Bangladesh has arrested dozens of opposition activists after the bomb explosions in four cinemas on Saturday which killed 17 people and injured 300 among families celebrating the end of Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month.
Serbia appeared to have failed to elect a president for the third time in three months on Sunday night, risking a crisis of political legitimacy and instability deliberately engineered by its bickering leaders.
The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, failed yesterday to retake the rebellious oil tanker which has become the focus of a strike aimed at pushing him from power.
A mummy with buck teeth and a right royal hairstyle may have settled one of the enduring mysteries of the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
Detectives were last night hunting India’s most deadly and elusive bandit, Veerappan, after the decomposing body of a senior politician whom he kidnapped several months ago was discovered in the jungle.
The United Nations confirmed the killings of four UN police trainees at an eastern rebel-held Congo city, leaving 46 others still unaccounted for.
In what sounds like a Tintin adventure, two South African photographers exploring a tributary of the Amazon River have been captured by Indians and rescued by Brazilian police.
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South African taxpayers are likely to foot the lion’s share of the R550-million bill for the recent World Summit on Sustainable Development.
South African newspapers on Wednesday commemorated the attacks a year ago on the United States in front-page articles and comments by politicians, but criticised the United States for its stance since September 11, 2001.