The Chinese government slapped a $2.4 million tax notice on one of its most prominent artists; one who played a key part in the design of the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest where the 2008 Summer Olympics were held.
At least 48 chemical and defense companies were victims of a coordinated cyber attack that has been traced to a man in China, according to a new report from security firm Symantec Corp.
According to Japanese media, there are currently 126 prisoners languishing on death row.
Libya has named Abdel-Rahim al-Keeb as the country's new Prime Minster.
At least three other western celebrities, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Seal and violinist Vanessa Mae also attended Kadyrov’s 35th birthday party.
Hacker collective Anonymous has focused its Web-based ire on Los Zetas, one of Mexico's most powerful and most dangerous drug cartels.
According to reports, of the 54 nations of the Commonwealth, three-fourths (41) have laws which ban homosexuality.
Beijing on Monday denied a U.S. commission's claim that China may have been responsible for hacking incidents on U.S. environment-monitoring satellites, saying that the committee had ulterior motives in writing such a draft report.
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact through intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation.
Election campaigning began in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday and organisers said the polls will go ahead on November 28 despite concerns over whether preparations have been adequate.
On Friday, the official campaign in DR Congo commenced.
'Nextdoor,' a new social network launched today, is less about old friends from high school and more about new friends in the neighborhood.
A secret stockpile of chemical weapons have been found in Libya by National Transitional Council forces and have been moved and secured following the death of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, NTC officials reported.
With Moammar Gadhafi now dead and buried, Libya begins the rebuilding process and plans for the future.
A delegation from the Arab League, tasked with helping end the violence in Syria, met Wednesday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to facilitate the ceasefire demanded by the Arab nations in a resolution last week.
A day after an Iraq War veteran was critically injured during a clash with police, hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters held a march in the area late on Wednesday night. The march started after a peaceful demonstration at the Frank Ogawa Plaza.
Alfredo Astiz, Argentina's infamous Blond Angel of Death, and 11 other death squad members from the 1970s were jailed for life on Wednesday
The dark shadow of German-driven austerity measures squeezing Greece has revived historical enmities and evoked comparisons to the massive destruction of the Mediterranean country at the hands of Nazi Germany nearly 70 years ago.
Both Gadhafi and the revolutionaries who expelled him have been called war criminals. So who is worse?
An Egyptian court jailed two policemen on Wednesday for seven years for their cruel treatment of an activist whose death helped kindle the popular revolt against Hosni Mubarak.
The report, compiled by Human Rights Watch, concluded that the military's violent intervention in the Oct. 8 demonstration compromised its ability to conduct an impartial investigation. The Supreme Council of Armed Forces has ruled Egypt effectively since former president Hosni Mubarak's fall, and whether it allows a separate probe will reflect its willingness to relinquish power.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has put off making a final decision on whether it will end its military presence in Libya as discussions continued Wednesday with the United Nations and the country's interim government over how and when it to wind down the operation, The Associated Press reported.
