A suicide bomber on a motorbike targeted a market in a Shiite area of Parachinar in north-west Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 26 people. Parachinar has been the site of sectarian violence between the majority Sunni and Shiite populations.
Republican Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill allowing gay marriage in the state of New Jersey on Friday as lawmakers in Maryland narrowly approved a similar legislation, inching the state closer to passing its own law on equal marriage rights.
Radical politics has a long and rich history in Greek universities. But allegiance to the traditional parties is on the wane as students lose their faith in mainstream politics.
Libyans on Friday marked one year since the February 17 "Day of Rage" that sparked the months of revolt that brought down longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi. Thousands gathered in the main square of the former rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara was chosen to serve as the next head of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, at a summit on Friday in the Nigerian capital of Abuja.
After three weeks of heavy shelling from the army, the Baba Amr district of Homs is starting to resemble the city of Hama during its own bloody repression in 1982. Is the regime launching a final offensive on the rebels?
Mitt Romney faces his fellow Republican presidential hopefuls in a crucial CNN-run debate in Arizona on Wednesday. Much is at stake for Romney, who needs to win key Republican primaries in Arizona and Michigan on February 28.
A packed commuter train derailed and struck a railway platform in Buenos Aires' busy Once station on Wednesday, killing at least 49 people and injuring a further 550 others. Dozens of passengers remain trapped inside the train.
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''