Libyan defense minister's son has been freed after being held by kidnappers for four months, a spokesperson of the Defense Ministry said on Monday evening.
Popular Chinese actress Tang Wei fell victim to telecom fraud on Saturday in Shanghai, according to local police.
Israel's late prime minister Ariel Sharon, an iconic leader in the Jewish state, left a legacy full of contradictions in his dealing with the Palestinians as well as other Arabs toward achieving peace in the Middle East.
Saturday's inferno that burned down an ancient town in southwest China's Shangri-la county once again stirred up concerns over commercial development of ancient towns.
The Mandela movie "Long Walk to Freedom" is now the highest financial earner in the history of South African movies, the producer Anant Singh said on Tuesday.
In the southeast German state of Bavaria, a bus carried 62 primary school students suddenly burst into flames, but no one was killed due to prompt intervention of the bus driver, local media reported on Tuesday.
Edinburgh Airport was closed on Tuesday afternoon while the police was investigating a suspicious package spotted in a security x-ray machine.
Lebanon's Foreign Ministry received Tuesday a request from the Saudi embassy in Beirut for the repatriation of the body of Majed al-Majed, a leader of an al- Qaida-linked terrorist group who was arrested in Lebanon.
Two former Falun Gong practitioners who suffered horrific burns after setting themselves on fire in Beijing in 2001 will undergo surgery at a hospital in New York, Chinese businessman and philanthropist Chen Guangbiao said here Tuesday.
Italy's former center-left head Pier Luigi Bersani has undergone a brain surgery that was "technically successful" after he suffered a surface brain hemorrhage, doctors at a hospital in Parma said on Monday.
The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, in central Beijing will be closed to the public every Monday for renovation and maintenance starting on Jan. 6, it announced Sunday.
Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush was discharged from a Houston hospital on Saturday, a family spokesman said.
Cypriot state radio publicly apologized on Thursday for inadvertently broadcasting the opening remarks of a New Year's message from the country's former president in the place of a message by current President Nicos Anastasiades.
The 125th Tournament of Roses Parade, under the theme of "Dreams Come True", was held in U.S. western city of Pasadena in Los Angeles county on Wednesday.
Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic Jamal Al Jamal was killed on Wednesday by an explosion caused by inexpert manipulation of a safe in the sitting room according to the investigation as yet, said Prague Police spokeswoman Andrea Zoulova.
The Detective Branch of Bangladesh Police Monday night arrested a top leader of the country's main opposition party.Vice-Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, also a former foreign secretary, was arrested shortly after he came out of the residence of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia who virtually remained confined to her house since the opposition alliance launched "March for Democracy" program on Dec. 24.
Veteran Bollywood actor Farooq Sheikh has passed away following an heart attack in Dubai, at the age of 65, his colleague said. Sheikh died following a massive heart attack in Dubai where he was holidaying with his wife and two daughters late Friday night. "He was immediately rushed to a local hospital but collapsed of a cardiac arrest though doctors tried their best to revive him," his colleague Shabana Azmi told the media in the national capital. His body will be brought to Mumbai after completion of all formalities.
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