The Australian federal government has welcomed the release of Peter Greste on Monday after the journalist was finally allowed to return to Australia having spent 400 days in an Egyptian prison.
Francine Nayituriki, a mother of five from Ruhango, a district located at around 80 kilometers from Kigali in the Southern Rwanda, has at several attempts risked arrest for straying into the nearby forests to fetch wood for cooking, after the East African nation decide to enforce the law by bringing to justice those involved in cutting down trees.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, also known as Jokowi, has received supports from senior figures who advised him to address people's interests rather than accommodating demands of political parties supporting his government.
A man with a gun entered a studio of Dutch national broadcaster NOS in Hilversum on Thursday and was arrested shortly afterwards.
Italian parliament gathered in joint session of both Houses on Thursday for the first round of voting to elect the new president, after 89-year-old Giorgio Napolitano resigned on January 14th.
Zhuzhou in central China's Hunan, Province, one of the nation's ten most polluted cities a decade ago, has been transformed.
Imagine a house that generates its own electricity, collects rainwater to irrigate a courtyard garden, and uses kitchen garbage to produce gas for heating water and cooking.
Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), will visit Russia in May to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday citing Russia's presidential office.
The Nigerian government on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in 11 states.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group threatened to kill a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot within 24 hours if female suicide bomber is not released.
A doctor and a patient died following a fight in a central China hospital on Saturday morning, local authorities said, fanning the flames of already heated doctor-patient relations in China.
At least 10 people were killed and 13 were injured after a Greek F16 jet crashed on Monday at the airbase of Los Llanos in the central province of Albacete, in Spain, the Spanish Defense Ministry reported.
A woman resident of British Columbia, Canada, was confirmed to have been infected with H7N9 bird flu virus, becoming the first human infection case of the deadly virus in North America, federal health officials said Monday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday condemned a possible kill of a Japanese hostage held by the Islamic State (IS) militants after a likely video released late Saturday suggested that a Japanese captive, Haruna Yukawa, was killed.
Japanese top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Sunday that the latest video suggesting a Japanese hostage held by the Islamic State (IS) militants was killed is likely authentic, adding that Japan is still analyzing whether the clip was posted by the IS.
A total of 106 official vehicles expropriated by the Chinese central government were auctioned Sunday for a combined 6.6 million yuan (1.06 million U.S. dollars) amid enthusiastic bidding.
The People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on Friday warned of the dangers financial inequality posed to society.