President Barack Obama has expressed "regret" at his inadvertent use of the erroneous term "Polish death camp" in a letter to his Polish counterpart.
Syrian forces summarily executed 12 civilians on their way home from work in a fertiliser factory in Qusayr, activists say.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned that Syria risks a ”catastrophic civil war” following a massacre that sparked global outrage.
Francois Hollande has replaced France’s top three security officials after he criticised them for being too close to his predecessor.
Kenya’s army chief is boasting that AU troops will soon seize the last key bastion of Somalia’s al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents.
Bangladesh has named the former Pakistan coach Richard Pybus as their new head coach on a two-year contract.
Everton defender Leighton Baines has admitted he is flattered to be linked with a move to Manchester United but it won’t distract him at Euro 2012.
Female booth attendants at a global trade fair and shops selling men’s ties have become targets in a strict crackdown by Tehran police.
The storm over US President Barack Obama’s label "Polish camp" for a Nazi German Holocaust site is an ideal moment to halt lies about the Holocaust.
Bluefin tuna caught off the US coast have been found to contain radioactive material from Japan’s quake-struck Fukushima nuclear plant.