Thai Senate on Monday rejected a government-backed amnesty bill which critics say would pave way for the return fugitive former prime minister Thakisn Shinawatra.
Forensic investigators on Thursday recovered some body parts and three AK47 rifles from the Westgate Mall terror attack site.
Several prominent scientists in exoplanet research have decided to boycott a NASA conference after learning Chinese researchers are barred from attending by the space agency, which cited national security as its reason.
Russia possesses enough evidence that the Syrian opposition used reports about chemical attacks as provocation, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
Former Thai leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy Suthep Thuagsuban will be officially charged for alleged involvement in the killing of several unarmed people during 2010's army crackdowns on Red Shirt protesters in the Thai capital, according to a high-level government official on Tuesday.
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.
UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday paid respect to Nelson Mandela, who he called "a giant of our times," and urged action to build a peaceful, sustainable and equitable world.
The Brazilian police evicted Tuesday a group of protesters who have been camping outside the governor's residence in Rio de Janeiro state for 10 days, local media reported.
Italy's highest court on Wednesday rejected an appeal of former premier Silvio Berlusconi who argued that a 2010 hearing of a trial which convicted him of tax fraud should never have taken place due to his right to "legitimate impediment" that was denied.
Experiencing unfair treatment at work can sharpen the taste buds, thus making the taste of food stronger, according to a latest Canadian study.
Lawyers for the suspect in last year's U.S. movie theater massacre on Monday changed their client's plea to "not guilty by reason of insanity."
Italy's parliament started voting on Thursday morning to elect a successor to President Giorgio Napolitano, whose seven-year term expires in mid-May.
The Israeli political framework after Tuesday's elections shows Israelis have forsaken the traditional right/left parties and pinned their hope in smaller- scale center parties, led by the surprise of the elections, Yesh Atid.
Top American diplomat for East Asia said Wednesday there would be "more developments in the days ahead " in Washington's push to punish the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its rocket launch.
The Indian capital on Monday is bracing for more protests against the recent gang rape of a 23-year- old medical student who succumbed to her injuries at a hospital in Singapore in the wee hours last Saturday.
Chinese state news agency Xinhua on Sunday published a profile of Li Keqiang, China's vice premier who was re-elected this November as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
Park Geun-hye, daughter of late dictator Park Chung-hee, is set to become the first female president of South Korea after she won the tightly contested presidential election held Wednesday. Analysts say Park's victory will extend the rules of conservative Saenuri party for another five years, yet the challenge of overcoming partisan wrangling remains.
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