The US investigators are believed to be helping the Malaysians examine a home flight simulator belonging to one of the pilots of flight MH370 for clues. The pilot is said to have deleted some files from the computer simulator. Teams from 26...
Ulli Mair, 39, a member of the centre-Right Freiheitlichen party in the German-speaking, autonomous region on the border with Austria, is suspected of buying the €65 items and then trying to claim them back as legitimate expenses. She said the...
His comments came as Vietnam and Malaysia investigated satellite images released by China that appeared to show possible debris in the South China Sea. However they were unable to find debris at the same location, reports said. Flight MH370 from...
Malaysian police named one as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, 18, and said he was probably migrating to Germany. Interpol identified the other as Delavar Seyed Mohammadreza, 29. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing...
Nearly three days after the jet went missing, an international effort has still not found the plane's wreckage. The authorities are further expanding the search areas in the Malacca Strait and the South China Sea. Flight MH370 vanished from radar...
Every single vote cast on Sunday in Kim's constituency was for the man who can now add MP to his many titles that include Supreme Commander of the armed forces and chairman of the powerful National Defence Commission. "All the voters of the...
The move follows the release of leaks online that revealed alleged government corruption and embezzlement of public funds In an interview on a late night program on private ATV television, Erdogan spoke about what he perceives as the damaging...
For the last five years most people have been using US dollars or South African rand, but pula from Botswana and British pound sterling have also been changing hands. Now the central bank is also allowing the use of Australian dollars, Chinese yuan,...
Pope Francis inadvertently demonstrated his own fallibility during an address in St Peter’s Square when he mistakenly said the Italian word for “f**k”. In the 12 months since he was elected, the Argentinean Pope, who worked with...
He said Russia's troops from Russia's Black Sea Fleet should not move outside their naval base in Sevastopol. The warning comes after unknown armed men seized Crimea's regional parliament and the government headquarters of the autonomous...
Judges said the men were also accused of manufacturing missiles and explosives, local media report. The defendants were tried in absentia, Reuters news agency says. The sentencing comes a day after the new Prime Minister designate, Ibrahim Mahlab,...
US secretary of state John Kerry said Monday's signing of the bill by President Yoweri Museveni marked "a tragic day for Uganda and for all who care about the cause of human rights" and warned that Washington could cut aid. "Now...
A government spokesman said President Yoweri Museveni wanted to assert Uganda's "independence in the face of Western pressure". US President Barack Obama has cautioned the bill would be a backward step. Mr Museveni had previously agreed to put the...
Arsen Avakov said on Facebook that a criminal case had been opened against Mr Yanukovych and other officials over "mass murder of peaceful citizens". MPs voted to remove Mr Yanukovych on Saturday after months of protest sparked by his...
He saw rebels bring a tanker into the city in the oil-rich area, as the frontline moves closer, Alistair Leithead reports.Thousands of people are taking refuge at a UN base on Bentiu's outskirts.At least 1,000 people have been killed in fighting...
SYDNEY: Australian PM Tony Abbott has defended what critics have described as government secrecy over asylum policy. Officials have in recent days refused to comment on reports that Australian naval forces have turned back at least one boat to...
"Our soldiers have lost control of Bor to the force of Riek Machar," said army spokesman Philip Aguer. President Salva Kiir has accused Mr Machar, the former vice-president, of plotting a coup - a claim he denies. The unrest, which began in the...
Fresh violence broke out on Tuesday, a day after the government said it had quashed an attempted coup. Thousands of people have sought shelter at two UN compounds in the capital. On Monday, President Salva Kiir blamed soldiers loyal to his former...
Thamsanqa Dyantyi, who stood alongside national and international leaders at the event, has blamed his actions on a schizophrenic episode. He said he had become violent during such episodes in the past. The agency who employed him, SA Interpreters,...
To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and members of the government; to heads of state and government, past and present; distinguished guests - it is a singular honour to be with you today, to celebrate a life unlike any...
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