Israel's practice of administrative detention and the intolerable treatment in Israeli jails.

Apr 17, 2012

An unusual large number of pilots of Air Canada called in sick on Friday, cancelling and delaying half a hundred flights in Toronto and Montreal.

Apr 13, 2012

A Japanese woman, nicknamed the Black Widow, has been sentenced to death for murdering three former lovers in 2009.

Apr 13, 2012

The military has taken over the West African country of Guinea-Bissau, in a coup d'etat on Thursday, a few weeks before the country's presidential elections.

Apr 13, 2012

A naval standoff in the South China Sea is pitting the Philippines against China, and is highlighting how a growing Chinese military presence in the region may create tension in a resource-rich area.

Apr 11, 2012

Teenage birth rates in the United States have fallen by 9 percent from 2009 to 2010, reported the National Center for Health Statistics. They have never been so low since measuring began in 1946.

Apr 10, 2012

Bosnia-Herzegovina commemorated on Friday the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the longest siege in history: the siege of Sarajevo, which defined the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995.

Apr 06, 2012

China's rise has unsettled many Westerners, especially Americans who fear Chinese influence could overwhelm that of the U.S. As the U.S. struggles through economic recovery, will China seize its chance to lead the world?

Apr 04, 2012

Unesco has issued a warning for the safety of Timbuktu since the Tuareg rebels defeat of Malian government authorities in the northern part of the country.

Apr 03, 2012

On Monday, French Minister of the Interior, Claude Gueant, announced the expulsion of Algerian and Malian imams because they posed a threat to the French public's security.

Apr 03, 2012

Japan said Friday it will shoot down a long-range rocket North Korea plans to launch next month if it flies over any part of its territory, the defense minister said.

Mar 30, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI ends his three-day trip to Cuba by delivering a mass and meeting with former leader of the communist island, Fidel Castro.

Mar 28, 2012

Oslo courts have convicted Mullah Krekar, an Iraqi-born Islamist cleric, to five years in prison for posting online death threats against Kurdish immigrants and Norwegian officials.

Mar 27, 2012

Al Jazeera decided not to broadcast Mohammed Merah's video of the Toulouse massacre.

Mar 27, 2012

The United Nations' Central Africa envoy believes Joseph Kony is hiding in the Central African Republic.

Mar 23, 2012

In effect, this law would allow for Breivik to be locked up forever in a top security mental hospital unit.

Mar 23, 2012

Legendary screenwriter, Tonino Guerra, died at 92 in his hometown in Italy on Wednesday.

Mar 23, 2012

French Prime Minister, Francois Fillon, asserts that French terrorist Mohamed Merah could not have been arrested before the Toulouse massacre.

Mar 23, 2012

The wife of Syria's leader, Asma al-Assad, will suffer sanctions from the EU, including a travel ban to Europe and an asset freeze.

Mar 23, 2012

Kizza Besigye, Uganda's principal opposition leader, was arrested Thursday after a demonstration took place in the capital. A police officer was fatally hit in the head with a stone, which prompted Besigye's arrest.

Mar 22, 2012