A riot between rival drug gang factions at a jail near the violence-ravaged Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez has left up to 20 people dead. more »
Human rights campaigners in Iran have one clear demand of that country's government: that it should comply with the many international undertakings it has voluntarily signed up to, MEPs were told on Wednesday by Iranian human rights activist and former Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi. more »
A touching moment of diplomacy as the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton met Israel President, Shimon Peres. It came as she held talks in Jerusalem following attending a donor’s conference in Egypt for the Gaza Strip more »
Car tolls and cleaning up the water are just two things that Stockholm city council has done in recent years to improve the quality of life. more »
Guinea-Bissau's Th leader was gunned down as he tried to flee his home after it was attacked by soldiers, hours after a bomb claimed the life of General Batista Tagme Na Wai. more »
South Korea's president Lee Myung-bak called on his neighbor to halt their plans to develop weapons of mass destruction. more »
Colombian troops came across eleven caves used by the country's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. more »
Topolánek called on the EU Member States to show clear and unequivocal unity in the fight against the impacts of the financial crisis. more »
Milan Milutinovic found not guilty. more »
An Appeals court in Paris has released five former Guantanamo inmates. more »