President Barack Obama Friday downplayed the threat posed by Islamic militants making advances in Iraq, saying the US has been under "serious threat" during his entire presidency
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Friday visited scene of the June 25 shopping mall explosion that claimed at least 21 lives here and condemned the attack.
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was cleared of all charges in the phone-hacking trial Tuesday, though ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson was found guilty of conspiring to hack phones.
At least 800 homeless Brazilian families have occupied a tract in the luxurious district of Morumbi, demanding shelter here.
Pakistan's Supreme Court Monday suspended a lower court's order allowing former president Pervez Musharraf to go abroad, lawyers said.
A Pakistani couple was killed along with their four-year-old child in an apparent honour killing by their relatives in Quetta in south-western Pakistan, a media report said.