MILITANTS in a volatile region of western Pakistan bombed a bus carrying women students yesterday and then seized part of the hospital where survivors were taken.
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Hard issues to be discussed by Obama and Xi
California — President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping launched straight into discussing thorny issues at an informal summit and may delve deeper when they meet again on Saturday.
pistorius’ lawyer demands answers over leaked pictures
Oscar Pistorius’ lawyers demanded answers from SA police and prosecutors , after pictures of the bathroom and toilet where he shot and killed his girlfriend were leaked to a British television station.
Kenyan MPs vote for pay increase despite protests
KENYAN MPs have voted to raise their salaries in defiance of proposals to cut pay.
Obama under fire over civil liberties
WASHINGTON — He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago.
France legalises gay marriage
France’s president has signed into law a controversial bill making the country the ninth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage.
Donors pledge US$4bn for Mali’s reconstruction
Brussels — More than US$4bn has been pledged to help rebuild Mali, at an international donor conference.
China’s Vice-Premier to visit Zimbabwe
Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang is expected in the country this week for an official visit, it has emerged
‘CAR’ ex-rebels on rampage’
Ex-rebel fighters loyal to the new leader of CAR went on a rampage after toppling the former president.
Suicide bombers die in Mali botched attacks
At least five suicide bombers died in northern Mali in attacks aimed at Malian and Nigerien troops which failed to inflict serious casualties on their targets, a spokesman for Mali’s army said.
