Canadian's involvement in Bulgaria bombingThe revelation on Tuesday that a Canadian-Lebanese dual national took part in the 2012 bombing of a tourist bus in Bulgaria underscores security agencies' concerns about the danger posed by Canadians joining attacks abroad.
China aims radar at Japanese ship
Japan has complained to China that it targeted a Japanese maritime escort ship using a fire-controlled radar on January 30.
Property scam: Senior China cop under lensThe total value of properties held in different Chinese cities by Zhao, who is also an important official of the Communist Party, would exceed $1 billion, sources said.
UK eyes Asians in clamp-down on forced marriages"Apnar pochondo korar odhikar ache" (You have the right to choose) said the bold poster in Bengali with a picture of two hands tied together in a chain.
Kuwait jails 3 former MPs for criticising emirA Kuwaiti court sentenced three former opposition lawmakers to three years in jail on Tuesday for comments deemed offensive towards the ruling emir, the second such conviction in three days.
Bulgaria links Hezbollah to bombing of IsraelisHezbollah bombed a bus filled with Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year, investigators said on Tuesday, describing a sophisticated bombing carried out by a terrorist cell that included Canadian and Australian citizens.
India to give $100m to MaliIndia gathered with European and African nations in Brussels on Tuesday to commit itself to stabilizing Mali which is reeling under al-Qaida attacks.
UK PM faces gay marriage revolt as plots swirlBritish Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to see his ruling Conservative party split in two on Tuesday over his government's plans to legalise gay marriage, a move critics say is not a priority for the public and unnecessarily divisive.
Sri Lankan president rules out autonomy for TamilsSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ruled out greater political autonomy for Tamils, saying ethnicity-based division was "not practical" for the country, appearing to back away from his promise made as part of the country's reconciliation process.
Pak woman stripped at panchayat's orderA woman was allegedly stripped naked on the orders of a panchayat in Pakistan's Punjab province to settle a dispute over an extra-marital affair.
Mali: Chad army 'moves into rebel town'About 1,800 Chadian soldiers have entered the northern Mali city of Kidal to "secure" what was the last stronghold of Islamist rebels, the French defence ministry said on Tuesday.
Iran's Ahmadinejad in Egypt on historic visitPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for the first trip by an Iranian head of state to Egypt since the 1979 revolution.
War crimes: Bangladesh leader gets life imprisonmentA Bangladeshi court sentenced a senior Islamist opposition official to life in prison Tuesday for mass murder and crimes against humanity during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.
Obama signs Bill averting govt defaultBarack Obama has signed into law a Bill raising the federal government's borrowing limit, averting a default and delaying the next clash over the US debt until later this year.
Island row: Japan summons Chinese envoyTokyo summoned China's envoy on Tuesday in protest at what it says was another incursion into its territorial waters, after Beijing's ships sailed near islands at the centre of a bitter dispute.
British MPs to decide on same-sex union todayA crucial debate on Tuesday — expected to be a highly charged one, at the House of Commons will decide the fate of United Kingdom's controversial bill to legalize same sex marriage in England and Wales.
Picasso portrait likely to fetch £30mIn what will leave art collectors across the globe salivating, one of Pablo Picasso's most sought after works — a monumental 1932 portrait of the painter's 'golden muse' Marie-Therese Walter, will be up for sale on Tuesday.
Broad powers seen for Obama in cyberstrikesA secret legal review on the use of America's growing arsenal of cyberweapons has concluded that President Barack Obama has the broad power to order a preemptive strike if the US detects credible evidence of a major digital attack looming from abroad, according to officials involved in the review.
Indian-origin UK cop retires, alleges discriminationDal Babu, who was chief superintendent in the Gujarati-dominated London suburb of Harrow, was in 2011 refused a place in the "strategic command course (SCC).
Ahmadinejad ready to fly into spaceA week after Iran sent a monkey into orbit, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he is ready to become the country's first astronaut, the Mehr news agency reported Monday.
French troops to quit Timbuktu on Feb 7French airstrikes targeted the fuel depots and desert hideouts of Islamic extremists in northern Mali overnight today, as a military spokeswoman said that French forces plan to hand control of Timbuktu to the Malian army this week.
Malala appears on video, says she is 'getting better'A Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban has made her first video statement since she was nearly killed, saying she is recovering.
Israel will 'regret' aggression against Syria: IranIsrael will regret its latest "aggression against Syria", Iran's security chief Saeed Jalili told reporters during a visit to Damascus today.
Cambodia mourns as Norodom Sihanouk crematedHundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Cambodia's capital on Monday for the cremation of former King Norodom Sihanouk, the revered "King-Father," who survived wars and the murderous Khmer Rouge regime.
Women in Paris can finally wear trousersWomen in Paris can finally wear trousers without fear of criminal prosecution after the government said a more than 200-year-old ban no longer had any legal effect.
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