Chinese authorities are after outspoken artist and activist Ai Weiwei again, this time for producing "pornography", Ai said Friday. The accusations, which came after Ai challenged a whopping tax bill, centre on photos of him posing with nude women.
Oscar Ortega-Hernandez, 21, was charged on Thursday by a court in the US state of Pennsylvania with trying to assassinate President Barack Obama, a week after he allegedly opened fire on the White House with an automatic rifle.
Anders Behring Breivik, the man responsible for Norway's largest single killing spree, attacked students on July 22 only after a bomb planted at the prime minister's office failed to demolish the building, his lawyer said Friday.
Syria is seeking changes to a planned mission to monitor its implementation of an Arab League peace initiative, the group’s chief said on Friday, on the eve of a deadline for Damascus to take steps to end months of bloodshed.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday where they urged their military rulers to transfer power to elected civilians and called for presidential elections to be held no later than April 2012.
Substitute Issam Jemaa scored a last-minute winner for Tunisia on Friday as they beat Niger 2-1 to top Group C. Tunisia's qualification for the quarter finals was sealed with Gabon's win over Morocco.
Senegal's constitutional court has ruled that President Abdoulaye Wade is eligible to run for a third term in next month's election. Singer Youssou Ndour, who previously declared his intention to run, did not make the list of 14 approved candidates.
At a press conference with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that French troops will begin handing over security to the Afghan army in March and leave the country completely by the end of 2013.
The welcome massage from His Excellency Mr. James Ernest Williams, The High Commissioner for Saint Christopher & Nevis. This is a world first website witch has created for embassy workers and everyone.Let us use this opportunity to congratulate the embassy workers group on the establishment of their new website ''embassyworkers.co.uk''