US Attorney General Eric Holder confirms four American citizens have been killed in US drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since 2011.

bbc 8:16:00 AM CEST

A Russian court has rejected parole for jailed Pussy Riot band member Maria Alekhina, despite a high-profile plea from former Beatle Paul McCartney and other top musicians.

CBC 6:18:00 PM CEST

The Friends of Syria alliance called on Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah ally tonight to withdraw fighters immediately from Syrian territory.

RTERadio 1:14:00 AM CEST

Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Ashot Hovakimyan on May 20 received the copies of credentials of Cuban Ambassador to Armenia Emilio Lozada García

armenpress 4:34:00 AM CEST

LONDON (AP) — Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago.

news-yahoo 12:53:00 PM CEST

By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N.

news-yahoo 1:23:00 PM CEST

By Arshad Mohammed JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace negotiations. There were no signs of any breakthrough as Kerry....

news-yahoo 2:24:00 PM CEST

With everyone missing now accounted for from this week's deadly tornado, the long and difficult work of recovery can begin.

cnn 4:58:00 AM CEST

By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) - Suicide bombers struck a military barracks and a mine run by French nuclear group Areva in Niger on Thursday, killing and wounding several people in separate attacks that showed the fight against Islamist militants was spreading across West Africa.

news-yahoo 2:54:00 PM CEST

Christine Lagard, 57, appeared in front of a special tribunal set up by judges in Paris this morning where she is widely expected to be formally charged with fraud and embezzlement.

dailymail 10:12:00 AM CEST

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A top militant commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit was killed Thursday during a gunfight with Indian police in Indian- controlled Kashmir, officials said. A police spokesman said three policemen including a junior level officer....

xinhuanet_en 9:36:00 AM CEST

JAPANESE midfielder left German club for Man Utd last summer — and has now seen them go further in Europe

thesun 3:48:00 PM CEST

New Zealand shares fell yesterday as the prospect of a winding down of US stimulus and weak Chinese manufacturing weighed on equity markets across Asia. Guinness Peat Group dropped after signalling a delay in its transformation strategy....

nzherald 8:30:00 PM CEST

WASHINGTON (AP) — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself.

news-yahoo 12:09:00 AM CEST

BANGKOK (AP) — Japan's benchmark stock index has plummeted after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors.

news-yahoo 9:21:00 AM CEST

Gunmen in Baghdad shot dead at least 12 people in a brothel Wednesday, authorities said.

cnn 4:38:00 PM CEST

Russian law enforcement authorities have detained 74 Chinese labor workers who allegedly have no identity documents in the Volgograd region, said the Interior Ministry of Russia Thursday.

chinadaily 11:59:00 PM CEST

Swedish police battled to control a fourth night of rioting in Stockholm yesterday triggered by the shooting dead a week...

thetimes 4:28:00 PM CEST