Three police officers and one militant were killed Tuesday night in the province of Tizi Ouzou, 100 km east of Algiers, following a terrorist attack, local media reported Wednesday.
The shooter accused of killing 13 and injuring more than 30 others at the Fort Hood Army Base in the U.S. state of Texas in 2009 admitted to committting the violence in front of a jury on Tuesday.
An Istanbul court passed judgments on nearly 300 suspects accused of plotting to topple the ruling government in a battleground case as a part of the decade-long conflict between Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey's secularist establishment.
British oil giant BP said Monday it has uncovered new allegations of fraud in the settlement program that has given billions of U.S. dollars to Gulf Coast businesses and residents after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, U.S. media reported.
Foreign ministers from the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), a South American trading block, expressed concern over alleged U.S. spying activities on them.
White House spokesman Jay Carney on Monday defended President Barack Obama's record of fighting terrorism, as the United States extended its closure of 19 overseas diplomatic missions.
Russia planned to resume launches of its Proton-M rockets, with five scheduled before the end of the year, the Federal Space Agency Roscosomos said Monday.
The US says its embassies in north Africa and the Middle East will remain closed until Saturday, due to a possible militant threat.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Thursday urged better global policy cooperation and economic reforms that could help tackle specific challenges in both advanced and emerging market economies.
Ariel Castro, the man from U.S. state of Ohio who kidnapped, raped and prisoned three girls for over a decade, was formally sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Deborah Lee James, a defense industry executive and former assistant secretary of defense, as Secretary of the Air Force.
The Italian Supreme Court on Thursday made definitive a tax fraud conviction for former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, confirming a four-year jail term and ordering a new appeal trial for a related ban on public office.
The White House on Thursday expressed "extreme disappointment" at Russia's grant of temporary asylum for fugitive American intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, saying Washington was evaluating a scheduled presidential summit in September.
Moscow expected the U.S. to guarantee the rights of Russian citizens during operations against terrorism, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Lon Snowden, father of fugitive former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, tells his son Wednesday on Russian television to stay in Russia because he won't get a fair trial in the United States.
Greek police has launched a nationwide investigation into a failed attempt to illegally transfer weapons and ammunition to neighboring Turkey by sea with eight suspectes arrested, Greek authorities announced on Wednesday.
Senior Palestinian and Israeli officials on Wednesday expressed doubts over the success of the U. S.-sponsored direct peace negotiations between the two sides, which had kicked-off in Washington this week, and will last for nine months.
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